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President Joe Biden approved sending 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to counter Russian aggression. Human rights judges have set cases against Russia for the shooting down of flight MH17 and other alleged war crimes. The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO has also designated the historic center of Odesa a…

With one mass shooting after another, California is already in talks of more stricter gun laws. Governor Gavin Newsom, whose core tenet is gun control, acknowledges the limits of state-level policy. With California at the forefront in gun control policy, Newsom supports proposed legislation to…

Ebola is a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans, but there are limited licensed therapeutics and vaccines available. In January 2023, the Ministry of Health of Uganda declared the end of the Ebola disease, 42 days after the last confirmed case tested negative. The outbreak was declared in…

With China’s latest coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization tries to push Beijing to share data. As opposed to early 2020 when Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised China’s “transparency,” there had been deliberate undercounted cases. Despite the increased contagion and travel increase,…

The RSV surge is currently taking over pediatric units all over United States.

CVS and Walgreens reached a settlement to pay approximately $5 billion over their role in the opioid crisis, which could only be the beginning of several long years of opioid litigation. Since 2013, local governments have attempted to make companies reduce the ongoing costs of addiction, death, and…

With more cases of rainbow fentanyl (fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes), the DEA warns of the alarming rise of these deceiving drugs that are potentially sold by drug cartels. The DEA are working to stop the trafficking of rainbow fentanyl and the…

With updated COVID booster shots for children as young as 5, the FDA hopes to protect people from the dominant form of the Omicron variant that makes up the majority of the cases in the US. Previously, Moderna’s updated booster was available to those 18 and older, whereas Pfizer’s was cleared for…

These coming weeks, Tropical Storm Kay approaches the north as a Category 1 hurricane, creating a climate crisis-fueled heatwave. Rain has begun falling from far Southern California and far southwest Arizona, with increased risk of flash flooding. In the meantime, wildfires continue to burn in…

The FDA approved Omicron-specific vaccines recommended for everyone ages 12 and up with a minimum of two doses of the original vaccine. However, with the public’s unfamiliarity with the vaccine, there have been a series of concerns about the effectiveness of these new vaccines. Along with the…

This month, the largest climate bill in US history passed the Senate, and this event marked the first achievement to take action against climate change. Senator Brian Schatz declares climate change, along with other environmental declines, a planetary emergency, with hopes of this issue becoming a…

In China’s Shandong and Henan provinces, Chinese scientists have announced 35 infected cases of the new Langya henipavirus. With symptoms found in both humans and animals, this pathogen causes fever, cough, and fatigue – possibly related to the early days of COVID-19. However, there are no reports…

As a national health emergency, more preventative measures are in place to contain this crisis, while also providing more funds towards developing and evaluating vaccines and drugs. With increasing pressure, the Biden administration had been criticized for moving too slowly with the distribution of…

Widely welcomed by Taiwan and not so much China, the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited the island in 25 years – a sign of international support for the self-ruled democratic island. However, with increasing threats from China claiming Taiwan as its territory, pro-China demonstrators have…