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FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa October 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Media Coulibaly/File Photo

Congo, UN Deploy Specialists to Tackle Ebola Epidemic

Reuters 14/05/2018

Officials are racing to prevent the virus from spreading...

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UN Forest Accounting Loophole Allows CO2 Underreporting by EU, UK, US

Justin Catanoso 04/05/2018

Scientists say burning woody biomass is not carbon neutral,...

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India 12th Worst for Newborns Among 52 Low-Income Countries: UNICEF Report

The Wire Staff 20/02/2018

While its neonatal mortality rate stands at 25.4, the...

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Battle for Access to Medicines and Vaccines Takes Centre Stage at WHO

Priti Patnaik 02/02/2018

From prohibitive cancer drugs to making resources available to...

Moeldoko, a retired military chief and newly appointed chief of staff to Indonesian President Joko Widodo's cabinet, attends his swearing in ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia January 17, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Darren Whiteside

Indonesia Sends Military to Help Fight Health Crisis in Papua

Reuters 17/01/2018

Papua is one of Indonesia's poorest provinces despite being rich in...

FILE PHOTO: A large piece of coral can be seen in the lagoon on Lady Elliot Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, northeast from Bundaberg town in Queensland, Australia, June 9, 2015. Credit: Reuters/David Gray/File Photo

Corals at Risk as Marine Heat Waves Strike More Often

Alister Doyle 05/01/2018

High ocean temperatures are harming tropical corals almost five...

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Should Environmental Refugees Be Granted Asylum Status?

Thalif Deen 01/12/2017

According to the UN, about a third of the...