Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea Source: World Health Organization More than 100 WHO staff are expected to be part of the Ebola response by end-month. Efforts are ongoing to step up surveillance, contact-tracing, testing and treatment as well as preparing for vaccines.

Golden-mantled ground squirrels are photogenic little critters living in the Rocky Mountains in North America. As their name suggests, the squirrels prefer to spend their time on the ground rather than climb trees. Yet they are still climbing upwards. On hillsides, that is. In the southern part of the Rockies […]

On 21 January 2021, President Biden issued an executive order directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health to issue new guidance for employers in an effort to assure more stringent worker safety standards to better protect workers from COVID-19.1 While some […]

K&L Gates LLP and 10 partners across the firm’s global platform have again been recognized among the world’s leading trademark practices and professionals in World Trademark Review’s annual WTR 1000 rankings, a comprehensive survey of leading trademark practitioners in more than 80 jurisdictions. As a firm, K&L Gates is ranked […]

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: World Food Programme The number of people who are severely food insecure – meaning they cannot survive without food assistance – has doubled in just one year to stand at 1.3 million people.