A new strain of Covid-19 detected in 10 people in three countries has scientists sounding the alarm, which they say is the most mutated version of the virus yet. The new strain, which is likely to be named ‘Nu’, contains … Read More
It’s not a problem of housing costs. The homelessness crisis in America’s West Coast cities is beginning to draw national attention. There are now an estimated 166,752 people on the streets in California, Oregon, and Washington, and sensational stories of … Read More
At some point, governments will start using more sticks than carrots to break our deadly dependence on fossil fuels. How will humanity respond? I’ve only had to show my vaccination card a couple times — to eat in a restaurant … Read More
According to Wikipedia, under “List of association footballers who died while playing“, in 2001-2020 there was an average of 4.2 deaths per year attributed to SCD or SUD, the vast majority being SCD. In contrast, in 2021, according to our … Read More
Variant seems to be most heavily mutated so far in outbreak The World Health Organization is holding a meeting Friday to discuss the dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases in South Africa that has been blamed on a new variant of … Read More
‘No electricity, no food, no clothes, everything is gone. We have nothing’ Srinivaslu Konda and his 40-strong extended family spent more than two days trapped on the top floor of their home by the flash flooding that hit India’s southern … Read More
A once-in-500-year flood event in British Columbia swallowed highways, washed away bridges and cut off railroads. At least four are dead in the province and thousands remain stranded as rescue and recovery efforts continue. A historic storm that produced epic … Read More
Germany’s southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg has announced tough new measures starting Saturday, including curfews, to fight the spread of coronavirus As the number of new coronavirus infections continue to rise in Germany, the southern state of Baden-Württemberg says it will … Read More
In February this year, when the new coronavirus began to spread outside China, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced: “we’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic” (https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/munich-security-conference). The term, coined … Read More