July2016

News Hour: Brazil’s government, on alert after the truck massacre of at least 84 people in France, was reviewing its security preparations on Friday for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and staging drills against...

News Hour: Nearly 5,000 Nurse Practitioners were gathering in San Antonio, Texas from June 21-26 to advance solutions that was ensure US veterans high-quality health care with reduced wait times in the veterans health system. The American...

News Hour: The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)  was joined by representatives from key veteran groups in calling for swift adoption of a recent proposal by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to streamline...

News Hour: Rafael Nadal has been given the green light by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to compete at next month’s Rio Olympics despite not fulfilling the qualification criteria, reports Reuters. The 2008 Beijing gold medalist’s...

News Hour: The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, will visit Malawi next week at a time when the country is facing its worst food security crisis in decades. Ms....

News Hour: An international seminar to strengthen the public health emergency response capacity of South Korean humanitarian workers took place in Seoul today, bringing together 50 participants from the government, medical institutions, universities, civil society and...

News Hour: Led by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and supported by veterans, caregivers and citizens nationwide, Veterans Deserve Care is a national campaign to raise awareness of the need to strengthen health care...

News Hour: At the midpoint of the public comment period, professional nursing and veterans’ organizations held a press conference  to demonstrate support and highlight the need for a proposed rule by the Veterans Administration (VA) to...

News Hour: Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir got a muted reception at Lord’s on the second day of the first test on Friday as he bowled for the first time in a test since being banned for spot-fixing....

News Hour: To mark this year’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the Government of Ghana this week launched an information campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking. The campaign will run through the end of...