NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with World Relief's Jenny Yang about the Biden administration's delays in accepting more refugees into the United States, despite campaign promises to increase numbers.
2019 was the worst year on record for syphilis. Reasons range from drug use to dating apps to underinvestment in contact tracing, as well as the surprising role of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV.
President Biden had his second call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and proposed a summit in the months ahead to talk about arms control, Ukraine and cyber issues.
Officially, South Africa has reported 53,000 COVID-19 deaths. Scientists believe that in reality the death toll may surpass 100,000 — which has many questioning everything from faith to rationality.
The Biden administration plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 of this year. The move would bring to a close America's longest war.
Despite Tokyo's assurances that it will not pose a threat to people or the environment, the decision has been criticized by the local fishing community, environmental groups and Japan's neighbors.
The arrest of food delivery worker Chen Guojiang dealt a blow to nascent efforts to promote couriers' rights as they've gained broader public attention during the coronavirus pandemic.
Are Israel and the U.S. working at cross purposes on countering Iran's nuclear program? That's the question after the sabotage at an Iranian nuclear site over the weekend.
Before the coronavirus hit America Trump had cut funding and basically closed the White House Pandemic office. The office comprised of an admiral MD and a staff of 40 and had the mission of scanning the world to see where a pandemic might come from and working to mitigate a pandemic if they find one.
Without having the pandemic office to forewarn us America was side blinded by coronavirus.
Trump should be held accountable for this and step down from office.
The FDA and CDC are reviewing data involving six reported cases of blood clots, and the drugmaker said it would delay its European rollout. The White House Covid-19 coordinator said the pause won’t have a major effect on vaccination efforts.
The companies’ $16 billion deal is the latest sign that the next battleground for technology giants will be in healthcare, an industry whose need to embrace data and software was underscored by the pandemic.
The “superapp” operator said it would go public on the Nasdaq by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, securing a near-$40 billion valuation in a new milestone for the SPAC boom that has swept markets.
The budget gap for March alone rose to $660 billion, as the government issued a third round of stimulus checks to help Americans ride out the economic fallout from pandemic.
Overwhelmed state and local authorities are grappling with how to allocate $25 billion in federal rental relief, leaving many tenants and landlords waiting weeks or months for their share.
President Xi Jinping is confronting the Biden administration with a new world view, that Beijing’s decades of not challenging the U.S. as the global leader are over; “no room for compromise” on Taiwan.
