Human Rights Watch (2025-01-16). North Korea: No Easing of Systemic Rights Abuses. hrw.org Click to expand Image | The town of Chunggang, North Korea, as seen from the Chinese border town of Linjiang, February 29, 2024. | © 2024 PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images | (Bangkok) — North Korea's government under Kim Jong Un in 2024 retained repressive Covid-19-era policies that restrict movement and trade and blocked humanitarian organizations from entering the country, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025.For the 546-page world report, in its 35th edition, Human Rights Watch reviewed human rights practices in more than 100 countries. In much of the world, Executive Director Ti…

Alina Ramos Martin (2025-01-16). Tanzania dismisses reports of deadly disease outbreak. plenglish.com Dar es Salaam, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The news of an outbreak in Tanzania of the deadly Marburg fever, a disease similar to Ebola, was denied after the results of clinical tests on suspected cases were released.

Rhoda Wilson (2025-01-15). UK Covid Inquiry begins to hear evidence on vaccines. expose-news.com Module 4 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, focusing on the development of Covid-19 vaccines and the implementation of the vaccine rollout programme across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, is finally taking …

John Davidson (2025-01-15). Bill Gates' Foundation Tax-Exempt Status Faces Court Showdown Amid Vaccine Profit Allegations. globalresearch.ca In a legal confrontation with potential far-reaching implications, Floridian and head of The World Peace Through Education Foundation, Inc, William S. Scott has filed an appeal and petition for a Writ of Mandamus against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in …

Zane McNeill (2025-01-15). WV Governor Scraps DEI, Signs Vaccine Exemptions on Second Day in Office. truthout.org West Virginia Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a series of executive orders on his second day in office, including measures to allow religious exemptions for school vaccinations and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within state government. These actions have elicited criticism from state leaders and activists, including West Virginia Democratic Party Chair… |

WSWS (2025-01-15). COVID surge underway in Bolivia and Peru. wsws.org The new surge, in countries with the world's highest death rates from COVID-19, shows the continuing threat posed by the deadly virus.

aljazeera (2025-01-15). WHO says at least 8 dead in suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania. aljazeera.com Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.

Pressenza Philippines (2025-01-15). Quezon City Leads Fight against Cervical Cancer with Landmark Community-Based Screening Program. pressenza.com Quezon City, Philippines — Cervical cancer, a disease affecting the cervix, is both preventable and curable when detected early. Despite this, cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer among Filipino women, claiming the lives of more than half of the 8,549 women diagnosed each year amounting to approximately 4,380 deaths. | In response to the urgent need for cervical cancer prevention in the Philippines, Quezon City unveiled a groundbreaking community-based cervical cancer screening program on January 15, 2025, cementing its commitment to eliminating cervical cancer as a public health burden. Th…

Claire Elise Thompson (2025-01-15). Fiction to reality: Will the U.S. ever embrace insect cuisine? grist.org | | The vision: | "But no one," said Nai Nai, finally getting to the part Grace liked best, "no one was serving silkworm on Canal Street. Not until I opened up the first restaurant! And they couldn't get enough of it. I got the idea when I was walking past Mulberry. The city was planting more trees, and…

Howard Lisnoff (2025-01-15). Don't Appear Weak! counterpunch.org "Since his death, Jimmy Carter has been lauded for brokering the Camp David Accords and for his post-White House mission to help the poor and battle disease. But glossed over amid all the tributes is the burdensome legacy that Mr. Carter left for his Democratic Party: a presidency long caricatured as a symbol of ineffectiveness

Stephany Seay (2025-01-15). Gianforte's Lawsuit Against Yellowstone is a Crybaby Move. counterpunch.org Let's be clear: Gianforte's lawsuit doesn't represent Montanans, but rather Montana livestock interests. The vast majority of Montanans want wild, migratory buffalo restored in our state. The brucellosis boogey-man argument is old and is full of holes. The disease was brought to North America through invasive cattle. Brucellosis entered the Yellowstone buffalo herds by erroneous

Jimmy Videle (2025-01-15). Guide to Preserving Sacred Land Near You. counterpunch.org Anthropogenic climate change and biodiversity loss are the most pressing issues for our planet. Carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere continue to rise due to the burning of fossil fuels and land use change, with the latter occurring primarily in the form of animal agriculture and growing crops to feed livestock. Biodiversity loss is greatly enhanced by