The U.S. intelligence community is “divided” over whether COVID-19 originated from a lab in Wuhan or from natural exposure to an infected animal, and is only sure it wasn’t a deliberate bioweapon, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the…
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US intel chief: Agencies ‘divided’ over COVID origins
The U.S. intelligence community is “divided” over whether COVID-19 originated from a lab in Wuhan or from natural exposure to an infected animal, and is only sure it wasn’t a deliberate bioweapon, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the…
Rohingya Doctoral Candidate Helps Earthquake Victims in Turkey
Residents along the Turkey-Syria border were just beginning to return home to inspect the damage from the massive Feb. 6 earthquake when another tremor struck this week, said Myanmar psychology student Aung Naing Shwe, who is in the region serving as a…
Myanmar junta’s confiscation of food, medicine leaves Kayah state residents at risk
Residents and internally displaced persons in Myanmar’s war-torn Kayah state are facing a humanitarian emergency as junta forces confiscate food and medicine at dozens of security checkpoints along major land routes in the southeastern state as fightin…
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Epi-Week 47 – 48 (21 November – 04 December 2022)
Globally, the number of weekly cases remained stable during the week of 12-18th Dec compared to the week before. While cases continue to decline in […]
Angered by lockdowns, protests spread in China amid calls for Xi’s ouster
Angered by China’s strict anti-virus lockdowns, protesters took to the streets in more than a dozen cities on Sunday, calling for President Xi Jinping’s ouster […]
Malaria cases on the rise along Thai-Burma border, health officials say
Malaria rates are spiking along the Thai-Burma border, health officials in the area say, as people flee fighting in Myanmar that has forced them to […]
More than 550 doctors fired by Myanmar junta for refusing to work in protest
The junta’s Ministry of Health has fired 557 government-employed doctors who left their jobs to protest against the military government, revoking their licenses at a […]
ADWG and UNDP Collaboration for Disability Inclusive COVID-19 Response: Bangladesh, July 2020
With the outbreak of COVID-19 declared a pandemic and an international public health emergency by the WHO, the entire world is working to address it. […]
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Epi-Week 35-36 (29 August-11 September 2022) Update
Situation Overview: Globally, the number of weekly cases decreased by 28% during the Epi-week of 05 to 11 September 2022 as compared to the […]