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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

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What happens when you get bitten by a snake? 5.4 million people are bitten by snakes each year – and of these, 80,000 to 140,000 people die

Estimates on deaths from snakebite around the world range from 80,000 to 140,000

But it is a problem that often goes unrecorded ...

Why isn’t good quality antivenom getting to the people who need it? Sub-Saharan Africa has access to just 2.5% of the snake antivenom treatments it needs

When we tested samples of antivenoms from 3 countries, we found that you’d need 70+ vials of some brands for effective treatment

One antivenom company we looked into even exported antivenom for Indian snakes to Africa, where they knew it wouldn’t work

A bite from a venomous snake can cause life-changing injuries – or even death

One snake park volunteer we spoke to recalls his experience 👇

Not only is the life-saving treatment in very short supply across parts of some African countries – patients often struggle to afford it

The situation has become so bad, some locals have been forced to take matters into their own hands 👇

Snake bite antivenom in sub-Saharan Africa is unreliable – some is… In sub-Saharan Africa patients face a “Wild West” where treatments for snake bites cost the earth or don’t work

5.4 million people get bitten by a snake each year

Despite it being a common enough occurrence across sub-Saharan Africa, the region is plagued by ineffective antivenoms – some of which are about as useful as injecting water, experts say

MPs demand answers from HMRC following Abramovich investigation MPs call for tax authority to crack down on offshore tax avoidance in wake of TBIJ reports

🚨 MPs have demanded HMRC puts an end to the vast sums of public money being lost to offshore tax avoidance – which they say the tax authority has drastically underestimated

As USAID faces potential dissolution, here's what $1.7B in Western Balkans funding (2020-24) tells us about U.S. strategic priorities in the region.

Serbia is witnessing its largest student movement since 1968, yet it's receiving minimal international coverage. Almost daily I get the question from my colleagues in Serbia why are the media not interested?

Join Prof Des Freedman, Marina Zec and me next Monday, February 10, 5:30 at Goldsmiths!

Historic 1997 Belgrade meeting: Jean-Marie Le Pen with Vojislav Šešelj (convicted war criminal) and a young Aleksandar Vučić, years before Vučić became Serbia's president.

Why Trump’s next presidency poses a new global threat to women’s… Figures close to new president have already been making moves to influence reproductive services around the world

Immediately after Donald Trump won the US election, postal orders of abortion pills spiked across the country

At the same time, the country’s biggest provider of reproductive health services saw appointments for IUDs increase by 8x

Amazing journos to follow today!👇

Is your bank financing the climate crisis? And what can you do about… High-street banks’ green claims are under increasing scrutiny. Here’s how customers can find out where their money is going

At TBIJ we’ve spent years exposing big banks that use loopholes to continue funding fossil fuels - all the while showcasing how green they are

So the question is: is *your* bank financing the climate crisis?