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Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.
Monkeypox given new name by global health experts
GENEVA — Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, after complaints over racist and stigmatizing language linked to the virus's name.The old term will be used alongside the new one for a year, before being phased out.Mpox was decided on after lengthy discussions between experts, countries and the general public.It can easily be used in English as well as other languages, the WHO said.Human monkeypox was first identified in 1970 and named after the disease caused by the virus was discovered in captive monkeys more than a decade before.Since then, the WHO has introduced advice on naming diseases.It stresses the need to minimize unnecessary negative impact on trade, travel, tourism or animal welfare, and to avoid causing offence to any...
November 28, 2022

Monkeypox given new name by global health experts

The remains of cars and buses crushed by the violent mudslide and rockslide can be seen everywhere as excavators try to clear access to homes, cars and shops.
Seven dead and five missing after torrents of mud sweep through Italian
ROME — The death toll from a mudslide on the Italian island of Ischia has now risen to seven.A wave of mud and debris caused by heavy rain devastated the small town of Casamicciola Terme in the north of the island — situated off the coast from Naples — early on Saturday morning.By Sunday evening, Italy’s government declared a state of emergency on Ischia, with five people still missing. Earlier, search teams pulled the body of a young girl from her family home as they dug through the mud for a second day.The Italian press also reported that 13 people were injured. Some of the people initially reported missing were finally found safe, including a family with a newborn baby, Naples prefect said.Search operations have been complicated by persistent rain and strong winds, which have...
November 28, 2022

Seven dead and five missing after torrents of mud sweep through Italian

“It is really a choice between freeze or fleeing,” Jan Egeland, NRC Secretary General, said.
Europe must brace for 100,000s of Ukrainian refugees this winter: Egeland
OSLO — Europe must get ready to accept hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees this coming winter, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in an interview with Euronews.“It is really a choice between freeze or fleeing,” Jan Egeland, NRC Secretary General, said. “Therefore very many people are voluntarily fleeing.”“Europe has to prepare for hundreds of thousands of new refugees this winter from Norway in the north to the southern European countries.”Nearly 7.9 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian tanks rolled across the border in February.The vast majority have escaped to neighboring countries, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Moldova, But significant numbers of refugees have been welcomed elsewhere in Europe.Egeland described how a...
November 28, 2022

Europe must brace for 100,000s of Ukrainian refugees this winter: Egeland

The logo of the NHS, the UK’s public health care provider.
Brexit has intensified UK doctor shortages, finds study
LONDON — Brexit has worsened doctor shortages in the UK, according to a study published on Sunday.The Nuffield Trust, a think tank specializing in health care, found that Britain’s split from the European Union (EU) left the country short of 4,000 doctors in many key areas.The study comes amid a broader crisis in the UK’s public health care system, known as the National Health Service (NHS).Years of austerity by the Conservatives and COVID have caused record waiting times for treatment, low staff morale and labor shortages.Commissioned by the Guardian newspaper, the study looked at four specialties in which European doctors were particularly represented before the 2016 Brexit vote, including anesthesia, pediatrics, cardio-thoracic surgery and psychiatry.In these areas, it found that...
November 28, 2022

Brexit has intensified UK doctor shortages, finds study

Operatives wearing uniforms with the logo of Europol. — courtesy Europol
Europol helps take down cocaine ‘super cartel’ in six-country bust
THE HAGUE — A drugs cartel believed to control up to a third of Europe’s cocaine trade was taken down in a six-country bust, with 30 tons of drugs seized, Europol said on Monday.The European policing agency had helped coordinate the takedown, with police arresting a total of 49 suspects in raids in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Arab Emirates with help from the US Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, over the space of 11 days in November.At least six high-value targets of what Europol dubbed a “super cartel” were arrested in Dubai.The operation, dubbed “Desert Light,” had been planned over a period of two years, helping authorities gain insight into what was described as a “prolific criminal network involved in large-scale drugs trafficking and money...
November 28, 2022

Europol helps take down cocaine ‘super cartel’ in six-country bust

Fleeing Russian shelling, civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city Kherson whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.
Snowy Kyiv battles power cuts, Russia ‘may leave’ Zaporizhzhia
KYIV/ MOSCOW — Snow fell in Kyiv and temperatures hovered around freezing on Sunday as millions in and around the Ukrainian capital struggled with disruptions to electricity supply and central heating caused by waves of Russian air strikes.Repair crews across the country have been scrambling to restore heat, electricity and water services that were blasted into disrepair.Ukrenergo, the state power grid operator, said on Sunday that electricity producers are now supplying about 80% of demand — an increase of 5% on Saturday. The capacity deficit stood at 20%, it added.But it also said that electricity producers are still unable to resume full power supply and have no choice but conserve energy by imposing blackouts.A senior official from YASNO, which provides energy to Kyiv, has said the...
November 27, 2022

Snowy Kyiv battles power cuts, Russia ‘may leave’ Zaporizhzhia

HMS Astute, a Royal Navy Astute class nuclear attack submarine. — courtesy PA Media
Head of the Royal Navy defends handling of rape allegations
LONDON — The head of the Royal Navy has defended the way the service handles allegations of rape and sexual abuse.Adm Sir Ben Key told BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House the Navy had changed how it investigates complaints.The First Sea Lord insisted independent investigations would be slower and “lead to less good outcomes”.The Navy has launched an inquiry following allegations made last month of bullying and sexual harassment against women in the Submarine Service.Earlier this month, a woman — known as ‘Catherine’ — told Woman’s Hour she had been raped and fallen pregnant while serving at sea.She told the program she did not report the rape at the time because she was worried about being labeled a troublemaker: “There is no complaints system that is completely separate...
November 27, 2022

Head of the Royal Navy defends handling of rape allegations

Manston Airport detention center in Kent.
Diphtheria cases rising among asylum seekers
LONDON — The number of cases of diphtheria among asylum seekers who have recently arrived in the UK has risen to more than 50, the BBC understands.It comes after it was confirmed that one migrant who died after being held at Manston processing center in Kent had contracted the disease.The man died in hospital on Nov. 19 after entering the UK on a small boat seven days earlier.The Home Office said it takes the welfare of those in its care seriously.This week, health officials are set to confirm there have been more than 50 diphtheria cases among asylum seekers this year, the BBC understands.In 2021, there were three of the same strain, according to government data.Diphtheria is a highly contagious infection that affects the nose, throat and sometimes cause ulcers on the skin.According to...
November 27, 2022

Diphtheria cases rising among asylum seekers

The photograph released to mark the Duchess of Cornwall’s 75th Birthday. — courtesy Clarence House
Camilla scraps ladies-in-waiting in modernizing move
LONDON — Camilla, the Queen Consort, is ending the tradition of having ladies-in-waiting, but instead will be helped by “Queen’s companions”.As well as modernizing the title, the six women assistants will be less regularly in attendance than the previous role required.The honorary positions involve helping the Queen Consort at public events.Unlike the ladies-in-waiting, this slimmed-down role will not involve correspondence or administration.Replacing the role of lady-in-waiting will end a feature of court life going back to the middle ages, with such close personal helpers of a Queen often coming from aristocratic families and, over the centuries, sometimes caught up in court intrigue.The new “companions” will be a more occasional and informal position, supporting the Queen...
November 27, 2022

Camilla scraps ladies-in-waiting in modernizing move

Damaged vehicles are seen after heavy rain triggered landslides that collapsed buildings and left up to 12 people missing, in Casamicciola, Ischia, on Saturday.
State of emergency declared as rescuers search for missing in Ischia mudslide
ROME — Italy's government declared a state of emergency on Sunday for the island of Ischia, hit the day before by a large mudslide that left at least two dead and around a dozen missing.Italian media reported that a second body had been recovered, noting that the official toll would not be given until the evening. Search teams pulled the body of a young girl from her family home as they dug through mud for a second day.Earlier, the body of a 31-year-old woman was found by rescue workers, said the prefect of Naples, Claudio Palomba. The Italian press also reported that 13 people were injured.Some of the people initially reported missing were finally found safe, including a family with a newborn baby, the prefect said.A wave of mud and debris caused by heavy rains devastated the small...
November 27, 2022

State of emergency declared as rescuers search for missing in Ischia mudslide

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