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Mpox map from 2023
International News

Africa at Center of Another Global Health Emergency

August 29, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In recent months the African continent has once again become the focus of an international threat related to infectious disease and its spread domestically and worldwide. Thousands of Mpox cases have been […]
A Palestinian child is brought in for vaccinations at a health center in al-Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, on 25 July
International News

Ceasefire needed to avert mass polio outbreak in Gaza

August 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada Aid agencies and medical professionals are calling for a ceasefire to administer the polio vaccine to 640,000 children under the age of 10 in Gaza after a case […]
African women in Tanzania wash hands during COVID-19 pandemic
International News

COVID-19 Cases in Africa Rising Sharply

July 10, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Concerns are mounting across the African continent and internationally over the exponential growth in COVID-19 infections. At the time of this writing (07/08/20) the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) […]
FCA Warren Truck plant workers returned to work amid COVID-19 pandemic
Domestic News

COVID-19 Infection Rates Surge While Millions Are Forced Back to Work

July 7, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There were more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States on July 2. These figures represent a pattern of a rapid escalation of people being sickened by the potentially […]
World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Domestic News

Trump Administration Suspends Funding to WHO amid Global Pandemic

April 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After a series of verbal attacks against the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the United States administration of President Donald Trump has announced that funding […]