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11/19/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
“An empty gesture”: Sioux Falls, South Dakota approves mask mandate
South Dakota’s largest city, Sioux Falls, recently passed a mask mandate on Nov. 17 after six councilors voted in favor of the proposal. However, Councilor Greg Nietzert, who was one of the two who voted against the mandate, noted that it was nothing but an “empty gesture.” Neitzert had voted in favor of amendments to the mandate prior to its […]
11/16/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Close the lid: New research shows how flushing a toilet can send coronavirus aerosols into the air
Here’s one more bathroom behavior you should pay attention to in order to prevent coronavirus transmission: flushing the toilet. In a recent study commissioned by the U.K.-based toilet cleaner company Harpic, researchers used high-speed cameras to capture the explosion of aerosol particles sprayed into the air when a toilet is flushed with the lid up. The striking images show a firework display of aerosol particles flung […]
11/13/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
CNN medical expert ignores facts, blames Trump Administration for 90% of COVID-19 deaths
With election season in full swing, so-called medical experts have been making a last-ditch effort to discredit President Donald Trump’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday’s CNN Newsroom, English medical journalist Seema Yasmin claimed that at least 90 percent, or about 200,000, Americans who died due to COVID-19 might still be alive had Trump responded better […]
10/14/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Massive locust swarms threaten parts of southern Africa
Migratory locust swarms are poised to tear across the nations of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, according to a recent report from CTV News. These swarms are smaller and less detrimental than the billions of desert locust swarms from two months ago that damaged crops in Ethiopia, Yemen and parts of India. Nonetheless, authorities from […]
09/21/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Pandemic profiteering: Watchdog accuses Amazon of price gouging as Bezos’ wealth soars to $200 billion
In a recent report, Washington-based consumer watchdog group Public Citizen accused major e-commerce platform Amazon of price gouging – the practice of raising prices of basic necessities during disasters – amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to Mint Press News. The report itself featured a long list of essential products that were being sold at inflated […]
08/24/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Hormone-disrupting chemicals in our homes could be detrimental to immune health, raising the risk of COVID-19
Since authorities declared the pandemic in March and set quarantine protocols, the skies have cleared up due to reductions in man-made causes of air pollution. This is a good thing, as long-term exposure to air pollution has been found to raise the risk of COVID-19. But scientists are starting to shed light on another group […]
08/23/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Insect infestations threaten forests, crops and cattle around the globe
Forests and farms around the globe are fighting another crisis: insect infestations. The recent outbreaks of beetles, spotted lanternflies and longhorned ticks across the U.S. and in other countries are killing trees and threatening to decimate crops and infect cattle. Local authorities are hard-pressed to contain the outbreaks and protect resources from further destruction. In Canada’s […]
08/21/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Millions of mountain pine beetles are killing forests
Forests around the globe are fighting a pandemic, too – that of beetle infestations. The outbreaks of mountain pine beetles – bugs no bigger than a grain of rice – are killing mature pine trees in record numbers across the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC), according to a recent report from Bloomberg. The mountain pine beetle has […]
08/16/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Disease outbreaks are causing an alarming increase in mass die-offs of marine mammals, warns expert
Mass strandings, or “beachings,” of marine mammals are now on the rise, raising concerns that ocean health is deteriorating. According to wildlife expert Claire Sanderson, disease outbreaks like the COVID-19 pandemic are to blame for the rapid increase in mass die-offs of marine mammals. Scientists are perhaps more alert to the catastrophic impacts of infectious disease in both […]
07/23/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
The food industry has put obese people at higher risk of critical illness from the coronavirus
Obese people are at an increased risk of critical illness from the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) and the global food industry is partly to blame. In a recent editorial published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), a group of English researchers reported that being obese corresponds to an astounding 97 percent greater risk of critical illness due to COVID-19. The […]
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