public health
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Why Saving Nature Is the Best Way to End the Pandemic Era
When the scientists who warned the world last year that 1 million species face extinction issue a new warning about the “pandemic era,” we should probably listen.
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New Research Shows the Major Benefits of Giving Money to People Experiencing Homelessness
New research from Canada is the latest to show that simply giving money to people living with homelessness helps them tremendously. The year-long study in British Columbia found that people who were given a $CA7,500 ($7,907) cash payment spent fewer nights at a shelter, experienced fewer days without enough food, and secured stable housing quicker…
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Every Country Has Anti-Mask Arseholes, Even Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been a leader in the fight against the novel coronavirus, with just 1,589 cases and eight deaths, despite sharing a border with mainland China, the location of the first covid-19 outbreak back in December of 2019. And while some of Hong Kong’s success can be credited to most people wearing masks, even…
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A Paralysing Childhood Disease Is Set to Surge In The U.S. but Coronavirus Precautions Could Stop It
Outbreaks of an infectious, polio-like disease have popped up every other summer in the U.S. since 2012. This year, the viral illness would have been expected to surge yet again ” but the widespread measures taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus may also prevent large spikes of the paralysing condition it can cause,…