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The World Health Organization said Wednesday it will reconvene its monkeypox experts to decide if the worsening outbreak now constitutes a global public health emergency – the highest level of alert.  The UN health agency's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he would hold a second meeting of the emergency committee on monkeypox, with more than 6,000 cases now confirmed in 58 countries.A surge in monkeypox infections has been reported since early May outside the West and Central African countries where the…

Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images)Pressure’s mounting to throw TikTok back into the regulatory spotlight, this time from a bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee.On Tuesday, the committee’s Democratic Chairman Mark Warner, and Republican Vice Chairman Senator Marco Rubio called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the app over recent reports alleging China-based workers were granted access to U.S. user data. The Senators’ demands come amid growing pushback from a cohort of mostly…

U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) recieves a kiss from Donald Trump at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022 in Mendon, Illinois.Photo: Michael B. Thomas (Getty Images)The January 6th Committee made a surprise announcement on Monday that it would be holding a new hearing on Tuesday about President Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government after he lost the 2020 presidential election. And if you’re looking for ways to watch live, Gizmodo has got you covered.The hearing will “present recently obtained…

The images and testimony coming from the public hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol are shocking and horrifying for many people. But they’re also bringing a surge of traffic to Donald Trump’s Twitter-clone Truth Social.The app saw a 185% spike in downloads on the day following the first televised hearing, compared to the 7-day average, according to Data.ai, formerly known as App Annie. That brings the total number of downloads, life to date, to 2.6 million.To be…

A kindergarten student gives the thumbs up to her teacher before starting the first day of kindergarten at Laguna Niguel Elementary School in Laguna Niguel, CA on Tuesday, August 17, 2021.Paul Bersebach | MediaNews Group | Getty ImagesModerna's Covid-19 vaccine for infants through preschoolers has moved a step closer to authorization by the Food and Drug Administration.The FDA's committee of independent vaccine experts unanimously voted to recommend the shots for use in the youngest children after weighing how safe and…

A young man receives his Covid-19 vaccination at a vaccination clinic. People receive the Moderna vaccine in Milford, Pennsylvania.Preston Ehrler | LightRocket | Getty ImagesModerna's two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 6 through 17 received the endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration's committee of independent immunization experts on Tuesday, a key step on the path to distributing it to kids.The committee unanimously voted to recommend the shots for use in kindergarteners through high schoolers after an…

Members of the Committee attend the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersMembers of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot were tightlipped about what to expect in this week's public hearings, giving few details beyond their road map to prove that former President Donald Trump is to blame for the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.The…

The site of a roof collapse at an Amazon.com distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois.Drone Base | ReutersMembers of the House Oversight Committee are alleging that Amazon is "obstructing" the panel's investigation into a deadly warehouse collapse at one of the company's facilities in Illinois.In a Wednesday letter addressed to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, the Oversight Committee's chairwoman, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Cori Bush, D-Mo., said the company has "failed to…

A group of Activision Blizzard employees have formed an anti-discrimination committee and sent a list of demands to management. According to the Washington Post, the group of 12 Activision Blizzard employees and former employees formed the committee to combat sex and gender discrimination at the company. It comes after a wave of allegations against the studio. “My hope in joining the committee is that we don’t let the fervour die down until there is meaningful, long-lasting change,” said Emily Knief, a senior motion…

Group fighting for better parity among genders A party of current and former Activision Blizzard employees have formed a new committee in order to combat sexism, inequality, and gender bias within the studio’s walls. The anti-discrimination committee currently consists of 12 members, and has drafted a list of demands for the attention of Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, diversity officer Kristen Hines, and chief human resources officer Julie Hodges. As reported by The Washington Post, the four-page document demands include…