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Month: December 2025

Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for all countries and donors to "step up now" to eradicate polio.

$1.9 billion pledged in fight against polio. But huge gap remains after cuts from donor countries.

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio eradication, but a large funding gap remains after high-income countries’ reductions in foreign aid. The funding gap for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative through 2029 now stands at $440 million, according to a

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Deputies start countywide anti-DUI campaign Friday, continuing to New Year’s

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Beginning Friday and continuing to New Year’s Day, Riverside County sheriff’s deputies will engage in operations countywide to deter drunken and drug-impaired driving. The department’s annual “Winter Mobilization” is slated to run roughly three weeks in multiple locations, relying on saturation patrols, sobriety checkpoints and similar efforts to crack down on

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