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Measles Still Threatens Health Security

Fifty years after the approval of an extremely effective vaccine against measles, one of the world’s most contagious diseases, the virus still poses a threat to domestic and global health security.

PHILIPPINES: Human Rights Report for 2013

On the occasion of the Human Rights Day, 2013, the Philippine Desk of the Asian Human Rights Commission has produced a 19 page report detailing the prevailing situation in the country.

There’s Nothing Fishy Here

Thirteen years ago, I first traveled with a scientific expedition team to Kiribati’s Phoenix Islands, an extremely remote and unexplored oceanic coral archipelago in the Central Pacific that was, until then, little known a...

The International Atomic Energy Agency Team Completes Review of Japan's Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert team today completed a review of Japan's efforts to plan and implement the decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The International Peer Rev...