Venezuelan Nurse Helps Displaced Expats in Colombia
Violent confrontations continue between armed groups on the Colombia-Venezuela border, displacing thousands of people. One ...
Health
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World Health Organization Developing Pandemic Game Plan for Future Outbreaks
Member nations of the World Health Organization have approved a plan to negotiate the terms of an international pandemic response ...
China Reports Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu, a Possible First
A man in eastern China has contracted what might be the world’s first human case of the H10N3 strain of bird flu, but the risk ...
France, England Widen Availability of COVID-19 Vaccines
To fight a rise in cases caused by the coronavirus variants, France and England moved Monday to increase vaccinations.France is ...
Pakistan’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Dips, But ‘We Aren’t Out of the Woods’, Official Tells VOA
Pakistan reported Monday that the national coronavirus positivity rate had remained well below 5% over the past week, with the ...
UNICEF Says Malnutrition Spikes for Haiti Kids Amid Pandemic
Severe acute childhood malnutrition is expected to more than double this year in Haiti as the country struggles with the ...
Smokers at Greater Risk of Dying from COVID-19
In marking World No-Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization is urging smokers to quit their habit, warning they are at higher ...
Climate Talks Resume Online as Pressure to Act Grows
For the first time since 2019 and following a flurry of net-zero pledges from the world’s largest emitters, UN climate ...
From Uzbekistan to Inspecting American Bridges: An Engineer’s Story
About 40% of the more than 617,000 bridges in the U.S. are at least 50 years old, and of that number more than 46,000 are in ...
Australians Rush for Vaccines as COVID Lockdown Continues in Victoria
Record numbers of COVID-19 vaccinations have been completed in Australia as a snap seven-day lockdown continues in the nation’s ...
Tanzanian Muslims Fear Missing Hajj Due to Vaccination Delay
Saudi Arabia is requiring all pilgrims for the scaled-back, annual Hajj in July to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In Tanzania, ...
Dangerously Trending: Driverless Tesla Videos on Social Media
It was a boozy joyride captured for TikTok with a soundtrack provided by Justin Bieber and with a Tesla serving as the ...
Brazilians Stage More Protests Against Bolsonaro
Tens of thousands of people in Brazil staged another day of protest against President Jair Bolsonaro, in particular for his ...
Vietnam Finds New Virus Variant
Vietnam has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K., the ...
Medics March to WHO Headquarters in Climate Campaign
Medics concerned about the effects on public health of environmental degradation marched Saturday on the World Health ...
Virus Fails to Deter Hundreds of Climbers on Mount Everest
A year after Mount Everest was closed to climbers as the pandemic swept across the globe, hundreds are making the final push to ...
EU Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Adolescents
The European Commission has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12, widening the pool ...
On World Menstrual Health Day, Cameroon NGOs Seek Free Kits to Battle Stigma
World Menstrual Health Day on May 28 is being observed in Cameroon with NGOs and girls asking the government to either subsidize ...
Tanzanian Muslims Fear Missing Hajj Due to Vaccination Delay
Saudi Arabia is requiring all pilgrims for the scaled-back, annual Hajj in July to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In Tanzania, ...
Facebook Won’t Remove Posts Claiming COVID-19 is Human-made
Facebook says it will no longer remove claims that COVID-19 is human-made or manufactured “in light of ongoing investigations ...
Plague of Ravenous, Destructive Mice Tormenting Australians
At night, the floors of sheds vanish beneath carpets of scampering mice. Ceilings come alive with the sounds of scratching. One ...
Uganda Sees Sharp Rise in COVID-19 Cases
Uganda is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, forcing its health officials to take stern emergency measures. From 200 ...
Cameroon Clears Abandoned Mental Health Patients from Streets
Authorities in Cameroon are clearing the streets in the capital, Yaounde, of more than 300 psychiatric patients whom officials ...
Are UFOs a Threat? Congress Awaits Pentagon Report
Videos of Navy pilots pursuing flying objects with amazing capabilities have struck a nerve in Washington. Matt Dibble looks into ...