UN: Contaminated Food Sickens 600 Million, Kills 420,000 Every Year

VOA — GENEVA – In advance of World Food Safety Day, U.N. agencies are calling for concerted action to ensure food is free of the toxins that every year cause the deaths... Read more »

نامزدهای انتخابات ریاست جمهوری ایران در نخستین مناظره تلویزیونی صلاحیت یکدیگر را زیر سوال بردند

صدای آمریکا ـــ‌اولین مناظره انتخابات ریاست جمهوری پیش رو در ایران، با شرکت هفت نامزد تایید صلاحیت شده توسط شورای نگهبان با محور مسائل اقتصادی در محل صدا و سیما آغاز شد.... Read more »

Oil Facility Fires Reported in Iran’s Southwestern Ahvaz Region

VOA — CAIRO – Several oil facility fires have occurred in Iran’s southwestern Ahvaz region during the past 48 hours, Arab media reported Saturday. The reports came on the heels of a... Read more »

Nobel Doctor Calls Sexual Violence in Conflict a ‘Pandemic’

VOA — UNITED NATIONS – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege warned Wednesday that the scourge of sexual violence and rape in all conflicts is now “a real pandemic” and without... Read more »

FDA Approves Obesity Drug That Helped People Cut Weight 15%

VOA — Regulators on Friday said a new version of a popular diabetes medicine could be sold as a weight-loss drug in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy, a... Read more »

Facebook Suspends Trump for at Least Two Years

VOA — Facebook said Friday it would suspend Donald Trump’s accounts for at least two years, retaining a ban on the former U.S. president that it imposed after determining he incited the... Read more »

US Traffic Deaths Soar to 38,680 in 2020; Highest Yearly Total Since 2007

VOA — WASHINGTON – U.S. traffic deaths soared after coronavirus lockdowns ended in 2020, hitting the highest yearly total since 2007 as more Americans engaged in unsafe behavior on U.S. roads, the... Read more »

US Announces Plan to Share 80 Million Excess Vaccine Doses

VOA — The Biden administration on Thursday announced it will share 80 million excess doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of June, with specific plans on sharing the first 25 million... Read more »

Aducanumab: Is an Alzheimer’s drug coming soon?

DW — The drug aducanumab could be approved in the US and EU soon. It effectively combats the amyloid beta plaques in the brain that are indicative of Alzheimer's disease. But does... Read more »

Pope Francis makes sweeping changes to canon law to combat sexual abuse

RFI — Pope Francis has made an extensive revision to the Catholic Church’s canon law specifically addressing those found guilty of sexual abuse, in a bid to improve the Vatican’s ability to... Read more »