It was an unusually warm day in the seaside town of Portoroz, and Leida Ruvina was growing suspicious. The doctoral program she had been enrolled in for weeks had all the signs of a sham—the campus was a small, shabby building rented out from a tourist school and the French translation for “Euro-Mediterranean” in the university’s seal was misspelled.
Ruvina raised her hand to ask the university’s president what was going on, and he assured her that everything was in order. He then complimented her on her fluent English and offered to advise her on her dissertation thesis. “If you want, I can be your mentor,” she recalled him telling her in an awkward exchange as he steered the conversation away from questions about the university’s legitimacy.
Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared in front of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability in January to testify on COVID-19, the transcripts of which were recently released.
In a world increasingly shaped by global health emergencies, it seems like we’re seeing the same playbook unfold again—this time with the virus known as monkeypox.
A Hollywood lawyer who has paid millions of dollars for Hunter Biden's legal bills has ended his financial support, according to a report from Politico.
National Park Service officials announced that "religious" events planned for Memorial Day at Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia, are prohibited.
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released an interim report calling for an investigation into EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak.
