Aid
Hollowed-Out US Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus
Lauren Weber and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht and Anna Maria Barry-Jester The US public health system […]
Category: Health
Aid
27 countries heading for COVID-19-driven food crises
No world region is immune, from Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Asia, to Haiti, Venezuela and Central America, to Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria in […]
COVID-19
As pandemic strips away accumulated inertia of decades, ‘After Coronavirus’ may be a whole brave new world
The coronavirus pandemic, like the World Wars, is a harbinger of revolutionary changes. It is accelerating the destruction of the old, and hastening the […]
Aid
Access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID
Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to […]
COVID-19
‘Completely Out of Control’: China Says ‘US Epidemic’ Threat to Rest of the World
In the coming fall and winter, the US epidemic will likely run rampant, and more countries and regions will be forced to suffer because […]
Sustainable Business
Poisons used to make food more beautiful, last longer
Julien Chongwang, Gilbert Nakweya & Ghislaine Deudjui Toxic chemicals are being used by food sellers across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the look of meat […]
COVID-19
Drinking Surged During The Pandemic in US. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction?
Alex Smith Retail alcohol sales jumped by 55% nationally during the third week of March, when many stay-at-home orders were put in place Despite […]
Sustainable Business
Reusable Plastic safe during COVID Pandemic: Health Experts
Over 125 health experts from 19 countries signed onto a statement assuring retailers and consumers that reusables are safe during COVID-19, pushing back on claims […]
Biodiversity
A recently-contacted tribe is the ‘most infected’ in Brazil
The Arara people of the Cachoeira Seca (Dry Waterfall) territory have been revealed as the tribe with the highest known rate of Covid-19 infection in the Brazilian […]
Biodiversity
The Baghjan Blowout: The Disastrous Oil Spill in Upper Assam and its Impacts
Keshoba Krishna Chatradhara The Baghjan oil spill poses a serious threat to the rich biodiversity of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park. Dibru-Saikhowa and the satellite areas are […]
Aid
European Investment Bank to invest € 7.5 billion for various sectors including COVID-19
€ 3.2 billion for COVID-19 public health, elderly care and targeted business support € 1.5 billion for clean transport, including electric vehicle, high speed […]
Aid
‘Most successful’ vaccine summit raises US$8.8 billion
Fiona Broom National governments, civil society and private organisations have pledged a record US$8.8 billion to a global collaboration over vaccines for low-income countries, […]