WASHINGTON – The US will end in late May a controversial pandemic-era program that had led to the rapid expulsions of nearly 2 million migrants and asylum seekers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced. Title 42 will be lifted on May 23, and the Biden administration will continue to enforce it until […]
WASHINGTON – The US House of Representatives again voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level on April 1, with a slim bipartisan majority voting in favor. In all, three Republicans joined the chamber’s Democrats in supporting the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, which cleared the House 220-204. The...
WASHINGTON- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that it authorized a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for older people. The agency said the second booster dose may be administered to individuals 50 years and older at least four months after getting the first booster dose of any approved [&hel...
On Thursday, a progressive coalition urged the Biden administration to exercise its power to make lifesaving medicines affordable. Advocates for The Make Meds Affordable campaign unveiled a roadmap for lowering drug prices. It outlines two executive authorities the federal government can invoke to end patent monopolies and lower drug prices. ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A team of Bangladeshi scientists on Wednesday claimed discovering a new cause for diabetes, calling it a breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of the disease. The researchers said deficiency of the intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) enzyme is one of the leading causes of diabetes and people with IPA deficienc...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine’s president said early Wednesday that negotiations with Russia on ending the war were difficult but are slowing moving forward. In a video address on his Telegram account, Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the latest developments regarding the war, negotiations and evacuations. “Ukrainian representatives are working on the...
For the first time, a new study focuses on the effects of mild COVID on the brain. The findings are based on information collected from 785 volunteers in the UK who were assessed before the pandemic, then three years later. Half of them had gotten mild COVID, and the other half had not caught the […]
GENEVA (AA) – Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war on Feb. 24, the World Health Organization has verified 43 attacks on healthcare facilities, the WHO chief said Wednesday. “WHO condemns all attacks on health care, wherever they occur. It is against international humanitarian law,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Ad...
LONDON (AA) – British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Monday that all remaining COVID-19 travel restrictions, including testing for arrivals, will end as of early this Friday. “These changes are possible due to our vaccine rollout and mean greater freedom in time for Easter,” he said. The Easter holidays are a popular time for [&helli...
BERLIN – Germany has reported a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, with 262,752 contracting the disease. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country’s disease control agency, confirmed 262,752 new COVID-19 cases and 259 related fatalities in the past 24 hours. The relaxation of anti-coronavirus measures last month and the s...
