The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced two new confirmed cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. A 45-year-old female from the city of Malang in East Java province developed symptoms on 22 February. She recovered and is in a healthy condition. The case disposed of…
The United Nations is hoping to tap into the creativity of Europeans to boost awareness in the region of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight globally agreed anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline.
The Department of Environmental Protection has fined TRS Ceramics of State College, Centre County, $6,500 for hazardous waste violations at the company’s piezoceramic manufacturing plant. A DEP ...
Twenty years of coordinated efforts to restore life to the West Branch Susquehanna River in north-central Pennsylvania have led to marked improvements in water quality, as well increases in fish populations ...
Some 5 million children in Zimbabwe will receive urgently needed protection from a growing spread of measles thanks to $5.6 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).
The United Nations is setting up a human rights office in Guinea to help the Government prevent abuses such as last year's violent suppression by the then military junta of mass protests in which 156 people were killed, women raped, political opponents arrested and their homes looted.
A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged Myanmar's Government to "keep its promise" to ensure that upcoming national elections in the Asian country are transparent and inclusive enough to be considered credible.
The Department of Environmental Protection announced today that it has issued a permit that will protect the environment from stormwater discharges associated with the construction of a wind farm in Snyder ...
As of 27 April 2010, German health authorities reported a laboratory confirmed case of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in a traveller returning to Germany after a trip to South Africa from 17 March to 8 April 2010. The case, along with three travel companions, visited rural areas and game reserves along the…
The Ministry of Health of Cambodia has announced a new confirmed case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.