Health workers walk with a boy suspected as having the Ebola virus at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro, FILE) GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Monday it can fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo despite the withdrawal of the U.S. Centers for… Read More »
A story in the right-wing magazine The New American this weekend was headlined Will Migrant Caravan Kill Your Child – With Disease? On Monday, “Fox& Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade claimed that the refugees pose a threat because they carry “diseases” and shouldn’t be let in. A commentator on Fox, former immigration agent David Ward, also… Read More »
Newark has a drinking water problem. That fact remains after officials continue to tout the New Jersey city’s water as the best and safest in the state and nation. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced Friday the city will distribute free filters to at-risk homes with lead service lines. This follows negative results the city received… Read More »
The Swedish prime minister has rejected calls to resign and said that “nothing will be determined” on an election night that has seen no clear winner emerge after major gains for an anti-immigration party. Neither the centre-right bloc or centre-left bloc in Sweden has taken a convincing victory on a positive night for the far-right… Read More »