Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Five years after 700,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh, and a decade after intercommunal violence rocked Rakhine State, those who remain live in a state of limbo.

Photo: Pixabay/Kanenori  If the planet continues to warm at current rates, by the end of the century as many as 90% of marine species will be at risk of going extinct. This stark warning comes from a team of scientists who examined some 25,000 species, including fish, marine plants, bacteria […]

At least 32 people have died since Friday in flash flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoonal rains in two of India’s northern states.

On 26 July 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)/Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule (the OPPS Proposed Rule or the Rule).1  In addition to proposals related to the OPPS and ASC payment system for calendar year […]

San Francisco – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Natalie Rainer as a partner in its health care and FDA practice and food and beverage industry group. She joins the firm’s San Francisco office from Keller and Heckman LLP. Rainer practices food and drug law, and advises clients on […]

Text reminders encourage more women to seek family planning services: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Mozambique Aug 24, 2022 jmcquaid Wed, 08/24/2022 – 13:00 Text reminders encourage more women to seek family planning services: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Mozambique Jessica Leight Kyle Pico Benefits of […]

Country: Yemen Source: International Committee of the Red Cross At least 90 people, including children, have been killed and an estimated 35,000 households, most internally displaced, are reported to have been affected by floods across 17 governorates.

Photo: Pixabay/Kanenori  At the start of the 1600s, Japan’s rulers feared that Christianity – which had recently been introduced to the southern parts of the country by European missionaries – would spread. In response, they effectively sealed the islands off from the outside world in 1603, with Japanese people not […]