High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements Significantly Reduce ICU Admissions & COVID-19 Deaths
NEW JERSEY, USA, May 06 (IPS) – The writer* is Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology & Nutrition, Director CardioMetabolic Institute, USAThere is considerable evidence that...
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the commitment announced by the United States administration to lift vaccine patent protections...
Early-warning ‘pandemic hub’ plan unveiled by WHO’s Tedros and Germany’s Merkel
An international hub for pandemic control is to open in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against likely future global...
USA: Rights expert decries wave of anti-protest laws ‘spreading through the country’
A UN independent human rights expert has slammed new laws in several American states aimed at suppressing racial justice protests and the Black Lives...
Some viruses thwart bacterial defenses with a unique genetic alphabet
Some bacteria-killing viruses spell out their genetic instructions in a different DNA alphabet. More than 40 years ago, scientists in Russia reported that a...
A child’s 78,000-year-old grave marks Africa’s oldest known human burial
A child whose lifeless body was carefully placed in an East African cave around 78,300 years ago has made a grand return. Researchers who...
South Asia: ‘Real possibility’ health systems will be strained to a breaking point, UNICEF warns
Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s...
At least 155 million people faced crisis levels of food insecurity in 2020 because of conflict, extreme weather events and economic shocks linked in...
Myanmar: Attacks on healthcare jeopardizing COVID-19 response, UN team says
There have been at least 158 reported attacks on medical personnel and facilities in Myanmar, with more than 139 doctors arrested and charged since the military...
Coping with the USA-China Conflict Strategic Procrastination
AMSTERDAM/ROME, May 05 (IPS) – For several years, a fast growing and assertive China has been challenging the USA’s global dominance. China’s GDP, taking...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent 
Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war 
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ 
UNGA 81: A United Nations at a Turning Point