Belgian Nonprofit Papy Boom Is Helping Retirement-Home Residents Hit the Clubs

A group of Brussels retirement-home residents grooved to electronic music late one night as part of a program to fight loneliness among seniors.

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Freddy Lim, Frontman of Chthonic, Is Taiwan’s New Envoy to Finland

Freddy Lim, the founder and lead singer of Chthonic, is well known in Finland, a heavy metal capital of the world.

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WHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty

The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.

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Head of Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital in Gaza Says Israeli Strike Killed a Guard

Israel’s military did not immediately comment on the report, which came two days after it attacked the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.

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Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause

The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts suspect a more mundane cause.

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A 4-Year-Old Boy Dies of Ebola in Uganda as U.S. Pulls Back on Help

The Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five contracts with organizations that helped manage the outbreak in Uganda.

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Elon Musk Claims Ebola Containment Efforts Were Restored. USAID Officials Say Otherwise.

The contracts financed Ebola screening at airports and protective gear for health workers, among other measures. Work had been held up for weeks, contrary to Elon Musk’s claim on Wednesday.

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Unknown Deadly Illness Strikes Western Congo

The outbreak has been traced, tentatively, to three children who ate a bat, the W.H.O. said, and known threats like Ebola and Marburg have been ruled out.

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Did the Covid-19 Pandemic Change How You Travel? Let Us Know.

The pandemic was declared in March 2020, shutting down travel for months. How did the lockdowns, and then the surge in demand, change the way you travel?

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Trump’s W.H.O. Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses Into Upheaval

Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest pathogens.

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