‘A Mockery’: Nations Unite in Outrage at Plastics Treaty Draft 13/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – A new draft of the global plastics treaty published Wednesday found a clever solution to answering the difficult questions facing nations seeking the historic treaty: delete them from the text. The long-awaited draft arrived at a tense moment in negotiations over what many hoped would be a watershed treaty to address the crisis […] Continue reading -> Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> EU Says It’s Ready to Deal on Plastics Treaty, But Not ‘At Any Cost’ 12/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – The European Union said Tuesday it is ready to make a deal on a global plastics treaty but will not accept an agreement “at any cost,” leaving the door open to rejecting a weak outcome as negotiators enter the final 72 hours of talks with core provisions still deadlocked. “The EU is here […] Continue reading -> WHO Awards Top-Level Recognition to Regulatory Authorities in Canada, UK and Japan 08/08/2025 Editorial team The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated government regulatory authorities in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLAs), a status granted to national authorities that meet the highest international regulatory standards for medical products. The recognition widens the pool of WHO-recognized authorities significantly beyond the previously recognized authorities in Europe, the United […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm ‘Last Chance’ UN Plastics Treaty Talks 08/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA — Fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyists have descended on UN plastics treaty negotiations in record numbers, as delegates from over 180 countries attempt to forge a global agreement to stem the tsunami of plastic pollution drowning the planet. According to a new analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), at least 234 […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> WHO Decries US Cancellation of mRNA Vaccine Research as ‘Unfortunate and Untimely’ 06/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO says mRNA technology holds particular potential in developing vaccines against emerging epidemic threats. Scientists in the United States and abroad called on US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to release the data that informed his decision to cancel the US investments in mRNA vaccine research. The World Health Organization […] Continue reading -> Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people, but continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, launched Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Global hunger levels have remained […] Continue reading -> The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gaza Malnutrition Deaths Rise, says WHO, while Israeli Hostage Mothers Make Fresh Appeal to ICRC 13/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Despite an uptick in food supplies reaching Gaza this month, critical medical equipment remains barred from entry while deaths from malnutrition continue to mount to 147 casualties as of August 5, said Rick Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. On the same […] Continue reading -> EU Says It’s Ready to Deal on Plastics Treaty, But Not ‘At Any Cost’ 12/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – The European Union said Tuesday it is ready to make a deal on a global plastics treaty but will not accept an agreement “at any cost,” leaving the door open to rejecting a weak outcome as negotiators enter the final 72 hours of talks with core provisions still deadlocked. “The EU is here […] Continue reading -> WHO Awards Top-Level Recognition to Regulatory Authorities in Canada, UK and Japan 08/08/2025 Editorial team The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated government regulatory authorities in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLAs), a status granted to national authorities that meet the highest international regulatory standards for medical products. The recognition widens the pool of WHO-recognized authorities significantly beyond the previously recognized authorities in Europe, the United […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm ‘Last Chance’ UN Plastics Treaty Talks 08/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA — Fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyists have descended on UN plastics treaty negotiations in record numbers, as delegates from over 180 countries attempt to forge a global agreement to stem the tsunami of plastic pollution drowning the planet. According to a new analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), at least 234 […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> WHO Decries US Cancellation of mRNA Vaccine Research as ‘Unfortunate and Untimely’ 06/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO says mRNA technology holds particular potential in developing vaccines against emerging epidemic threats. Scientists in the United States and abroad called on US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to release the data that informed his decision to cancel the US investments in mRNA vaccine research. The World Health Organization […] Continue reading -> Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people, but continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, launched Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Global hunger levels have remained […] Continue reading -> The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
EU Says It’s Ready to Deal on Plastics Treaty, But Not ‘At Any Cost’ 12/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA – The European Union said Tuesday it is ready to make a deal on a global plastics treaty but will not accept an agreement “at any cost,” leaving the door open to rejecting a weak outcome as negotiators enter the final 72 hours of talks with core provisions still deadlocked. “The EU is here […] Continue reading -> WHO Awards Top-Level Recognition to Regulatory Authorities in Canada, UK and Japan 08/08/2025 Editorial team The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated government regulatory authorities in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLAs), a status granted to national authorities that meet the highest international regulatory standards for medical products. The recognition widens the pool of WHO-recognized authorities significantly beyond the previously recognized authorities in Europe, the United […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm ‘Last Chance’ UN Plastics Treaty Talks 08/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA — Fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyists have descended on UN plastics treaty negotiations in record numbers, as delegates from over 180 countries attempt to forge a global agreement to stem the tsunami of plastic pollution drowning the planet. According to a new analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), at least 234 […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> WHO Decries US Cancellation of mRNA Vaccine Research as ‘Unfortunate and Untimely’ 06/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO says mRNA technology holds particular potential in developing vaccines against emerging epidemic threats. Scientists in the United States and abroad called on US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to release the data that informed his decision to cancel the US investments in mRNA vaccine research. The World Health Organization […] Continue reading -> Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people, but continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, launched Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Global hunger levels have remained […] Continue reading -> The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Awards Top-Level Recognition to Regulatory Authorities in Canada, UK and Japan 08/08/2025 Editorial team The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated government regulatory authorities in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLAs), a status granted to national authorities that meet the highest international regulatory standards for medical products. The recognition widens the pool of WHO-recognized authorities significantly beyond the previously recognized authorities in Europe, the United […] Continue reading -> Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm ‘Last Chance’ UN Plastics Treaty Talks 08/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA — Fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyists have descended on UN plastics treaty negotiations in record numbers, as delegates from over 180 countries attempt to forge a global agreement to stem the tsunami of plastic pollution drowning the planet. According to a new analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), at least 234 […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> WHO Decries US Cancellation of mRNA Vaccine Research as ‘Unfortunate and Untimely’ 06/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO says mRNA technology holds particular potential in developing vaccines against emerging epidemic threats. Scientists in the United States and abroad called on US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to release the data that informed his decision to cancel the US investments in mRNA vaccine research. The World Health Organization […] Continue reading -> Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people, but continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, launched Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Global hunger levels have remained […] Continue reading -> The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm ‘Last Chance’ UN Plastics Treaty Talks 08/08/2025 Stefan Anderson GENEVA — Fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyists have descended on UN plastics treaty negotiations in record numbers, as delegates from over 180 countries attempt to forge a global agreement to stem the tsunami of plastic pollution drowning the planet. According to a new analysis by the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), at least 234 […] Continue reading -> Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> WHO Decries US Cancellation of mRNA Vaccine Research as ‘Unfortunate and Untimely’ 06/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO says mRNA technology holds particular potential in developing vaccines against emerging epidemic threats. Scientists in the United States and abroad called on US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to release the data that informed his decision to cancel the US investments in mRNA vaccine research. The World Health Organization […] Continue reading -> Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people, but continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, launched Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Global hunger levels have remained […] Continue reading -> The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Around 100 Gazans Died This Year of Starvation as of 29 July, WHO Confirms 07/08/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has confirmed reports of 99 people who died of malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, up until the end of July, including 64 adults and 35 children, most of the latter under the age of five, said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday. According to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, the number of […] Continue reading -> WHO Decries US Cancellation of mRNA Vaccine Research as ‘Unfortunate and Untimely’ 06/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO says mRNA technology holds particular potential in developing vaccines against emerging epidemic threats. Scientists in the United States and abroad called on US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to release the data that informed his decision to cancel the US investments in mRNA vaccine research. The World Health Organization […] Continue reading -> Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people, but continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, launched Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Global hunger levels have remained […] Continue reading -> The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Decries US Cancellation of mRNA Vaccine Research as ‘Unfortunate and Untimely’ 06/08/2025 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO says mRNA technology holds particular potential in developing vaccines against emerging epidemic threats. Scientists in the United States and abroad called on US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to release the data that informed his decision to cancel the US investments in mRNA vaccine research. The World Health Organization […] Continue reading -> Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people, but continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, launched Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Global hunger levels have remained […] Continue reading -> The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Hunger Declines Globally, but Rises in Africa 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The proportion of the world’s population suffering acute hunger declined globally in 2024 to about 673 million people, but continued to rise in most African regions as well as western Asia, according to the new UN State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, launched Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Global hunger levels have remained […] Continue reading -> The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
The Accelerating Health Impacts of Heat: UK Climate and Health Summit Highlights Trends Ahead of COP30 28/07/2025 Elaine Ruth Fletcher LONDON – Summit it was not as there were no heads of state or even Bill Gates, although the UK’s Minister for Climate Change made a compelling presentation showing the kind of policy leadership starkly absent in the United States. Even so, the recent Climate and Health Summit, hosted by the UK Physiological Society, the […] Continue reading -> US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR’s Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans 24/07/2025 Kerry Cullinan US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. This is according to a report in the New York Times on Thursday, based on leaked planning documents that […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts