Fecal transplant pills helped some peanut allergy sufferers in a small trial
PHOENIX — Pills loaded with bacteria from other people’s poop might help adults who are highly allergic to peanuts safely eat the nuts in...
Marie Maynard Daly was a trailblazing biochemist, but her full story may be lost
Marie Maynard Daly is known as the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry, earned in 1947 from Columbia University. It’s...
‘Fresh Banana Leaves’ shows how Western conservation has harmed Indigenous people
Fresh Banana LeavesJessica HernandezNorth Atlantic Books, $17.95 During the civil war in El Salvador that began in the 1970s, an injured Victor Hernandez hid...
Safe Space to Express, Share and Grow
New York, Mar 02 (IPS) – Manjo Sheik, a 25-year-old entrepreneur from India, says women have multiple obstacles to overcome. Read the full story,...
Ukraine: $1.7 billion appeal launched to help refugee exodus, host countries
Rockets have been “raining down” on Ukraine’s cities and hundreds of people have been killed or injured since the Russian military offensive began, the...
Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans have been taking place in Indonesia, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, citing child killings, disappearances, torture and enforced...
Germany has become the first country to answer a call for wealthy nations to contribute their “fair share” towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
South Sudan: Condemnation for attempted ambush on food convoy
A peacekeeper is in stable condition a day after being shot during an attempted ambush on a UN convoy in South Sudan, the UN...
Scrap harmful laws that increase discrimination, UNAIDS urges
Everyone has the right to live a healthy, full, and productive life with dignity, regardless of their HIV or other medical status, the UN...
Protect the defenders of the planet, UN rights chief urges
The world must be made a safer place for people working to protect the planet, who sometimes pay with their own lives for their...
‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31 
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit 
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious? 
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026