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New York City launches public health vending machine to curb drug overdoses
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on health: https://sc.mp/nxi2 New York City launched its first public health vending machine on June 5, 2023. It provides health and wellness supplies such as fentanyl and xylazine test strips, hygiene kits and naloxone kits, which are used to reverse opioid overdoses. The machine, with three more to be launched later in 2024, is…
Rocket launches first Chinese civilian into space – BBC News
China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time. The Shenzhou-16 mission took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on Tuesday morning in the Gobi desert in the country’s northwest. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #China #Space #BBCNews
Ron DeSantis launches 2024 White House bid – BBC News
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has filed paperwork confirming that he will run for US president in 2024. The 44-year-old is former president Donald Trump’s chief rival for the Republican Party nomination. DeSantis has restricted sex education and black history lessons in Florida schools. He also banned transgender athletes from girls’ sports and blocked gender-affirming care for trans youth. Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #US #RonDeSantis…
World’s first 3D-printed rocket launches but fails to reach orbit – BBC News
The world’s first 3D-printed rocket made it off the launch pad on Wednesday night, but failed to reach orbit. In a test flight by a California-based aerospace start-up Relativity Space, Terran 1 lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral. But several minutes into the flights, mission controllers reported that the rocket experienced what they said was “an anomaly”. There was nothing on board except for the…
Uganda Launches Polio Vaccination Campaign in Districts Affected by Latest Ebola Outbreak
Earlier in the month, the World Health Organization and Uganda’s Health Ministry officially announced the end of the Ebola virus outbreak in the country, over six weeks after the last known patient was discharged from hospital. Beginning in September 2022, at least 142 people were infected, among whom it claimed the lives of 56. The post Uganda Launches Polio Vaccination Campaign in Districts Affected by…
Ukraine war: Zelensky's government launches anti-corruption drive
The government in Kyiv is trying to tackle corruption head-on, but it’s a risky strategy. The post Ukraine war: Zelensky's government launches anti-corruption drive appeared first on Rich TVX News Network.