The shot will help shield newborns from RSV in the early months of life, when they’re especially vulnerable to severe illness. (Image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,/AP)

Mayor Edilberto Molina relocated to a nearby town last year after drug-trafficking guerrillas threatened to kill him. He’s not the only Colombian politician forced away by threats from criminal gangs. (Image credit: Carlos Saavedra for NPR)

Competition watchdog probes claims of profiteering by US drugmaker in country where tuberculosis is biggest killer South Africa’s Competition Commission will investigate the American drugmaker Johnson & Johnson for the high price it has been charging for the tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline, as well as for extending its 20-year patent until 2027 to block cheaper generics […]

Australian foreign minister to say security council must be more representative or risk becoming an ‘anachronism’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Russia “mocks the United Nations every day it continues its illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine”, foreign minister Penny Wong is to tell the UN General […]

Zelenskiy speaks to Canadian parliament after Justin Trudeau announces training for F-16 fighter pilots Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivered an impassioned speech at the Canadian parliament on Friday in which he thanked Canada’s military support to Ukraine, as well as hailed the historic and communal ties between the two countries. “You’re always on the bright […]

Greg Lawson disappeared in 1991 during his trial for murder of Seth Garlington in Bienville parish, Louisiana For more than 30 years, Greg Lawson had been eluding authorities after shooting another man and being convicted of attempted murder. So he couldn’t help but laugh bitterly as an official handcuffed him to bring him to jail […]

Senate judiciary panel member Whitehouse says ‘Oh, my’ after report links justice to hard-right Koch network A report detailing how Clarence Thomas secretly participated in donor events staged by the hard-right Koch network drew more fierce protests and outrage over the conservative supreme court justice’s proliferating ethics scandals. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat on […]

North Carolina and Virginia governors declare states of emergency ahead of expected landfall on Saturday morning Tropical Storm Ophelia formed off the mid-Atlantic coast and was expected to bring heavy rain, storm surge and windy conditions over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday. Ophelia had maximum sustained winds of 60mph (95km/h), […]

Party reformer was first former communist to become president and first person re-elected to post Giorgio Napolitano, the first former communist to rise to Italy’s presidency and the first person to be elected twice to the post, has died aged 98. A statement issued on Friday night by the presidential palace confirmed Italian news reports […]

Two congressmen among fellow Democrats urging New Jersey senator to step down after he pleaded not guilty to 13 counts Several Democrats including his own state governor are calling on their fellow party member Robert Menendez to resign after federal authorities charged the New Jersey US senator and his wife with accepting bribes. Authorities on […]