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Health

Why Dengue Is Not The Devil

The high number of dengue cases in many states around the country has grabbed headlines as the national tally of cases this year is nearly twice the number recorded during ...

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Sustainable Development

Harnessing The Data Revolution For Sustainable Development

On September 27, 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed to a set of Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) that define a common agenda to achieve inclus...

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Gender

Why Valuing Caregiving Is Key To Closing The Gender Gap.

In the United States, the revolution for equality between men and women is stuck halfway. Over the past 50 years, women’s roles have changed dramatically, with almost...

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Health

Poor Mortality Ratio Puts U??hand Among Worst 8 States: Survey

Maternal deaths have reduced up to 45% since 1990 across the globe, according to the latest data of World Health Organization (WHO). However, every day approximately 800 wo...

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Gender

UN Rights Chief: No Country Has Achieved Gender Equality

The High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] on Tuesday stated [press release] that no country has achieved full equality between men and women and urged the 4...

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Environment

Scientists Want To See Microbeads Banned — And California Is Leading The Way

In a recent report, researchers from seven institutions have estimated that every day, a whopping 808 trillion microbeads are washed down drains in the United States, while...

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Health

French Pharmacies Begin Selling HIV/AIDS Home Testing Kits

Self-testing kits for HIV/AIDS went on sale in French pharmacies Tuesday, as part of a government plan to encourage early detection of the virus.The test, which is manufact...

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Hollywood

Cote de Pablo Joins Campaign To Raise Awareness of Gynecologic Cancers.

Each year, approximately 88,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer. The five main gynecologic cancers are cervical, ovarian, uterine, vagina...

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Hollywood

Jeff Foxworthy Honored For Fight Against Childhood Cancer

Aflac, the leading provider of voluntary insurance at the work site in the United States, today honored three heroes who have left a giant footprint in the fight against ch...

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Health

The United Nations Must Acknowledge That Mental Health Is A Development Goal

Around the world, some of the “treatments” for mental illness include being chained, isolated in a prison cell and physically abused. These human rights violati...

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