September2016

News Hour: The World Health Organization updated its assessment of the Zika virus on Wednesday as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities in babies and Guillain-Barre syndrome, after considering months of research into the mosquito-borne disease....

News Hour:  A new study suggests that routine workouts are associated with significantly lower health costs for heart disease patients. Patients with heart disease who did moderate to vigorous physical activity for 30 minutes at least...

News Hour: Posters warning of the dangers of Zika only reached Haiti’s health ministry in August, six months after the country reported an outbreak, in one example of delayed prevention efforts that have health experts worried...

News Hour: If being sent to jail without passing ‘Go’ or winning second prize in a beauty contest make “Monopoly” feel oddly detached from real life, a new board game – about homelessness – gives a...

News Hour: Josiah Cooper-Pope, born 15 weeks premature, did fine in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first 10 days of his life. Then, suddenly, his tiny body started to swell. Overnight, he grew so...

News Hour: Priyanka Yoshikawa says she hopes that being crowned Miss World Japan will spur greater acceptance in her homeland of people with parents from different ethnic backgrounds, such as herself. With a Japanese mother and...

News Hour: The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety announced today that four Alliance-affiliated factories in Bangladesh completed all material components outlined in their Corrective Action Plans during the month of August, and the Alliance has suspended...

News Hour: Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s leading manufacturer of premium luxury vehicles, reported its best ever August retail sales of 36,926 vehicles, up 26% compared to August 2015. The month’s performance has been driven by...

News Hour: The BMW Group has once again been named the world’s most sustainable automotive company in the rating published today by RobecoSAM AG for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). The BMW Group is also...

News Hour: As Africa’s most populous country, the Minister highlighted that Nigeria’s success matters to the UK and to the African continent as a whole: a stable, secure and prosperous Nigeria means economic opportunities for British...