Public Consultation – Review of the Web Accessibility Directive
An estimated 100 million people in the EU have some form of disability and face numerous daily accessibility challenges. In an ever-increasing digital dependant world, inclusion requires that the Web is made accessible to everyone, and that disability …
WHO Honors Henrietta Lacks, Woman Whose Cells Served Science
The chief of the World Health Organization on Wednesday honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge during the 1950s and ended up providing the foundation for vast scientific breakthroughs, in…
THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE
The Environmental Health Directorate, within the Superintendence of Public Health, notifies that until further notice bathing is not recommended due to sewage overflow into the bathing water at Qui Si Sana (below the stairs) (Site Code B 14). Officials…
J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Better Boost From Moderna, Pfizer in Study
People who got Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as a first shot had a stronger immune response when they boosted it with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, a study by the National Institutes of Health showed Wednesday.The study, which is preliminary and …
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT President highlights potential to restore historical link between Malta and the Order of Malta
The Sovereign Order of Malta and the Republic of Malta have still got huge potential to restore the historical link between them and, once again, work together to revive and keep alive the presence of the Order in Malta, President of Malta George Vella…
THE NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE: IT Audit – Department of Examinations
Auditor General Charles Deguara presented the National Audit Office (NAO) Report entitled “Information Technology Audit – Department of Examinations” to Speaker Anglu Farrugia. The scope of this Information Technology (IT) audit was to analyse the over…