San Francisco’s mayor on Friday declared a state of emergency in a downtown district reeling from a severe spike in fatal drug overdoses driven mainly by fentanyl. The Tenderloin neighborhood, just south of tourist and shopping hotspot Union Square, has emerged as the city’s epicenter of an opioid crisis that has surged across the nation. …
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China’s drug authority has granted emergency approval for the country’s first specialised treatment against Covid-19, found in clinical trials to significantly reduce hospitalisations and deaths among high-risk patients. The move comes as regulators around the world give the green light to treatments — particularly for high-risk groups — amid worries over the new Omicron variant. …
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Guatemala has decreed a state of emergency in El Estor, an eastern town of mainly indigenous people in conflict with a Swiss-owned nickel mine they accuse of polluting their lake. The measure was adopted Monday by the government, which said it aimed to “restore order and public security” threatened by “criminal groups and sectors opposed …
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All week, Bisrat’s phone has been buzzing with news of fellow Tigrayans caught up in a fresh round of mass arrests linked to Ethiopia’s year-long war. Police first arrested his former business partner from a shop in central Addis Ababa, then detained his uncle and brother-in-law in house-to-house searches. Lawyers say they are among thousands …
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WHITE OAK, MD – JULY 20: A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 6:20 PM PT – Saturday, April 17, 2021 The FDA has rescinded its Emergency Use Authorization of Eli Lilly’s ‘bamlanivimab,’ …
A nurse holds a syringe containing a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a unit of Sinopharm subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG), at a vaccination center during a government-organized visit, in Beijing, China, April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter April 15, 2021 ZURICH (Reuters) -The World Health Organization will …
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Authorities responded to a scene in front of the Brooklyn Center Police station on Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 2:43 PM PT – Monday, April 12, 2021 The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota have declared states of emergency and enacted curfews after violent riots overnight. …
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said that he underwent emergency eye surgery on Friday and will be “off the grid” for the next few weeks as he recovers from the operation. Crenshaw, a Navy veteran who lost his right eye and suffered damage to his left eye while serving in Afghanistan, said he underwent surgery for a detached …
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a press conference on March 29 that he will take emergency executive action shortly against the concept of Americans needing a vaccine passport to be able to travel domestically and internationally. “We’re not supportive of that. I think it’s something that people have certain freedoms and individual liberties to …
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The mayor of an Arizona town said he will declare a state of emergency over the crisis at the southern border. Gila Bend, a town near Arizona’s border with Mexico, has a population of only 2,000 people. Mayor Chris Riggs told Fox News he is placing the blame on the Biden administration for transporting illegal immigrants …
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