LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Global health donors pledged nearly $600 million towards eliminating cervical cancer on Tuesday, at the first global forum dedicated to fighting the disease.
Nearly $200 million is scheduled to be spent over the next decade across the National Park System on projects focused on climate restoration and resilience projects, the Biden administration has announced.
With “green corridors” that mimic the natural forest, the Colombian city is driving down temperatures -- and could become five degrees cooler over the next few decades.
When the Florida golden aster (Chyrsopsis floridana) was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1986, only nine clusters of the yellow daisy-like perennial herb could be found growing in Hillsborough County, Fla.
Restoring South Africa’s third-largest protected area and reintroducing cheetah, black rhino, elephants and lions to the Great Karoo Samara Karoo Reserve has pioneered the rewilding of the Great Karoo in South Africa for over a quarter of the century. Inspired by tales of the springbok migrations of yesteryear and motivated to...
Alewife fish populations are continuing to journey back home to Maine's Penobscot River thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which is helping to reconnect and restore fish passages.
The Saksfjed Wilderness is one of the largest and most aspirational rewilding initiatives in Denmark. Membership of the European Rewilding Network will enhance rewilding efforts.
Amtagvi is intended to help patients with melanoma that cannot be removed with surgery or has spread to other parts of the body.
Xolair is considered the first medication approved by the FDA that can help protect against severe allergic reactions brought on by accidental exposure to certain foods.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new program to support the state of Assam in India to improve connectivity for over 1.8 million people living in rural areas especially during extreme weather. The $452 million Assam Resilient Rural Bridges Program aims to strengthen the resilience and management...
Court issues sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor. Sweeping decision in Center’s case of pregnant woman who was physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and left to deliver on a concrete floor.
Malgré l’opposition franche de la France, l’Union européenne adoptera d’ici quelques semaines une directive pensée pour mettre un coup d’arrêt à la précarité des travailleurs des plateformes numériqu…
Gavi, working with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), has administered one million doses of life-saving vaccines to children living in fragile and conflict-affected areas across Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan.
The militant group continues to abduct schoolchildren in north-eastern Nigeria, but one school is giving survivors hope of a better life through education
It is now often known as the ‘world’s happiest country’, but Finland used to have one of the highest suicide rates in the world. From alcohol to antidepressants, here are the changes that made the difference
Nearly half of the reduction was attributed to earlier and more effective treatment
Privacy among regulation's key tenants.
A new program will improve healthcare and nutrition services for about 4.6 million people, especially women, children and adolescents in 63 districts of Mozambique, thanks to a new 4-year program co-funded by the World Bank and the Global Financing Facility** (GFF), approved today.
This joint publication by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Food Programme (WFP) presents the state of school feeding programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as of 2022. Amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and compounding challenges, the publication highlights the critical role...
The commitment will go towards funding 141 projects across the nation.
Abuja ‒ Adenike Olayemi says Nigeria’s cervical cancer screening programme saved her life: “I cannot imagine what could have happened if I had not done the screening and gone for treatment.” Olayemi, 43, who lives in Ondo State, was among 667 women who tested positive for the human papillomavirus (HPV) and underwent...
Child deaths in Maharashtra has seen an 11% decline over the last four years, according to data released by the state public health department. Public health activists stress the need to focus efforts on tribal and rural areas for further improvement.
A new saliva test could provide a quick and cheap way to screen for breast cancer
Teaching unions say guidance includes practices already adopted and most schools already have policies in place
Satellite monitoring is a key aspect of the bill meant to prevent spills in the sea.
