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The black fungus Candida auris, which is rapidly spreading across the US, ‘colonises’ the patient’s skin before finding its way into the blood stream through open wounds and, if this happens there is a 30 to 60 percent mortality rate The Candida auris fungus growing in a petri dish(Shawn Lockhart/AP/REX/Shutterstock) Drug resistant deadly black fungus […]
Nowhere are the disparities more apparent than in health care. Technically, it has long been available to all, thanks to the universal health care law passed when Andrés and Marleny were children. But in practice, the barriers to access are often insurmountable: a lack of reliable transportation; clinics that are understaffed and often difficult to […]
In 1994, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture set the course for the liberalization and equitable organization of the global system of agricultural trade. The issue of food security was simply “noted” as a “non-trade concern”. Despite this legally peripheral status, food security seems to have taken on a politically central role in […]
Shameless failure of leadership paves way for further abuses Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered one of Europe’s worst humanitarian and human rights emergencies in recent history, exposing what has been a reality for many in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Mozambique, and the Sahel, and the terrible failure of […]
A few months ago, I went to a worship service that, in many ways, was like a thousand evangelical services I’d seen before. People raised their hands while singing and cried out “Glory to God!” and “Amen.” People stood and gave “testimony,” telling stories of finding hope or healing from pain. They read Bible verses […]
A few months ago, I went to a worship service that, in many ways, was like a thousand evangelical services I’d seen before. People raised their hands while singing and cried out “Glory to God!” and “Amen.” People stood and gave “testimony,” telling stories of finding hope or healing from pain. They read Bible verses […]
Welcome to America the Uninvestible. That seems like a strange thing to say about the go-to destination for investors around the world, offering the world’s biggest companies, the most liquid markets, and rule of law to protect shareholder returns. Government interference, too, is supposed to be limited. The fact that U.S. stocks have outperformed the […]
The Business of Fashion is pleased to announce the early speaker lineup for The Business of Beauty Global Forum, our inaugural annual gathering for entrepreneurs, innovators, big thinkers and trailblazers in beauty. From May 30 to June 1 at Stanly Ranch in Napa Valley, California we will unlock the necessary essential learnings and collaboration to […]
United States Mission to the United NationsOffice of Press and Public DiplomacyFor Immediate ReleaseMarch 22, 2023 FACT SHEET: United States Announces $49 Billion in Commitments to Global Water Security and Sanitation Biden-Harris Administration is Driving a Once-in-A-Generation Commitment to Equitable, Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation and Home and Abroad Today, on World Water Day, the Biden-Harris […]
Econographics March 20, 2023 • 9:57 am ET The US debt limit is a global outlier By Mrugank Bhusari Once again, the United States faces a self-imposed political and economic impasse over the debt limit. Of the . . .