A Republican-leaning state in America’s socially conservative heartland recently shocked both sides of the long-running battle over abortion, calling into question the conventional wisdom about how and where the procedure might be restricted or banned.…
New York Health Officials Detect Poliovirus in City Sewage
New York state and city health authorities said Friday that poliovirus, which causes paralytic polio, had been detected in samples of New York City sewage, suggesting the disease likely was circulating in the city. Their…
Laos and Brunei enhance cooperation on trade economic and investment
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR, Mr. Saleumxay Khommasith, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Lao-Brunei Bilateral Cooperation, led the Lao delegation to attend the 3rd meeting of the Joint…
COVID-19 Experts Urge Australians to Wear Masks Even as Latest Omicron Wave Passes
Australian health officials say there are encouraging signs that a wave of COVID-19 omicron variant infections is in decline. However, more than 4,000 Australians are hospitalized with the virus and an unknown number of others are suffering the effects…
Polio Spreading in London, Booster Campaign Launched for Kids Under 10
Britain is launching a polio vaccine booster campaign for children in London aged below 10, after confirming that the virus is spreading in the capital for the first time since the 1980s.The UK Health Security Agency has identified 116 polioviruses fro…
Over 1 mln tonnes of goods transported on Laos-China Railway
The total volume of imported and exported goods transported via the China-Laos Railway has reached 1.02 million tonnes since the railway’s opening eight months ago, with total worth of about 9.14 billion yuan (about 1.35 billion U.S. dollars), accordin…