Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Biden admin to hold first onshore drilling auctions in blow to climate agenda
(Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department this week will hold its first onshore oil and gas auctions since President Joe Biden took office, a setback to his administration's early efforts to end federa...
Jun 28, 2022
Texas judge blocks enforcement of pre-Roe v. Wade abortion ban
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A Texas judge on Tuesday blocked officials from enforcing a dormant 1925 abortion ban that the state's Republican attorney general said was back in effect after the U.S. Sup...
Jun 28, 2022
‘Terrifying’: WWF chief hits out at plans to mine the deep sea
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - The World Wildlife Fund's chief warned on Tuesday that the potential impact of mining the deep sea could be "terrifying" and called for strict regulations to avoi...
Jun 28, 2022
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - China on Tuesday slashed the quarantine time for inbound travellers by half, in a major easing of COVID-19 curbs that have deterred cross-border travel and resulted in international flight...
Jun 28, 2022
Michigan court tosses charges against ex-governor, others stemming from Flint water crisis
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out charges against former Governor Rick Snyder and eight others in connection with the Flint water scandal, ruling that a lower co...
Jun 28, 2022
S.Africa records second monkeypox case not linked to travel
(Reuters) -South Africa has recorded a second case of monkeypox in a 32-year old male patient from Cape Town with no travel history, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The country reported its first...
Jun 28, 2022
Nigeria says at current rate, monkeypox infections in 2022 could be highest in five years
LAGOS (Reuters) - Confirmed cases of monkeypox in Nigeria could reach their highest level in five years if the current trend of infections is maintained, the head of the country's centre for disease c...
Jun 28, 2022
Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 make up more than 50% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
(Reuters) - The fast-spreading BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up a combined 52% of the coronavirus cases in the United States as of June 25, the U.S. Centers for Disease C...
Jun 28, 2022
NATO to cut emissions by 45% by 2030 and be carbon neutral by 2050 – Stoltenberg
MADRID (Reuters) - NATO aims to cut its civilian and military greenhouse gas emissions by at least 45% by 2030 and be carbon neutral by 2050, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday as he a...
Jun 28, 2022
Brazil’s LDC CEO says tackling deforestation involves compensating farmers
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Murilo Parada, chief executive officer of grain merchant Louis Dreyfus Company in Brazil, said on Tuesday that if society wants to tackle deforestation seriously, mechanisms need...
Jun 28, 2022
