As anyone with seasonal allergies knows, unseen airborne particles can really wreck a person's day. Like the tree pollen that might be plaguing you this spring, small concentrations of trace elements in the air can have significant negative impacts on human health. However, unlike pollen counts and other allergy indices, which are carefully tracked and widely available, limited knowledge exists about the ambient concentrations of cancer-causing trace elements like lead and arsenic in urban areas...
The Senior Medical Officer for Public Health at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr Emmanuel Addipa-Adapoe, has highlighted the crucial link between vaccination, economic recovery, and public health during an interview with journalists. Speaking at an ongoing workshop on vaccine uptake in Ghana, Dr Addipa-Adapoe underscored the significance of vaccination as a key tool in […]
t the intersection of military global health and veterinary medicine, collaboration and innovation are paramount. This was illustrated at the inaugural Veterinary One Health International Military Symposium, Indo-Pacific (VOHIMS, IP) held recently. This symposium marked a significant milestone for the Indo-Pacific region's approach to collaboration and addressing animal, environmental, and human health connections through a One Health approach.
Traditionally, estimates of how climate change will affect global economies have focused on the effects of annual temperature changes. However, the additional impacts of variability and extremes in rainfall and temperature have remained largely unexplored, until now.
New research led by the University of Oxford has found that perceptions of globally shared life experiences and globally shared biology can strengthen psychological bonding with humanity at large, which can motivate prosocial action on a global scale and help to tackle global problems. The findings have been published today in Royal Society Open Science.
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Soil carbon usually refers only to the organic matter component of soils, known as soil organic carbon (SOC). However, soil carbon also has an inorganic component, known as soil inorganic carbon (SIC). Solid SIC, often calcium carbonate, tends to accumulate more in arid regions with infertile soils, which has led many to believe it is not important.
The health ministry acted quickly and in the public interest in its approach to buying coronavirus vaccines, the government’s audit office said in a new report on Wednesday. The report focuses on the way the first vaccines were sourced in 2020 and 2021, after the virus was identified in the Netherlands at the end of February 2020. The Netherlands eventually paid €1.8 billion for 102 million doses of vaccine from various suppliers, with Pfizer accounting for the bulk of them. Some 23
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Hidalgo County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday for its new Public Health Facility in Edinburg. The $8 million facility was funded in part by the United States Housing and Urban Development in partnership with the Hidalgo County Urban County Program. The state-of-the-art, 10,000-square-foot laboratory was constructed within Precinct 4 and []
NEW YORK, April 16, 2024--Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert tour will travel to 100 cities across the globe. Tickets available at www.avatarinconcert.com.
The roast dinner is a staple part of British culture. Every Sunday lunchtime many families across the UK will sit down together to enjoy the classic meal. Typically consisting of
The government should tighten “outdated” emission standards for sources of air pollution, including coal-fired power plants, to safeguard public health and the environment, a group said on Tuesday.