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Invasive species a growing and costly threat, key report to find
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» PARIS: Invasive species that destroy forests, ravage crops and cause extinctions are a major and growing threat worldwide, a landmark UN-backed assessment is poised to report.
Super-resistant mosquitoes in Asia pose growing threat: study
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» TOKYO - Mosquitoes that transmit dengue and other viruses have evolved growing resistance to insecticides in parts of Asia, and novel ways to control them are desperately needed, new research warns.
In final briefing, Fauci urges Americans to get vaccinated
AFP, Published on 23/11/2022
» WASHINGTON - True to form, America's outgoing top infectious disease official, Anthony Fauci, used what may be his final White House appearance Tuesday to convey a simple message.
Europe temperature rise more than twice global average: UN
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» GENEVA: Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said Wednesday.
WHO grants India's Covaxin jab emergency approval
AFP, Published on 03/11/2021
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an emergency use listing for the India-made Covaxin vaccine, in a move expected to increase Covid-19 jabs available in poor countries.
Covid recovery poses dire climate, health risks: Lancet
AFP, Published on 21/10/2021
» PARIS: Countries' fossil-fuel powered Covid-19 recoveries will have long-lasting consequences on human health and risk worsening the food and water insecurity, heatwaves and infectious diseases already threatening billions globally, a major assessment warned Thursday.
Hunger, drought, disease: UN climate report reveals dire health threats
AFP, Published on 23/06/2021
» PARIS - Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet.
Nadal, Osaka in Wimbledon withdrawals
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» LONDON: Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka, with 24 Grand Slam titles between them, both withdrew from Wimbledon on Thursday with the Spanish star also pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics in a bid "to prolong my career".
Concerns as India to roll out home-grown vaccine
AFP, Published on 15/01/2021
» BHOPAL, India: A homegrown coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out in India from Saturday even though clinical trials have not been completed. But the government insists it will be safe and effective.
Nature loss means deadlier future pandemics, UN warns
AFP, Published on 30/10/2020
» PARIS - Future pandemics will happen more often, kill more people and wreak even worse damage to the global economy than Covid-19 without a fundamental shift in how humans treat nature, the United Nations' biodiversity panel said Thursday.