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Rapid AdviceCryptococcal disease is one of the most important opportunistic infections among people living with advanced HIV disease and is a major contributor to illness, disability and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.New guidelines deve…
New guidelines from WHO recommend a simpler, safer treatment for cryptococcal disease in people living with HIV Read MoreU.S. government officials warn that many African countries will continue to face shortages and high food prices as long as Russia continues to wage war against Ukraine, from which Africa gets much of its wheat and cooking oil.Speaking to journalists on…
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Increases Food Insecurity in Africa Read MoreWASHINGTON — The United States honored 12 women from Colombia, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Vietnam and other countries, with the State Department saying they have demonstrated leadership and a willingness to sacrifice for others at an “International Women of…
Pro-democracy Leaders, Jailed Journalist Among US ‘Women of Courage’ Honorees Read MoreThe United Nations Environment Assembly, meeting in Nairobi, has adopted a resolution detailing what to do about plastic pollution. It calls for two years of negotiations toward a comprehensive, international treaty on the full life cycle of plastics.D…
UN Environment Summit Adopts Historic Agreement on Plastic Waste Read MoreJACQUEVILLE (Ivory Coast)— The United States’ yearly counter-terrorism training program for African forces began on Sunday in Ivory Coast at a time of upheaval in which Islamist fighters control large areas, coups are on the rise and French forces are …
US begins counter-terrorism training in Africa amid upheaval Read MoreYAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON — The Roman Catholic Church in Cameroon says armed men Friday torched a renowned girls’ school dormitory in Mamfe, an English-speaking southwestern town. English-speaking separatists have claimed responsibility, saying that they punis…
Cameroon Separatists Torch Girls-Only School Dorm for Preparing for National Youth Day Activities Read MoreA study released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows an extra shot of a COVID-19 vaccine provides solid protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death.The federal health agency followed more than 400,000 a…
New CDC Study: COVID-19 Booster Protects Against Hospitalization, Severe Illness Read MoreA United Nations report released Monday said the world is failing to insure that by 2030 all children are receiving an “inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities.”The indicators used to determine a participating coun…
UNESCO: World Failing to Provide Quality Education for Children Read MoreSecretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday the United Nations is “in a race against time” to prevent millions of Afghans from falling deeper into a severe economic and humanitarian crisis.“Livelihoods across the country have been lost. More than …
UN Chief: ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Afghan Economy Read MoreNEW YORK — New York state reported Friday that just over 21,000 people had tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day, the highest single-day total for new cases since testing became widely available.Just under half of the positive results were in t…
Rockettes End Season as New York Tallies Record COVID-19 Cases Read MoreTwo astronauts with the U.S. space agency, NASA, left the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday to conduct a spacewalk to replace a broken antenna system, two days after the walk was postponed over concerns about space debris.NASA astronauts Thoma…
NASA Astronauts Conduct Previously Postponed Spacewalk Read MoreThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose between May 2020 and April 2021 — a nearly 30% increase over the previous year.While not an official count, the CDC says it can confirm 98,000 dea…
Overdose Deaths in US Top 100,000, CDC Says Read More