Tag: United Nations
Human Rights Council – 40th Regular Session
The Office for the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) Human Rights Council is still ongoing this week! As a teen, I recall taking time off class with my student newspaper press pass with some fellow, editor colleagues to attend HRC sessions. If you haven’t been following – including the few walkouts during ...
Antimicrobial Resistance Series : Intro to AMR
The term antibiotic was first coined in 1941 by Selman Waksman to describe any small molecule made by a microbe that antagonizes the growth of other microbes. The antibiotic age occurred with the development of other agents such as tetracycline, streptomycin and chloramphenicol from soil bacteria; amongst others. Modern medicine received a lifeline when Sir ...
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