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• West African Health Ministers Convene in Freetown to Ratify Binding Charter Targeting Drastic Maternal Mortality Reductions

  Published: Apr 21, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States met in Sierra Leone on Tuesday to discuss a landmark regional charter aimed at lowering maternal and infant death rates...

• Ancient Judean Cistern Reveals Mass Infant Grave Unlocking Secrets of Biblical-Era Burial Rites

  Published: Apr 11, 2026

  Section: Israel

  Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University discovered a 2,500-year-old mass grave containing dozens of infants within an abandoned water reservoir at the site of Tel Azekah. The findi...

• Global Research Links Plastic Softening Chemicals to Two Million Annual Premature Births and Newborn Deaths

  Published: Apr 1, 2026

  Section: Health

  A comprehensive analysis led by NYU Langone Health indicates that exposure to the plastic additive DEHP contributed to approximately 1.97 million preterm births globally in 2018. T...