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‘Laken Riley Act’ sets the stage for Trump campaign against immigrants
The Laken Riley Act is on track to become the first bill Donald Trump signs into law as president and a sign of his intent.
Nunavut priest pleads guilty to multiple counts of historic child sex abuse
A warning, the following video contains content some may find disturbing.Victim impact statements were read today in the trial of Eric Dejaeger. The abuse happened while he was stationed in Iglooik.
The National Interest4h
Democratic Republic of Congo
The last patient receiving treatment for Ebola was recently discharged from an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The current outbreak of Ebola emerged in the ...
MercoPress6h
Africa again on alert as mpox cases on the rise, including 38 deaths
The African Union's (AU) public health agency released an advisory Thursday noting that 5,842 cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) had been recorded in 21 countries, with 38 deaths. The Centers ...
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'Big time' impact if US quits WHO — Africa health agency warns
The United States withdrawing from the World Health Organization would have a significant impact on public health programmes in Africa, the continent's public health agency said Thursday.Hours after ...
cidrap.umn8h
Analysis shows significant financial burden of long COVID in US
Using current estimates of US long-COVID burden (assuming the probability of long COVID is 6% and symptoms last 1 year), cases cost an average of $2.01 billion annually. The economic burden of long ...
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Central African Republic launches mpox vaccination; cases rise in Uganda
In the region's other developments, Sierra Leone reported more cases, with the first two linked to the clade 2 global strain.
As the United States disavows the World Health Organization, Canada must double down on its support
The U.S. withdrawal from WHO has seismic implications on issues like prevention of future pandemics, and the stakes are especially high for Canada.
Truthout11h
Trump’s Exit From WHO Could Make Next Pandemic More Likely — and More Deadly
Global health law professor Lawrence Gostin explains the risks of the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
europeaninterest11h
Parliament condemns death sentences in DR of the Congo and violations of the right to a fair trial
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution by a show of hands regarding the respect for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Members of the European Parliament ...
U.S. WHO exit jeopardizes Africa, says health body
The U.S. plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization will squeeze Africa's health initiatives, the Africa Centres for ...
MIT Technology Review12h
This is what might happen if the US withdraws from the WHO
WHO funds are spent on a range of global health projects—programs to eradicate polio, rapidly respond to health emergencies, improve access to vaccines and medicines, develop pandemic prevention ...