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COVID-19 Global Public Health Emergency Ends: Threat Remains

May 5, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on COVID-19 Global Public Health Emergency Ends: Threat Remains

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5, 2023 (ENS) – COVID-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization announced today, following the advice of the International [...]

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Mexico, US Cooperate to Help Central Americans Thrive at Home

July 21, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Mexico, US Cooperate to Help Central Americans Thrive at Home

WASHINGTON, DC, July 21, 2022 (ENS) – Mexico and the United States are taking action on a new development cooperation framework that addresses the root causes of irregular migration from [...]

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Animals Can Form Viral Reservoirs Where Covid Variants Breed

March 7, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Animals Can Form Viral Reservoirs Where Covid Variants Breed

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 7, 2022 (ENS) – SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is still spreading among people globally as we enter the third year of the coronavirus pandemic. The [...]

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Calming Anti-Vax Fear: COVID Vaccines Do Not Harm Fertility

January 23, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on Calming Anti-Vax Fear: COVID Vaccines Do Not Harm Fertility

BOSTON, Massachusetts, January 23, 2022 (ENS) – A couple who gets vaccinated for COVID-19 need not worry that the vaccine will impair fertility, but males who become infected by the [...]

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World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement Takes Effect

January 5, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement Takes Effect

CANBERRA, Australia, January 4, 2022 (ENS) – The world’s largest free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, RCEP, entered into force on Saturday, January 1, giving 15 countries [...]

Health

G20 Creates Finance-Health Task Force to Address Pandemics

October 30, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on G20 Creates Finance-Health Task Force to Address Pandemics

ROME, Italy, October 30, 2021 (ENS) – The G20 nations are getting serious about controlling the coronavirus pandemic and any future pandemic that might arise. On Friday in their first [...]

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Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

October 12, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Climate Scientists Warn of ‘Looming’ World Water Crisis

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 12, 2021 (ENS) – The World Meteorological Organization is holding a special session of its Congress to meet the “explosive” growth in the demand for weather, climate, [...]

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Afghanistan Starves, Health System on ‘Brink of Collapse’

October 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Afghanistan Starves, Health System on ‘Brink of Collapse’

KABUL, Afghanistan, October 3, 2021 (ENS) – Some 18 million Afghans are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, health services across the country are at risk of collapse and widespread [...]

Gov/Politics

Biden to UN: We Stand At an ‘Inflection Point in History’

September 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Biden to UN: We Stand At an ‘Inflection Point in History’

NEW YORK, New York, September 21, 2021 (ENS) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres today welcomed important commitments made towards climate action by the world’s two largest economies, the United States [...]

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COVID-19 Infected More Americans in 2020 than Official Tallies Show

September 7, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on COVID-19 Infected More Americans in 2020 than Official Tallies Show

By Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, United States

BETHESDA, Maryland, September 7, 2021 (ENS) – At the end of last year, you may recall hearing news reports [...]

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IMF Releases US$650 Billion ‘Shot in the Arm’ for the Global Economy

August 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on IMF Releases US$650 Billion ‘Shot in the Arm’ for the Global Economy

WASHINGTON, DC, August 11, 2021 (ENS) – To address the global need for financial reserves during the current two-pronged public health and resulting financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund’s Board [...]

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Button-Activated Face Masks Can Diagnose COVID-19

July 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Button-Activated Face Masks Can Diagnose COVID-19

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 2, 2021 (ENS) – Scientists have found a way to embed synthetic biology-based sensors into fabrics, creating wearable biosensors that can be programmed to detect pathogens and [...]

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Historic G7 Billion Covid Vaccine Donation Falls Short of Need

June 11, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Historic G7 Billion Covid Vaccine Donation Falls Short of Need

FALMOUTH, Cornwall, UK, June 12, 2021 (ENS) – Hosted by the UK, the Group of Seven Leaders’ Summit this weekend in Cornwall aims to unite the wealthiest democracies to help [...]

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World Central Kitchen Feeds Hungry People in Crisis

May 28, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on World Central Kitchen Feeds Hungry People in Crisis

GAZA CITY, May 28, 2021 (ENS) – During the past week, close to 100,000 people were displaced in Gaza due to escalating violence and airstrikes between Israel and Hamas and [...]

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G20 Health Ministers Dissolve Barriers to Sharing Billion+ Vaccine Doses

May 23, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on G20 Health Ministers Dissolve Barriers to Sharing Billion+ Vaccine Doses

ROME, Italy, May 23, 2021 (ENS) – Leaders of the G20 have committed to a series of actions to accelerate the end of the COVID-19 crisis throughout the world and [...]

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Wealthy Nations Asked to Delay Youth Vaccines, Donate to COVAX

May 16, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Wealthy Nations Asked to Delay Youth Vaccines, Donate to COVAX

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 14, 2021 (ENS) – Scanty vaccine supplies in low and lower-middle income countries cannot cover even the innoculation of health care workers, the head of the World [...]

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Blackout Circles the World Tonight for Earth Hour

March 27, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Blackout Circles the World Tonight for Earth Hour

WASHINGTON, DC, March 27, 2021 (ENS) – Wherever you are at 8:30 o’clock tonight, it will be Earth Hour, so turn off your lights for one hour to recognize the [...]

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UK Rolls Out New Vaccine, But Lockdown Ordered

January 4, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on UK Rolls Out New Vaccine, But Lockdown Ordered

 

LONDON, UK, January 4, 2021 (ENS) – The first vaccinations using the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine were given today to members of the British public as the National [...]

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New Book Links Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Trade to COVID

December 8, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on New Book Links Southeast Asia’s Wildlife Trade to COVID

 

HANOI, Vietnam, December 8, 2020 (ENS) – “The price of the private dining room would be included in the price of the pangolin, along with the rest of the [...]

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Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Nearly 95% Effective

November 16, 2020 News Editor Comments Off on Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Nearly 95% Effective

 

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, November 16, 2020 (ENS) – Moderna, a Massachusetts biotechnology company pioneering therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, has been rated 94.5 percent [...]

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