Event Post November 25, 2020 2020 ReSAKSS Conference: Learning from past policy mistakes and achievements to transform African agrifood systems Tsitsi Makombe COVID-19 presents new challenges for the continent.

Country: World Source: World Health Organization Opening the meeting, Jacqueline Mikolo, chair of the Seventieth Regional Committee, called for increased high-level political commitment, solidarity and information-sharing in battle against COVID-19.

Air pollution has reached endemic proportions across much of the planet and it’s not just people who suffer from it. Animals do too. It follows that cleaning up the air benefits not only people but animals as well and this is exactly what a team of researchers at Cornell University […]

Shanghai’s biggest international airport momentarily descended into chaos Sunday night, after authorities ordered a mass testing drive in response to a small outbreak of Covid-19 linked to several cargo handlers.

Introduction Following earlier announcements as to the efficacy of vaccine trials by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer) and Moderna, Inc. on November 20, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech submitted applications for emergency use authorization to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their COVID-19 vaccinations. Though questions remain regarding which […]

Pittsburgh – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP congratulates retired longtime partner and former Governor of Pennsylvania and Attorney General of the United States Dick Thornburgh on being the namesake for a new, annual award to recognize sustained outstanding performance by an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s office […]