The Lancet10h
20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control coming into force: time for a step change in ambition
Feb 27, 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) coming into force. This legally binding international treaty, the first negotiated by WHO, rapidly ...
USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security
These efforts have brought immense financial as well as health benefits to the U.S. and the rest of the world. Some economists estimate that the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, created in 1988, ...
Trump live updates: 21 federal tech workers resign from Elon Musk’s DOGE as feud erupts over his Canadian citizenship
Musk threatens more federal workers with termination over email after Macron visits White House - Big tech billionaire ...
UN chief says 'spare no effort' to end war in Ukraine
General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that countries must work to bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, calling for a ...
News Tribune15d
Racial gap widens in deaths among US moms around time of childbirth
The data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic, at its peak, impacted all pregnant women. But "once we went back to 'usual activities,' then the impact of systemic racism and unequal access (to ...
SFMTA18d
SFMTA Joint Development Program
Joint Development involves a developer using SFMTA property ... Federal and state relief funds helped the SFMTA get through the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these funds expire soon. Adequate housing ...
The New York Times20d
White House Orders C.I.A. to Send Names as Worker Purge Expands
Read more › Gaza takeover: Trump administration officials tried on Wednesday to walk back Mr. Trump’s suggestion that the United States ... useful during the Covid-19 pandemic, when Mr ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation20d
From books to film, here's how the COVID-19 pandemic has (or hasn't) been represented in culture
It's been five years since COVID-19 started to sweep the globe, sparking lockdowns, infecting communities and claiming millions of lives. But for an event of its scale, the way the pandemic has ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore21d
Commentary: COVID-19 changed Singapore. Have we changed enough?
Her passing, however, also underscores the unpredictable nature of infectious diseases, reminding us of their lingering threat even as societies move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Five years ago ...
Al Jazeera English21d
Following Trump, Argentina withdraws from World Health Organization
The two leaders have each criticised the World Health Organization for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. A United Nations agency, the organisation cannot mandate governments to follow its ...
Yahoo21d
Can an executive order eliminate the Department of Education?
Tue, February 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM UTC Elon Musk had his $100 billion Tesla pay package denied by Delaware courts twice. Now, one of the EV maker’s law firms wants to change state law Trump wants ...
GMA Network21d
PH, US joint air patrol exercises underway over South China Sea
The air forces of the Philippines and the United States were holding joint patrols over the South China Sea, a spokesperson for the Philippine Air Force said Tuesday. The one-day exercise was being ...