Too hot to handle? How the heat could affect players at the World Cup
Climate experts warn that 25% of World Cup games could be played in very hot conditions, affecting fans and players.
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MAHA moms test their influence in US glyphosate fight
‘Make America Healthy Again’ activists see legislative wins, White House disappointments and questions for the midterms.
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Black Lung Rising
Fault Lines investigates a surge in black lung among younger coal miners in Appalachia, and gaps in dust protections.
Published On 4 Jun 2026
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Why is a US Ebola facility in Kenya sparking protests?
The plan has drawn backlash from Kenyans as well as the country’s union of healthcare workers.
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First US screwworm case in 60 years: Should America be worried?
The US Department of Agriculture says New World screwworm has been detected in a Texas calf.
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What are the Ebola vaccines under research, and when will they be ready?
At least three vaccines are being funded, research being fast-tracked as the outbreak spreads faster than the response.
US university sells dead bodies to navy for Israeli military training
The AJ+ documentary series Direct From investigates connections between body donations and Israeli military programmes.
A woman holds her baby outside the registration centre for new refugees on the outskirts of the Korsi refugee camp in Birao, Central African Republic. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
Maude Ahmad Fadala rocks her baby inside the Korsi refugee camp, where she gave birth in the street in Birao. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
Women crowd the tiny maternity ward in Birao, which has just eight beds for about 70,000 locals and 22,000 Sudanese refugees, in a country where more than 40 percent of births already take place outside any health facility. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
Women and children fetch water at dusk in the Korsi camp in Birao. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
A nurse gives painkillers to patient Amna Adam Hessen, whose baby was delivered stillborn the previous day. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
Patients sit thigh‑to‑thigh on hard benches in the sweltering maternity ward as staff say the number of women arriving daily has tripled since Sudan’s war began in early 2023, overwhelming a health system already weakened by years of internal conflict. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
A nurse checks on a woman recovering from heavy bleeding after a complicated breech delivery, one of the preventable emergencies that become lethal when pregnancies go unmonitored despite World Health Organization guidance for at least eight prenatal visits. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
Women wait outside the delivery room at the Birao District Hospital. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
Heavily pregnant Sudanese refugees queue for water in a camp near the Sudan border, where displacement, poverty and lack of education intersect with a collapsed referral system, leaving many unsure whether any help will be available when labour starts. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
A pharmacist hands pregnant women painkillers from boxes at the pharmacy of the Birao District Hospital. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
Refugee Amna Adam Hessen lies on a bare foam mattress after losing her breech baby and bleeding heavily during labour, a death narrowly averted in a country where nearly two‑thirds of maternal deaths worldwide occur in conflict or fragile settings. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
Women line up outside the maternity entrance at Birao District Hospital, one of the only facilities in the area that used to receive reproductive health supplies from UNFPA — the sole provider in town — before aid cuts threw maternal care into a deeper crisis. [Caitlin Kelly/AP Photo]
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From: NewsFeed
Kenyans protest Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens
Hundreds have protested in central Kenya against a US-funded plan to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola there.
Published On 1 Jun 2026
Kenyans protest planned US Ebola quarantine facility
Hundreds protest near the site of the planned facility, which would serve US nationals exposed to the virus.
A police officer extinguishes a burning barricade in Nanyuki, Kenya. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
The protests on Monday came two days after Kenya’s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and arrival of any foreign patients. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Kenyan soldiers patrol as protesters rally against the proposed centre. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Health Minister Aden Duale said that the quarantine centre is for 'everyone' and not exclusively for US nationals. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Protesters in Nanyuki. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Local leaders, including Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungu, told journalists they oppose an Ebola quarantine centre. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
Anti-riot police stand by as protesters rally in Nanyuki. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
A protester with a Kenyan flag near a burning barricade. [Andrew Kasuku/AP Photo]
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