The rapid spread of a rare Ebola strain through Central and East Africa is testing local public health authorities and raising concerns about the state of global health security. The proliferation of a rare strain of Ebola known as the Bundibugyo virus in Central and East Africa now constitutes the third-largest Ebola outbreak on record….
TOPSHOT – People take photographs with Mount Fuji at Lake Yamanakako in snow in Yamanakako, Yamanashi prefecture on December 5, 2025. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images) Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Travelers who require a visa to enter Japan will pay up to five times more from July 1,…
South Africa only issues work visas to foreign nationals who meet strict legal requirements and, in many cases, employers must first prove that no South African can do the job. · A work visa does not make someone a South African citizen or permanent resident. It only gives permission to work legally for a limited…
SpaceX launches their IPO at the Nasdaq in New York City on June 12, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC There ain’t nothing like the real thing. SpaceX “proxy stocks,” whose options volumes were booming ahead of Friday’s historic initial public offering, are unwinding gains. Some look like they have more potential for a rebound than…
From virtually the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in February, President Trump has insisted it is almost over. And he’s continued to give timelines ranging from a few days to a few weeks. Fifteen weeks later — three times longer than his initial four-to-five-week estimate — ending the war has proven elusive. The…
President Donald Trump did not rule out the government’s paying people who were charged with assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” and he also contended without evidence that recent California elections were “rigged.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free…
A draft proposal for an agreement with Iran includes a 60-day ceasefire extension, a commitment to ending all military operations on every front, including Lebanon, and affirmation from Iran that it won’t develop nuclear weapons and will dispose of its enriched uranium stockpile, according to two regional officials with knowledge of the ongoing diplomacy. Iran…
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The cruise ship cluster of hantavirus cases continues to grow. The World Health Organization reports that as of May 6 there were eight cases, three of whom are confirmed by laboratory testing as hantavirus. In recent days, we heard three passengers had died. Now some passengers are being medically evacuated from the cruise ship MV…
Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried by rodents like rats and mice, and can cause severe disease in humans. Not all hantaviruses cause disease in people, and only a small number like the Andes Hantavirus, are known to make humans sick. How is it spread from rodents to humans? People usually become infected when…
