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Even as the UN chief called for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and delivering climate justice, a draft COP28 list doesn’t mention a complete phase-out of fossil fuels anywhere.
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COP28 new draft fails to mention fossil fuel phase out in text 

HQ Team December 11, 2023: Even as the UN chief called for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and delivering climate justice, a draft COP28.

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About $7 trillion in investment, or seven per cent of the global gross domestic product, flows from the public and private sectors into activities that hurt the environment, a UN report stated.
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$7 trillion flows into economic activities that hurt nature: UNEP report

HQ Team December 11, 2023: About $7 trillion in investment, or seven per cent of the global gross domestic product, flows from the public.

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Australian researchers reveal that having a cat can potentially double a person’s risk of schizophrenia-related disorders transmitted through a parasite found in the animals.
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Exposure to a parasite found in cats may double risk of schizophrenia

HQ Team December 11, 2023: Australian researchers reveal that having a cat can potentially double a person’s risk of schizophrenia-related disorders transmitted through.

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African researchers and European scientists, conducting clinical trials for an HIV vaccine, have halted further vaccinations after they turned out to be ineffective in preventing people from getting the virus.
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African-European HIV vaccine clinical trials come to a grinding halt

HQ Team December 11, 2023: African researchers and European scientists, conducting clinical trials for an HIV vaccine, have halted further vaccinations after they turned.

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An “unprecedented” outbreak of anthrax, with 684 suspected human cases, has been reported from Zambia, according to the WHO.
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Zambia sees ‘unprecedented’ outbreak of anthrax: WHO 

HQ Team December 9, 2023: An “unprecedented” outbreak of anthrax, with 684 suspected human cases, has been reported from Zambia, according to the.

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is spread to people through bites by wood ticks or dog ticks. In Brazil, it may be spread by the yellow dog tick. Image courtesy of Dr. Christopher Paddock via the Public Health Image Library of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC issues health advisory on Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 3 die

HQ Team December 9, 2023: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory after three people died following.

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The USFDA has approved two treatments for sickle cell disease, one of them the first in the US based on gene-editing technology.
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US drug regulator approves two treatments for sickle cell disease 

HQ Team December 8, 2023: The USFDA has approved two treatments for sickle cell disease, one of them the first in the US.

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The current global risk from cholera is “very high” with vaccines running short of demand, the World Health Organization stated.
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WHO maintains global cholera risk at “very high” category

HQ Team December 8, 2023: The current global risk from cholera is “very high” with vaccines running short of demand, the World Health.

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A record number of 2,456 fuel lobbyists, tied to the world’s biggest polluting oil and gas firms and their trade groups, have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai.
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Fuel lobbyists swarm COP28, creating a ‘fog of climate denial’

HQ Team December 8, 2023: A record number of 2,456 fuel lobbyists, tied to the world’s biggest polluting oil and gas firms and.

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Global nations have raised $83.3 billion so far for financing climate change, according to COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference.
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UN’s COP28 raises $83.3 billion to finance climate change

HQ Team December 7, 2023: Global nations have raised $83.3 billion so far for financing climate change, according to COP28, the UN Climate.

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