CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 escaped from a lab | Coronavirus pandemic News
The intelligence agency says it has ‘low confidence’ in the assessment and will continue to evaluate credible information.The CIA has announced that it believes the…
United Nations confirms US will leave World Health Organization in 2026 | Donald Trump News
The UN body has received a formal request from Washington to withdraw next year as Trump orders a pause on WHO funding.The United States is…
‘Moral imperative’: WHO presses China to share COVID origins data | Coronavirus pandemic News
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on China to share information on how COVID-19 emerged five years ago. The coronavirus killed millions of people, locked…
Hiltzik: How the House GOP got addled by conspiracists
Over the last two years, the Republican-dominated House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic conducted 38 interviews and depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, and…
COVID-19 likely came from a lab, US committee finds | Coronavirus pandemic News
A committee of the United States Congress has backed the theory that a lab leak caused the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released on Monday,…
Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s anti-lockdown pick to head the NIH? | Donald Trump News
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who opposed COVID-19 lockdowns, to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the primary agency in…
WHO warns of measles resurgence as cases exceed 10 million in 2023 | Health News
The disease killed 107,500 people in 2023, most of them under the age of five.Approximately 10.3 million people caught measles last year, a 20 percent…
Inside the battle to contain diseases in rainforests and cities | Coronavirus pandemic
Can we prevent zoonotic diseases from spreading to humans and protect our cities from major future outbreaks?Seventy-five percent of infectious diseases in humans come from…
Road blocks lifted as Colombia reaches deal with striking truckers | Coronavirus pandemic News
For days, truckers had blocked roads in protest against the end of COVID-era fuel subsidies, snarling transport.Truckers in Colombia have reached a deal with the…
Did Biden’s White House pressure Mark Zuckerberg to censor COVID content? | Censorship News
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has accused United States President Joe Biden’s administration of pressuring his team to censor content on the COVID-19 pandemic in a…
Has the next pandemic already started? | Coronavirus pandemic
In mid-July, the US state of Colorado reported six cases of avian flu – or H5N1 – in samples taken from poultry workers. This brought the national total to…
India’s hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher? | Health News
New Delhi, India – India’s actual death toll during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world’s most populous country could be eight…
World leaders launch programme to boost vaccine production in Africa | Health News
Initiative announced in Paris will incentivise and offset start-up costs for vaccine manufacturing in the continent. French President Emmanuel Macron has joined several African leaders…
US ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China’s COVID efforts: Report | Coronavirus pandemic News
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in…
Opinion: GOP would rather demonize Fauci than help us survive next pandemic
It has become as tiresome as it is predictable: When Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia turns on her microphone during a hearing, it’s…
Amid global polarisation, the pandemic agreement encourages cooperation | World Health Organization
For more than two years, countries of the world have worked together towards one historic and generational goal – to ensure we are better prepared…
Will the US unemployment rate continue at historic lows? | Business and Economy News
All eyes will be on Friday’s US unemployment numbers to see how many jobs were added in March and whether the unemployment rate continues to…
Mexico’s teachers seek relief from pandemic-era spike in school robberies | Education News
Guadalajara, Mexico – In Maria Soto’s classroom, nearly half of the fourth-graders have not yet learned how to read. The rest are at least a…
No ‘clear way out’: How Ecuador descended into gang violence | Crime News
Paulina Guaman’s life is no longer the same. The young Ecuadorian dentist has been obliged to make changes to her daily routine, in the hope…
Why is the US economy so resilient? | Business and Economy
The US economy is on a tear, and it has pulled far ahead of the rest of the world. Geopolitical tensions, the pandemic’s lingering aftershocks,…