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Exercise as therapy: its surprising potential to treat people with multiple chronic conditions
Exercise therapy improved mental health and quality of life. Kzenon/ Shutterstock Hundreds of millions of people of all ages worldwide live with two or more chronic conditions – commonly defined as multimorbidity. Those living with it are found to have poorer physical and mental health, higher risk of being admittedContinue Reading
Farmers urged to ‘dip a toe’ in LEAF Open Farm Sunday virtual event
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What food-insecure children want you to know about hunger
Footballer and food poverty campaigner Marcus Rashford has rebuked Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake on Twitter for suggesting that parents who need help to feed their children are failing in their responsibilities. Children growing up in poverty today recognise it is their parents’ duty to make sure they are fed adequately.Continue Reading
Coronavirus: dangerous to suggest that we should bin the rule of six
MandriaPix/Shutterstock To combat the sharp rise in coronavirus infections, the UK government and the devolved administrations have imposed the “rule of six”. The rule stipulates that no more than six people can meet socially – although a few exemptions apply. The day before the rule came into force, Carl Heneghan,Continue Reading
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh: Test Series In Doubt Due To Coronavirus Restrictions | Cricket News
Bangladesh cricketers have begun to practice at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium© Twitter Bangladesh’s forthcoming Test series in Sri Lanka was thrown into doubt Monday after its cricket chief rejected the coronavirus restrictions imposed by the hosts. The three Tests in October-November were meant to mark the two nations’ returnContinue Reading
African Union turns to biosurveillance tech to curb COVID-19 · Global Voices
As borders reopen, PanaBIOS can track COVID-19 across Africa Travelers cross the border between Ghana and Togo, West Africa, on January 25, 2016. Photo by Enock4seth via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. African leaders have taken decisive, early actions to curb the spread of COVID-19. In fact, the Africa Centers for DiseaseContinue Reading
Venus: could it really harbour life? New study springs a surprise
Composite image of Venus from data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter. NASA/JPL-Caltech Earth’s sister planet, Venus, has not been regarded as a high priority in the search for life. Its surface temperature of around 450°C is thought to be hostile to even the hardiest of micro-organisms, andContinue Reading
Al Jazeera Balkans crew attacked at a right-wing opposition party protest in Skopje · Global Voices
‘Violence towards journalists is not allowed in democratic countries’ Reporter Milka Smilevska, Al Jazeera Balkans correspondent from Skopje, North Macedonia. Photo used with her permission. This story is based on reporting by Global Voices’ content partner Meta.mk News Agency, a project of the Metamorphosis Foundation. During a protest organized by right-wing oppositionContinue Reading
The fourth agricultural revolution is coming – but who will really benefit?
kung_tom/shutterstock Depending on who you listen to, artificial intelligence may either free us from monotonous labour and unleash huge productivity gains, or create a dystopia of mass unemployment and automated oppression. In the case of farming, some researchers, business people and politicians think the effects of AI and other advancedContinue Reading
Why a vaccine can provide better immunity than an actual infection
Two recent studies have confirmed that people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be reinfected with the virus. Interestingly, the two people had different outcomes. The person in Hong Kong showed no symptoms on the second infection, while the case from Reno, Nevada, had more severeContinue Reading