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WHO Considers Global Emergency As Mpox Spreads In Africa

WHO closely monitors the escalating mpox virus outbreak in Africa, considering a global emergency declaration. Urgent action is needed to contain the sprea...

Top News · Aug 8, 2024

Climate Change Is Fuelling Rise In Hot Nights: Analysis

Human-induced climate change is significantly increasing the number of hot nights for nearly one in three people around the world, a global analysis said Thursday.

International Business Times · Aug 7, 2024

WHO calls emergency meeting to discuss jump in mpox cases from DRC

Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths.

Al Jazeera · Aug 7, 2024

UN health agency convening experts meeting to decide if mpox outbreak in Africa is global emergency

The head of the World Health Organization says he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2024

‘My children cry all day from the heat’: Life in Gaza’s tent camps

Displaced mothers share how they try to help their children cope with sweltering, unsanitary conditions.

Al Jazeera · Aug 7, 2024

Covid making worrying comeback amid summer surge and Olympics infections, WHO official warns

A new Covid-19 variant, KP.3.1.1, is becoming dominant in the US

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2024

Teenage girls in Africa face shocking rates of physical and sexual abuse in intimate relationships – new global report

Nearly a quarter of adolescent girls between the ages of 15 and 19 who have been in a relationship will have suffered intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20. This is one of the findings of the World Health Organization’s first detailed analysis of intimate partner violence among…

The Conversation · Aug 6, 2024

More babies are being born with syphilis, study finds

Congenital syphilis is preventable, but nonetheless, the disease is on the rise in countries like Australia and the U.S.

LiveScience · Aug 6, 2024

Forcing your cultural tastes onto your children isn’t just OK – it’s your moral duty

Liam Gallagher ‘forced’ his children to eschew Justin Bieber and listen to The Who and The Beatles... and he’s not alone. Is it right for a parent to inflict their taste on their offspring? Childless Louis Chilton weighs in

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

"If we put a small band together and just decided to throw shit at the wall, it might be great": Pete Townshend addresses the future of The Who

It turns out there's a catch

Louder · Aug 5, 2024