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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the action plan was focused on ensuring young people did not take up smoking in the first place Photo: The Government has put forward a number of proposals to try achieve its goal of making…
This ‘peer-reviewed‘ study suggests Covid-19 is a seasonal infection linked to low temperatures and humidity, much like seasonal influenza. 19 October 2021 | Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) | via Eurekalert A new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global…
28 September 2021 | Laura Snapes | The Guardian Scientists have found what they called environmentally damaging levels of illegal drugs in the river running through Glastonbury festival owing to public urination on the site. Researchers measured levels of illegal drugs in…
Although 10,000 steps a day are still good for you, new research shows that even 7,000 steps of even moderate speed are just as good. Photo: Kaspars Grinvalds/Shutterstock 09 September 2021 | Lindsay Bottoms | The Conversation Many of us…
Previously a niche, expensive product, period knickers are now readily available on the UK high street. Women explain why they are turning their backs on single-use pads and tampons Photo: ‘I feel more confident’ … menstrual underwear by M&S (left) and Modibodi.…
Photo: Tunisians celebrated on July 25 after President Kais Saied announced the dismissal of the country’s prime minister following nationwide protests. (AFP) Is it a coup or the result of covid mayhem? I don’t claim to know but there are…
Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Spectators to face Olympic ban as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency-report 08 July 2021 | Eimi YamamitsuTetsushi Kajimoto | Reuters TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) – Olympic organisers are set to ban all spectators from the Games, the…
Photo: Shama Ajay resides in an informal settlement without water and electricity in Jacobabad’s unrelenting heat CREDIT: Saiyna Bashir Experts fear Jacobabad’s extreme heat and humidity may worsen with climate change – and that other cities may join the club 28…
Aphantasia is a condition, and not a disorder, whereby people might be unable to visualize images from memory. 28 June 2021 | New York Times via Arkansas Democrat Dr. Adam Zeman didn’t give much thought to the mind’s eye until…
Photo: Not everyone finds it equally easy to follow government guidelines. Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA-EFE, FAL The term “natural disaster”: it’s a misnomer. Disasters occur due to societal failures, not nature. Here are six things we can do now. 21 June 2021 | Ilan…
The company, known for clocking washroom breaks, recently introduced a WorkingWell program that included the ZenBooth cabin containing a desktop computer, pot plants, a fan and a ceiling painted to look like a blue sky. 28 May 2021 | Tom…
17 May 2021 Doha News The headquarters of Qatar Red Crescent Society in Gaza was targeted by Israeli air strikes on Monday evening, according to local reports. “Major destruction in our office as a result of Israeli warplanes targeting two…
