As African nations worry about AGOA trade window lapse, there are signs US is considering extension
Experts say AGOA needs major reforms to live up to its promise. Some companies flag the requirement that eligible countries be re-certified each year as a source of uncertainty that deters long-term investments.
Covid: How scientists in US ignored White House ban on funding studies that enhanced transmissibility of influenza
After reviewing EcoHealth’s response letter, Stemmy flagged an apparent discrepancy: it stated the internal biosafety committee (IBC) at UNC used by Baric would serve as the oversight body for the experiments, even though the work was proposed to take place at the Wuhan lab. Stemmy emailed Daszak for an explanation.
Tooth decay: How sugar industry falsifies science to sell fluoride that ingests teeth
Internal sugar industry and dental organisation documents, analysed by the study’s author Christopher Neurath, detail how the sugar industry helped shape the public health policies that, for decades, touted fluoride as a “magic bullet” against tooth decay.
Probe: US ministry of health agency gave Covid experiments at China’s Wuhan Institute greenlight despite concerns
Recently obtained government emails for the first time lay bare the NIH “gain-of-function” review committee’s informal vetting of the controversial project, demonstrating the agency’s weak oversight of the potentially dangerous research it funded at the lab where some critics believe the pandemic started.
Kenya’s leisure hub at the coast push for slice of world conference tourism besides rich sun and beach holiday menu
As the industry celebrates the World Tourism Week, Kenya has been described as a strategic and ideal destination for regional and international meetings. The International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) report of 2024, shows that MICE drives global travel growth and has outpaced leisure tourism.
Reprieve for under siege Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga as contractors suspend threat to paralyse operations
Aloso said they have engaged the County Executive Committee Member for Finance Solomon Obiero who promised to pay them soon because the county had received money from the national treasury.
Study: Coffee keeps urine system and heart healthy, slows liver disease’s progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis
For the first four areas, the authors pinpointed specific molecules that had been shown to be positively influenced by coffee in the existing data. In the fifth, they identified a variety of gut microbiome-balancing bacteria that coffee helps promote.
Pop icon J-Lo says divorce from Ben Affleck ‘helped me grow in a way I needed to grow’
Lopez and Affleck rekindled their romance in 2021 and they married in an intimate Las Vegas ceremony in July 2022. They later celebrated their nuptials with a ceremony in Georgia in front of friends and family a month later.
Zionist: ‘Tel Aviv neighbourhood populated by East African immigrants as is rubbish-filled, dangerous and home to raggedy toothless prostitutes’
At least two people involved in developing the deleted toolkit resigned from Christian Aid, according to internal communications. The spokesperson said the deletion of the toolkit “does not reflect any change in attitude of support for LGBTQ+ staff”.
Doublespeak? ‘Ungodly’ Christian Aid shocks staff with orders not to refer to Israeli atrocities in Gaza as ‘genocide
During their September 18 meeting, several Christian Aid staff stressed the urgency to acknowledge the commission’s findings and proposed an infographic explaining the report’s implications.
