Staggering health needs emerge in Gaza, following Israel-Hamas conflict
Senior UN health agency officials on Wednesday called for unhindered humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, citing growing concerns about urgent health needs there. ...
Invasive pest spread another fallout from climate change, UN-backed study finds
Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed...
After vaccinating 95 percent of adults, a Brazilian city is returning to normal
In Serrana, Brazil, schools are reopening and plans are under way for a large open-air concert. Health care workers suddenly have time for sit-down...
Mali: Military must ‘scrupulously’ respect human rights and free civilian leaders
A UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday that Mali’s new military authorities should “scrupulously respect human rights” and release all leaders detained...
A repurposed TB vaccine shows early promise against diseases like diabetes and MS
Around the world, volunteers are getting a vaccine developed to prevent tuberculosis in studies that have nothing to do with TB. Called Bacillus Calmette-Guérin,...
The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate recent deadly attacks by insurgents in the...
Naomi Osakas Bravery can be a Teachable Moment about Mental Health
ABUJA, Jun 02 (IPS) – Recently, Naomi Osaka, the number 2 ranked women’s tennis player in the world, said she would not participate in the press...
Even hard-to-kill tardigrades can’t always survive being shot out of a gun
Tardigrades aren’t completely bulletproof, after all. These microscopic critters, also known as water bears, are practically unkillable (SN: 7/14/17). They can go years without...
Life Below Water the UN Calls for Action on Ocean Protection
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) – President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the...
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes 
‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts 
Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns