A trio of reports released yesterday highlight global issues connected to refugees, asylum seekers, and human trafficking:
June 29, 2021
Skyrocketing COVID-19 cases across Indonesia, fueled by the Delta variant, are overwhelming hospitals and oxygen supplies—pushing the country to the brink of catastrophe,
June 29, 2021
Tanzania has reached a major milestone in this pandemic: acknowledgment.
June 25, 2021
A deadly third wave of COVID-19 is gathering force across many African countries powered by weak observance of public health measures, increased social activity, and the spread of variants,
June 24, 2021
The results are in: US scientists found a “likely association” between COVID-19 vaccines and heightened risk of rare heart issues in adolescents and young adults, according to new data presented to the CDC Wednesday,
June 23, 2021
While headlines have been trained on the crisis in India and recovery in the US and Europe, South America is in the midst of “a silent decimation by COVID unlike that anywhere else in the world,”
June 23, 2021
Cuba announced high efficacy for 2 of its 5 homegrown COVID-19 vaccines, cheering its scientists for achieving the feat despite the ongoing US embargo, reports
June 22, 2021
The Delta coronavirus variant—the most speedy and efficient strain yet—is poised to “pick off” the most vulnerable as it quickly becomes dominant worldwide, WHO warned yesterday,
June 22, 2021
Caesarean section rates are climbing worldwide and will continue to do so, according to new research
June 21, 2021
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Brazil Saturday, slamming the government’s pandemic response as the country’s COVID-19 death toll topped half a million—the second highest in the world behind the US