AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is 79 percent effective in a U.S. trial
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford was effective at preventing COVID-19 symptoms, a clinical trial of more than 30,000...
Water Governance and Data Collection is Key to Reach Development Goals
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) – Prioritising water governance and ensuring data collection and investment in groundwater use around the world are some of...
GENEVA, Mar 22 (IPS) – It’s now almost three months since the United Kingdom entered into a new trade agreement with the European Union....
The UN Food Systems Summit: How Not to Respond to the Urgency of Reform
NEW YORK, Mar 22 (IPS) – At a critical juncture on the road to the UN Food Systems Summit, three UN rights experts warn...
Carbon-ring molecules tied to life were found in space for the first time
Complex carbon-bearing molecules that could help explain how life got started have been identified in space for the first time. These molecules, called polycyclic...
New drugs that block a brain chemical are game changers for some migraine sufferers
Hayley Gudgin of Sammamish, Wash., got her first migraine in 1991 when she was a 19-year-old nursing student. “I was convinced I was having...
Why Water & Sanitation Systems are Vital for the Economy
LISBON, Mar 21 (IPS) – The writer is Chief Executive Officer, Sanitation and Water for All partnership The UN will be commemorating World...
EAST SUSSEX, UK, Mar 20 (IPS) – The UN will be commemorating World Water Day on Monday March 22.In the midst of a global...
Access to Safe Water Never Loses Value
NEW YORK, Mar 20 (IPS) – The writer is Communications Manager at Safe Water Network The UN will be commemorating World Water Day...
Oral Health Should be a Development Priority
EKITI, Nigeria, Mar 19 (IPS) – The mouth is a barometer of social inequities — it reflects the injustices in our society. As George...
Light is hard to block from every direction. This physicist found a way 
Egypt: Fact-checking site’s entire newsroom jailed as assault on press freedom widens 
Nearly 64,000 flee Nigeria for Niger where a humanitarian crisis is deepening 
Ebola: IOM urges wider surveillance beyond formal routes in DR Congo