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15 January 2021
COVID-19 Pandemic Causes Major Decrease in Heart Disease Tests, IAEA Survey Shows
Procedures to diagnose and treat heart diseases decreased by nearly two-thirds across the world during the early months of the pandemic as countries and patients prioritized the fight against COVID-19, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) survey shows. Read more →
News Story
14 January 2021
Call for Papers: International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management
Interested contributors have until 5 March 2021 to submit abstracts for the International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management: Solutions for a Sustainable Future, to be held in Vienna, Austria from 1-5 November 2021. Read more →
News Story
13 January 2021
New National Centre to Boost Sri Lanka's Defence against Vector-Borne Diseases
Emerging and re-emerging diseases transmitted by vectors – most commonly, mosquitoes – pose growing threats to the people and livestock of Sri Lanka. Read more →
News Story
12 January 2021
Virtual Cancer Control Assessment in Senegal by IAEA and Partners
Saliou Tall, Director of the Idrissa Pouye de Grand Yoff Hospital in Dakar, holds his camera up to an MRI scanner, takes a picture, and presses send. Halfway across the world, the phone of an international cancer control expert pings. Read more →
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11 January 2021
The IAEA in 2021
Member States' support was essential for the IAEA to keep its operations non-stop during the pandemic. Read more →
Latest info on COVID-19 from Austrian and Viennese authorities
Update as of 13 Jan.: Most of Vienna-based IAEA staff are working remotely until 24 January. For more, click here.
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30 Aug – 3 Sep 2021
Beijing, China
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