The United Nations health agency is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera in the wake of last week's mudslides and flooding in the country's capital, Freetown.

 

A new technique protects people's private genetic information—which some fear could be used maliciously—during searches for genes linked to disease.

A group of leading companies across the global food supply chain today announced a major blockchain collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM) intended to further strengthen consumer confidence in the global food system. 

Wood frogs can freeze solid to make it through brutally cold winters, but surviving dry conditions may be a bigger challenge.

Hungarian police, who will be taking part in border control operations, have set off for Serbia and Macedonia, the Police website announced on Monday.

The construction of kindergartens using the latest technologies and modern equipment is the starting point for investments in quality education and child development.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, in the framework of the continuation of the program aimed to support education, includes a further increase of teachers’ wages by 25% into the draft budget for 2018.

The memorandum was signed on the sidelines of the seminar on BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) governance in Fujian province prior to the ninth BRICS Summit to be held in Xiamen, China from September 3 to 5