Web Desk , May 29, 2023: Ahead of the talks starting Monday in Paris, many countries have said a goal of the treaty should be “circularity” – or keeping already-produced plastic items in circulation as long as possible. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) hosting the talks released a blueprint for reducing plastic waste by 80 percent by 2040. The report, …

PORTLAND, Ore. May 27, 2023: A man died while waiting over a half-hour for an ambulance after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last month, according to emergency dispatch logs, an incident that Portland firefighters say highlights their frustration at a lack of available ambulances to respond to emergency calls. The Bureau of Emergency Communications 911 dispatch log was obtained …

Web Desk , May 26, 2023: A groundbreaking study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has shed light on the symptoms of long Covid, a condition that continues to affect millions of Americans. However, the study has not provided a standardised definition of the condition, emphasising that it is a crucial initial step toward establishing a common language …

Paris, France , May 25, 2023: A paralysed man has regained the ability to walk smoothly using only his thoughts for the first time, researchers said on Wednesday, thanks to two implants that restored communication between brain and spinal cord. The patient Gert-Jan, who did not want to reveal his surname, said the breakthrough had given him “a freedom that …

SEATTLE , May 24, 2023: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and federal agencies, are investigating reports of 18 salmonella infections in at least half a dozen states that may have come from raw cookie dough sold at Papa Murphy’s. People have been sickened in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, California and Missouri, the CDC said Tuesday. …

SAO PAULO, May 23, 2023: Brazil on Monday declared a state of animal health emergency for 180 days in response to the country’s first ever detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in wild birds, in a document signed by Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro. Infection by the H5N1 subtype of avian flu in wild birds does not trigger trade …

PARIS , May 22, 2023: Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said. The severity of the current outbreak of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, and …

UNITED NATIONS, May 20, 2023: UN health experts have warned that cholera, a 19th-century disease, may be making a ‘devastating’ comeback after years of decline. In a new alert, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that more countries now face outbreaks, increasing numbers of cases are being reported and the outcome …

SACRAMENTO, May 19, 2023: California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday: One that would have ramped up the state’s emissions targets, and another that would have made oil companies liable for the health problems of people who live close to oil wells. They are among the hundreds of bills that did not survive the Legislature’s suspense file, a mysterious …

Web Desk , May 18, 2023: For millennia, bat viruses lurked in forests across West Africa, India, South America and other parts of the world. But, undisturbed, they posed little threat to humanity. No longer, a new Reuters data analysis found. Today, as more and more people encroach on bat habitat, bat-borne pathogens pose an epidemiological minefield in 113 countries, …