Health boards across the country are fielding more questions from parents about the combined vaccination against mumps, measles and rubella (BMR), following last week’s outbreak of measles in Eindhoven, broadcaster NOS has found. NOS contacted nine of the 25 regional health boards, some of which reported “a slight increase”, while inquiries at health board Brabant-Zuidoost, which includes Eindhoven, had doubled in the last week. Utrecht regional health board said it had been receiving 100 to 200...
Vaccinating children who missed their measles shots during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Monday over the increase in measles outbreaks as the highly contagious virus spreads in the U.S. and abroad.
The upcoming historic solar eclipse is proving to be a good enough excuse for several Hudson Valley school districts to either give their students a day off or let them leave early. As of Tuesday, March 26, many school districts in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Ulster counties have announced closings or early dismissals for the day of the eclipse, Monday, April 8. On the day of the eclipse, between 3:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., the moon will pass between the earth and the sun and...
Parliamentary Library has revealed extent of unaffordable housing. Greens-commissioned researched showed $164,400 salary needed. That's to afford typical Australian house without the mortgage stress. But real estate agent Adam Flynn suggested affordable outer suburbs. READ MORE:
In Uganda, bamboo has government's backing as a crop with real growth potential
Bamboo farming is on the rise in Uganda, where the hardy and fast-growing crop is seen by the government as having real growth potential
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press ALONG RIVER RWIZI, Uganda (AP) — Bamboo farming is on the rise in Uganda, where the hardy and fast-growing crop is seen by the government as having real growth potential. Officials are setting ambitious planting goals as part of a broader reforestation plan in the East African nation. Bamboo can
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press ALONG RIVER RWIZI, Uganda (AP) — Bamboo farming is on the rise in Uganda, where the hardy and fast-growing crop is seen by the government as having real growth potential. Officials are setting ambitious planting goals as part of a broader reforestation plan in the East African nation. Bamboo can
Two people died following an early-morning shooting in Westchester, officials said. The incident happened on Tuesday, March 19 at around 12:15 a.m., when shots were fired in the area of 137 South Fifth Ave. near the Denzel Washington School of the Arts in Mount Vernon, according to city officials. Arriving police soon found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds. One of these victims was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim was taken to Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, where...
Harvard Medical School Professor Was Fired Over Not Getting COVID Vaccine Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Harvard Medical School professor who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine has been terminated, according to documents reviewed by The Epoch Times. Martin Kulldorff, epidemiologist and statistician, at his home in Ashford, Conn., on Feb. 11, 2022. (Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times) Martin Kulldorff, an epidemiologist, was fired by Mass General...
Students in Belgorod - which is near the border with Ukraine - will not go to school early next week.