Ebola outbreak is the deadliest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s history
The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the deadliest the country has ever faced, the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. According to local authorities, the disease has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the 2,299 deaths recorded in the DRC’s 2018-2020 outbreak, which was previously the country’s…
At New Jersey’s 9/11 memorial, disrepair and a fight to be remembered
by Benjamin Leynse, New Jersey Monitor Michael Danatos has been advocating for New Jersey’s official 9/11 memorial for over two decades. In 2004, he was chosen by then-Gov. Jim McGreevey to be on a committee made up of survivors of the attack and victims’ family members, a panel that was tasked with choosing the tribute
Trump’s dismantling of biosecurity team leaves U.S. exposed as AI threats surge
President Donald Trump’s decision to fire or reassign the White House’s dedicated biological defense experts has hollowed out the nation’s frontline defenses at the precise moment when artificial intelligence is making it easier for adversaries to engineer deadly pathogens, according to current and former officials. The administration eliminated a specialized team of roughly 30 scientists…
Tracking the Trump administration’s favors to the pesticide industry
By Stacy Malkan The pesticide industry has spent decades building a highly effective influence operation in Washington D.C., shaping how pesticides are regulated and how American agriculture operates. Its political influence did not begin with the Trump administration and has extended across both Republican and Democratic administrations. But over the past 20 months, the Trump…
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