Bolshoi Way program invites young dancers to Moscow summer school
17.07.2021
The Russian American Foundation (RAF) has announced that through its partnership with the
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, it will continue offering the full-scholarship for the highly prestigious NSLI-Y 6-week program
for the coming summer from July 17 to
August 28. The unique program combines Russian language instruction, cultural immersion, and ballet training with teachers of the
Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
RAF was selected for the 12th time as an implementing organization NSLI FOR YOUTH Scholarships to Study Language Abroad Program. Through this program, the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, provides merit-based scholarships for eligible high school students and recent high school graduates to learn less commonly taught languages in summer and academic-year overseas immersion programs.
Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world s first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization. In televised remarks, the head of Russia s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said scientists at the Vektor laboratory had isolated the strain s genetic material from seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia, where an outbreak was recorded among the birds in December. The workers did not suffer any serious health consequences, she added. They are believed to have caught the virus from poultry on the farm.
First Cases Of Bird Flu in Humans Detected in Russia
Scientists in Russia have detected the first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.
| 21 Feb 2021 4:30 AM GMT
Moscow: What could be the first case of transmission of the avian flu (H5N8) to humans, scientists at the Vektor laboratory have isolated the strain s genetic material from seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia.
According to reports, the head of Russia s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova said, Information about the world s first case of transmission of the avian flu (H5N8) to humans has already been sent to the World Health Organization.
Russia said it found the world’s first cases of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in humans, though the virus isn’t yet spreading between people. Authorit
Russia on Saturday said that its scientists had detected the world’s first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the WHO.
Anna Popova, head of Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, in televised remarks said scientists at the Vektor laboratory had isolated the strain’s genetic material from seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia, where an outbreak was recorded among the birds in December last year.
The workers did not suffer any serious health effects, she added.
They are believed to have caught the virus from poultry on the farm.
“Information about the