The Queensland state government in Australia is to fund a new program to help combat killer heatwaves and outbreaks of disease caused by climate change. Authorities are even discussing imposing …
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UN General Assembly Hosts High-Level Talks to Combat Tuberculosis
While flu outbreaks, Ebola and HIV typically generate the biggest headlines, scientists say tuberculosis remains the No. 1 infectious disease killer globally, affecting about one quarter of the world’s population. …
your ads here!Florence, Mangkhut and Climate Change: Yes, No and Maybe
The seas are angry this month. While the remnants of Hurricane Florence soak the Carolinas and Typhoon Mangkhut pounds the Philippines, three more tropical cyclones are spinning in the Western …
your ads here!Health Care Workers Better Equipped to Fight Ebola Outbreaks
Medical workers have lots of experience dealing with Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The current one in North Kivu province is the country’s 10th. Fortunately, they have …
your ads here!Community Resistance to Ebola Growing in Congo
The U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is increasing Ebola prevention efforts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency says community resistance to efforts to contain Ebola is growing …
your ads here!Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe Turns Drug-Resistant
The United Nations says it is hopeful Zimbabwe will soon contain an outbreak of cholera that has killed more than two dozen people. Efforts are complicated as authorities are fighting …
your ads here!DRC Tries to Contain Ebola With New Medical Tools Amid Conflict
The Ebola virus has struck again in the Democratic Republic of Congo — it’s the DRC’s 10th outbreak since Ebola was first identified in 1976. VOA’s Carol Pearson reports scientists …
your ads here!Scientists to Attempt to Map Genes of 66,000 Species of Animals
A group of scientists unveiled the first results Thursday of an ambitious effort to map the genes of tens of thousands of animal species, a project they said could help …
your ads here!California Governor: Trump a ‘Fool’ on Climate Legacy
California Gov. Jerry Brown started his global climate summit in San Francisco by saying that President Donald Trump will likely be remembered as a liar and fool when it comes …
your ads here!Report: US Unlikely to Meet Paris Climate Pledge
The United States will fall well short of its 2025 greenhouse gas reduction target unless major additional steps are taken, according to a new report. While U.S. states, cities and …
your ads here!Growing Global Cancer Crisis Should Spark Call to Action
New data show a significant increase in the incidence of global cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, estimates a rise in new cases …
your ads here!US Drug Company Chief: ‘Moral Requirement’ for Big Price Hike
A U.S. pharmaceutical executive is defending his price boost of a key antibiotic by 400 percent to almost $2,400 a bottle as a “moral requirement,” a claim that drew an …
your ads here!FDA Considering Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on flavored e-cigarettes in response to an “epidemic” of young people using e-cigarettes, the agency’s leader said on Wednesday. In …
your ads here!UN: Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak Now a ‘Very Dire Situation’
The United Nations says the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is a “very dire situation” because there are now cases outside the country’s capital, where the government has declared a state …
your ads here!Experts: Climate Change Fuels Fires in California
California has experienced record heat waves and catastrophic fires this year and in previous years, leading climate experts to say it is likely to get worse. A recent state report …
your ads here!Philanthropies Pledge $450 Million to Save Forests, Climate
Leading philanthropists pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to rescue shrinking tropical forests that suck heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, on the eve of a global climate change summit …
your ads here!EU Failing on Pollution Limits, Auditor Warns
European Union governments are failing to comply with air quality limits that are already weaker than the World Health Organization’s recommendations, the bloc’s auditors said Tuesday. The findings by the EU watchdog …
your ads here!‘This One Really Scares Me,’ Expert Says of Hurricane Florence
To whip up a monstrous storm like the one chugging for the Carolinas you need a handful of ingredients — and Florence has them all. — Warmer than normal sea …
your ads here!Ten Things to Know About World Hunger
Global hunger rose in 2017 for a third consecutive year, fueled by conflict and climate change, the United Nations revealed in a report published on Tuesday. Obesity levels also increased. …
your ads here!Three New Species of Fish Found at Bottom of Pacific Ocean
Three new species of fish, aptly named Pink, Purple and Blue for their coloring, have been found at the bottom of one of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean. …
your ads here!UN Chief: ‘Climate Change Moving Faster Than We Are’
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned Monday that climate change is moving faster than efforts to combat it and that the international community needs to “put the brake” on greenhouse gas …
your ads here!Ebola Fight Has New Science but Faces Old Hurdles in Restive Congo
When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of cutting-edge care at a medical centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, she raised her arms to …
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