Health / Weather / Environment

‘Shigella’ A Drug-Resistant Stomach Bug on the Rise

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  • Shigella bacteria causes fever, diarrhoea and stomach pain. Since 2015, officials have noted a rise in cases linked to the drug-resistant strain.
  • Shigella spreads “easily” through direct and surface contact with an infected person’s faeces, the CDC says. 
  • Officials in the UK also warned last year of a “unusually high number of cases” linked to the XDR strain.

US health officials are warning of a rise in a strain of a drug-resistant stomach bug that infects thousands of...

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‘Air Travel Demand Grow’ Climate Pollution to Triple By 2050

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  • Keeping growth in air travel demand nearly flat through 2050 could avoid more than 60 percent of those business-as-usual emissions.
  • In other words, there’s no quick techno-fix to aviation’s pollution problem. Climate-wise, flight is considered one of the hardest sectors to clean up.
  • Global thirst for biofuels, if it rises along with demand for air travel, could use up an area about as big as 19 percent of the world’s cropland.

With business continuing as usual,...

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A Texas Project Turning Water Into Vehicle Fuel Using Wind

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  • New subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act are powering the race to build the country’s first large-scale producer of “green hydrogen.”
  • AirBus is designing an airplane powered by both hydrogen combustion in modified gas turbine engines and hydrogen fuel cells that generate electricity.
  • Just a few thousand hydrogen cars exist today — mostly in California, mostly made by Toyota.

Oil made Texas an energy giant, but even this petroleum powerhouse is...

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Climate Change Rapidly Becoming A Threat To Gen-Z!

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  • Bill Gates funds climate adaptation through the Gates Foundation, and he invests in various climate tech companies.
  • “Getting to zero will be the hardest thing humans have ever done,” Gates writes in his year-end letter published Tuesday. 
  • The bad news is that greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing. The good news is that investment in climate tech solutions is exceeding his expectations.

The idea of becoming a grandparent is emotional for Bill Gates to...

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World’s First Tobacco Law Launched By New Zealand

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  • The country is believed to be the first to implement an annually rising legal smoking age.
  • The number of stores legally allowed to sell cigarettes will be reduced to a tenth of their existing levels – from 6,000 to just 600 nationwide. 
  • Data indicates that at least some New Zealanders have swapped their nicotine habit from cigarettes to vapes.

New Zealand has introduced a steadily rising smoking age to stop those aged 14 and under from ever being able to legally...

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5 years of Paris Accord & Climate Undergoes Human-driven Change

  • It will be five years on November 30, since convening for the now historic 21st Conference of the Parties (COP-21) climate summit held in Paris, France.
  • All the 190-plus countries’ interested representatives have been successfully contributing to this climate summit.
  • Majority of scientists believe that climate is undergoing human-driven change.
  • It is by no means a stretch to suggest that prior to the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, emissions from the transportation sector had been on the...

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[Watch] Masks Can’t Eliminate Contagion Risk Entirely, Says Researchers

Japanese researchers have shown that masks can offer protection from airborne coronavirus particles, but even professional-grade coverings can’t eliminate contagion risk entirely, reports Japan Times.

What does the study say?

Scientists at the University of Tokyo built a secure chamber with mannequin heads facing each other. One head, fitted with a nebuliser, simulated coughing and expelled actual coronavirus particles—the other mimicked natural breathing, with a collection chamber for viruses...

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MI5 Chief Underline Threats To COVID Vaccine Research

In a major development, Reuters has reported that British spies are trying to defend COVID-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race for the global prize of a jab that could provide immunity, the head of MI5 said on Wednesday.

Britain’s MI5 spy chief on COVID-19, China, Russia and threats

More than 150 potential vaccines are being developed and tested globally to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, with 42 in human trials, according to the...

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“The Embrace” Wins the Wildlife Photo of the Year

An image of a clearly ecstatic tigress hugging an ancient Manchurian fir tree in a remote Siberian forest has won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes, reports The Guardian.

Patience Bears a Fruit

It took Russian photographer Sergey Gorshkov 11 months to capture the moment using hidden cameras. His patience led to him being named 2020 wildlife photographer of the year by the Duchess of Cambridge at a ceremony at London’s Natural History Museum.

The image was selected from more...

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COVID Vaccine Manufacturers Gets Lawsuit Protection

According to a News07Trends article, the U.S. authorities paid out $4 billion over greater than 30 years protecting accidents regarding a bunch of vaccines—from flu to polio—however payouts for potential accidents from Covid-19 vaccines shall be lined by a far less-generous program.

The Counter Measure  Covid Vaccine Proof

Covid-19 vaccine accidents shall be lined underneath a program often called the “countermeasures harm” compensation fund, which was arrange in 2010 to cowl hurt ensuing from...

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