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The United Nations and others said donors should resume support for UNRWA after a review found that Israel hadn’t backed up claims that many agency workers are members of terrorist groups. The ... Read More

Terror suspects show signs of torture by Russians, including shock to genitals — as senators warn ISIS could target Americans

Harrowing footage appears to show Russian forces torturing suspects in the Moscow ... Americans sooner rather than later,” he told Fox News Sunday. Putin tried to blame Ukraine, which furiously ... Read More

COVID vaccine doses to be discarded

Japan's health ministry has announced plans to discard unused coronavirus vaccine doses now that the government has ended its free vaccination program. The ministry had been procuring doses by ... Read More

FDA OKs New Drug To Boost COVID-19 Protection for Immunocompromised People

The FDA has authorized a new treatment that may help immunocompromised people be protected from COVID-19 ... Essentially, a vaccine’s role is to provoke antibodies to a particular disease ... Read More

FDA OKs New Treatment to Prevent COVID in High-Risk People

It cannot be given within 2 weeks of a person receiving a COVID vaccine. Pemgarda received an emergency use authorization from the FDA. In a letter ... three or more doses of COVID vaccines ... Read More

Health News

and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed ... Read More

'Blood on its hands': FDA loses battle against ivermectin, agrees to remove COVID-related anti-drug social media posts

As of Sunday, the FDA's website still does not suggest ivermectin for COVID-19, stating that excessive doses are detrimental and that pharmacy has to fill a prescription before handing over the ... Read More

How "prebunking" misinformation works

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Lesley Stahl reported ... The headline said, "A 'healthy' doctor died two weeks after getting a COVID-19 vaccine; CDC is investigating why." ... Read More

Zelenskiy Says Without US Aid, Ukraine Forces Will Have to Retreat

Zelenskiy told Johnson in a telephone conversation on Thursday that approval of the package was vital. Russian forces captured the eastern town of Avdiivka last month and have made small gains ... Read More

FDA is still struggling to inspect clinical research sites, watchdog finds

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of clinical research in hospitals and clinics has fallen considerably in recent years, due to disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic and ... Read More

WORLD NEWS

Similar reports emerged from the Al Shifa site following an Israeli special forces operation. Read More