Ontario is still playing catch-up on routine vaccinations that many children missed during the pandemic and public health officials are warning that it could take years to solve the problem. “What we see around the world is when the vaccination rates drop, you have a resurgence of vaccine preventable disease,” Dr. Anna Banerji, a Toronto-based pediatric infectious disease specialist, told CTV News Toronto. “If someone had measles and they were with a group of unvaccinated kids, then for...
EA's upcoming Black Panther game will be an “open-world experience,”
A team-based 3rd person mech PvP game sounds like the exact kind of high-octane action the people want. Who doesn't like big robots, armed with a variety of distinct and powerful weapons, duking it out? Point me to someone who detests the idea and you'd be pointing at a rube and a coward. Yet, even so, the multiplayer mech game has historically struggled to find much of a footing in Western markets. Enter Mechabreak, the latest game hoping to break this precident.Mechabreak - created by Chinese...
Poverty reduction drive all but halted across many nations as Bank calls for more money to tackle a ‘great reversal’Larry Elliott: At last G20 is showing how to fund an assault on povertyThe devastating impact of the pandemic on the world’s poorest countries has brought poverty reduction to a halt and led to a widening income gap with nations in the rich west, the World Bank has warned.In a report released to coincide with its half-yearly meeting, the Washington-based organisation said half of...
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I grew up in extreme poverty. The ability to access a free, high-quality education in North Texas changed my life. I benefited greatly from the ways community colleges meet students where they are and wrap their arms around them. Classes were small, and I had a clear sense of belonging, despite being the first in […]
Thousands of public school districts and charter schools have turned to tutoring as a popular and effective way to jumpstart lagging student performance post-pandemic. Educators strongly endorse tutoring, when done right, and believe it can help students make real academic gains. In an effort to spur the tutoring movement, the Biden administration recently called on […]
While the next draft of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement is due to be sent to member states by Thursday (18 April), it is likely to be stripped of contentious clauses. Instead, the draft – and indeed, the pandemic agreement to be put to the World Health Assembly (WHA) at the end of […]
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Fatal 'hemorrhagic' or blood-letting fevers emerged from Kitum in the 1980s. Scientists ascribe Kitum's deadliness to the animals who scrape cave for salt. READ MORE:
A rebellion on a train full of the last humans, a 'zomromcom' in which the dead shuffle around London and an HG Wells classic reimagined - there is lots for post-apocalyptic fiction fans to stream.