Humanitarian personnel must have safe access to help others Emergency supplies are not just livelihood packages, but lifeline for people who have lost everything due to the wars. 🆔@ICRC_Iran

Over 5,000 people have contracted the disease and 2,420 have died in an epidemic that is already the deadliest in the country’s history, hitting communities displaced by war Hubert Nendakala no longer describes Ebola as a distant threat. In three weeks, the 40-year-old architect has lost a cousin and her husband, both border police officers […]

Violence against humanitarian workers disrupts essential services like medical care, food and medical delivery. In recent conflicts, 9 Iranian Red Crescent Society staff and volunteers have been killed while providing aid to people affected by armed conflict. 🆔@ICRC_Iran 🆔@iranian_IRCS

Study finds older adults could face harmful heat stress at just 1.5C of warming above preindustrial levels People aged 60 and over face dangers to their health from exposure to heat at much lower temperatures than previously thought, research has found. Older adults will bear the brunt of increasingly frequent sustained spells of extreme heat […]

It may be possible to ward off or prevent one of the most common types of dementia, a new long-term study suggests. The risk of cognitive decline increases as we get older, with about 42% of Americans over the age of 55 expected to develop dementia during their lives. The research, published Wednesday in the […]

Stressed out, endlessly scrolling and never satisfied? Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Buddhist monk with off-the-charts levels of contentment, may have the answers … By some metrics, Buddhist monk Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is the happiest man on Earth. In brain scans, researchers noted that Mingyur’s neural activity showed off-the-charts levels of activation in the left prefrontal […]

UNICEF Digital Education sits at the centre of a growing policy argument about whether technology can narrow education inequality, or simply reproduce it in a faster and more expensive form. Its work focuses on inclusive digital learning, with particular attention to children excluded by poverty, conflict, gender discrimination, disability, language barriers and weak public infrastructure. […]

The world’s smallest countries may occupy tiny areas of land or water, but that doesn’t stop them from thinking big. They may also be the spiritual home to millions of believers; a high-stakes gambling mecca for the glitterati; or a perfect mix of sun, sand, and surf, drawing visitors from afar. So here are the […]