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HPV DNA Self-Sampling Test kit unveiled

Thailand’s concerned private and public sectors are accelerating their efforts to help women avoid cervical cancer, or at least avoid its worst consequences.

Bangkok Post · Mar 8, 2023

WHO fires director in Asia accused of racist misconduct

The World Health Organization has fired its top official in the Western Pacific

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Commentary: Banning abortion pill mifepristone would be a terrible policy choice and violate human rights

Patients’ access to lifesaving medicine is under threat because an anti-abortion rights organization sued in federal district court to overrule the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, which has been used to terminate early pregnancies for almost a quarter century in the U.S. If the judge, appointed by the…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 8, 2023

Bird flu tears through animal kingdom

Experts are on pins and needles over an avian virus called H5N1 that has killed 53% of the humans it infected

Salon · Mar 7, 2023

COVID-19 origins probe plods on with no clear resolution

WASHINGTON — Republicans are continuing the search for answers on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but the path forward is mired in stalled investigations, classified documents and stonewalling from the Chinese government.

Tribune News Service · Mar 7, 2023

COVID-19 origins probe plods on with no clear resolution - Roll Call

Top Republicans are ramping up investigations on whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.

Roll Call · Mar 6, 2023

Iran’s top leader says suspected poisonings ‘unforgivable’ and deserve death penalty

It is the first time Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters of state, has spoken publicly about the suspected poisonings

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023

Crisis over Suspected Iran Schoolgirl Poisonings Escalates

A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated Sunday as authorities acknowledged over 50 schools were struck in a wave of possible cases. The poisonings have spread further fear among parents as Iran has faced months of unrest. It remains unclear who or what is responsible since the alleged…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 5, 2023

Tom Sizemore obituary

Actor who shared some personality traits with the volatile characters he played in films such as Heat and Natural Born Killers

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023

Iran President Blames 'Enemies' over School Poisonings Case

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi blamed the enemies of Iran in the poisoning case of hundreds of high school girls nationwide. Raisi commented for the first time on the incident saying: "This is a security project to cause chaos in the country whereby the enemy seeks to instill fear and insecurity…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 4, 2023