Author: News Desk

Today, the Department of Justice is monitoring polling sites in four Michigan cities for the state’s primary election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law. The Department, through the Civil Rights Division, enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all eligible citizens to access the ballot. The Department regularly […]

“Over the past several days, children have again been killed and injured in attacks in the Russian Federation and across Ukraine,” the agency said in a statement urging the parties to comply with international humanitarian law.  UNICEF noted that three children were reportedly among seven killed in an attack in Russia’s Krasnodar region on Monday which injured around 40 others.  This came a day after a 13-year-old girl was killed, and two […]

Key points 3,748 cases, including 1,657 deaths and 708 recoveries, as of 1 August, according to WHO While Ebola vaccines exist, trials for the first ever Bundibugyo species-specific candidate vaccine began in the UK on 24 July, with a second starting in Canada this week Clinical trials of medicine and treatment options are rolling out […]

A federal jury has convicted the last of six members of the violent 103 street gang charged for ordering a retaliatory shooting that ended the life of an innocent bystander.   Shaquille Richards, 32, and Alexandra Nicks, 32, both of Houston, were convicted of using a firearm to kill during a racketeering murder and murder […]

Key points 14 million Afghans face acute hunger, with only one in nine receiving WFP food assistance. Child malnutrition has reached record levels in 12 provinces, with children under two hardest hit. Funding shortages have forced WFP to scale back lifesaving nutrition programmes nationwide. The agency needs $500 million before winter to avert a worsening […]

Although the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) cannot reach all 6 million Somalis facing hunger, data collected by its partners and analysed through AI tools in its hunger-tracking platform HungerMap Live help the agency position resources in specific areas before conditions deteriorate. Somalia faces climate change-induced droughts followed by flash floods and a brutal conflict […]

The Department of Justice announced today that it filed denaturalization actions in various U.S. district courts against 25 individuals accused of serious offenses — including attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and aggravated sexual assault of a child. Under […]

Health systems, workplaces and communities must do more to support mothers and newborns, children’s agency UNICEF and the World Health Organization said, calling for stronger counselling, maternity protections and tougher safeguards against the marketing of breastmilk substitutes.  The appeal comes as countries mark World Breastfeeding Week from 1 to 7 August, under the theme Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works.  Simple, powerful and vital  Breastfeeding is one […]

Why it matters As of 30 July, reports indicate a total of 3,605 confirmed cases, including 1,587 deaths, since the outbreak was first declared in mid-May, according to latest updates from WHO The highest number of reported cases (567) and deaths (296) were recorded in the most recent week’s data Over the last two months, the […]

Complete Health Partners Holdings, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, has agreed to pay $14,100,000, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false diagnosis codes in order to increase payments that they received from the Medicare Advantage program. “As the Medicare Advantage program continues to grow, providers who participate […]