WHO Says Vaccine Announcement Encouraging, More Data Needed

https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–11/2020–07–03T000000Z_1696977563_RC2SLH9U1RBT_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-WHO-TEDROS.JPG?imwidth=800 Experts at the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion (WHO) say the news Mon­day of anoth­er COVID-19 vac­cine can­di­date is encour­ag­ing but more infor­ma­tion is need­ed and, as new virus cas­es surge around the world, it is no time to be complacent.

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A Pillar Of Sri Lanka’s Economy, Garment Workers Ostracized After A COVID Outbreak At A Factory

https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5fae6cf5240000ac4861fa5b.jpeg?ops=224_126 Colom­bo, SRI LANKA — On Octo­ber 4 this year, a 39-year-old woman from the Brandix gar­ment fac­to­ry in Min­uwan­go­da test­ed pos­i­tive for COVID-19.  By Octo­ber 13, Brandix, which makes gar­ments for glob­al brands such as Victoria’s Secret,

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Thousands of Refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Fleeing Violence

https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–11/afp_ethiopia_sudan_refugees_16Nov20.jpg?imwidth=800The bor­der town of Ham­day­at, Sudan, is now home to thou­sands of refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray region flee­ing vio­lence. Among the esti­mat­ed 8,000 who have arrived in recent days are the par­ents of sev­en-month-old twins born pre­ma­ture­ly, lay­ing on a

New App Identifies Mosquitoes by Buzzing Sound

https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/ap-images/2020/02/1252e824b0d9d7fac921068b8a128ff4.jpg?imwidth=800The high-pitched whine of a mos­qui­to is annoy­ing, but sci­en­tists have devel­oped an app that uses that sound to detect dan­ger­ous mos­qui­toes. Mos­qui­toes kill hun­dreds of thou­sands of peo­ple each year by spread­ing microbes that cause dis­eases such as malaria,

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