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Double finance for nature-based solutions to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report
The analysis shows that finance flows to NbS are currently only USD...
Air pollution linked with multiple long-term health conditions: Study
“Our research has indicated that those people that live in areas of...
UN says Covid may become ‘seasonal’ and peak around autumn-winter
Modelling studies anticipate that transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 disease, “may become seasonal over time”.
Google’s ‘Nest Hub’ screen wants to snoop on your sleep from your bedside
Google says it honed the technology by studying 15,000 sleeping people over a combined 110,000 nights.
That kind of help may sound appealing to the millions of people who have trouble sleeping. But the feature may also raise privacy concerns _ especially given Google’s long history of online surveillance to collect personal details such as interests, habits and whereabouts to help sell the digital ads that generate most of its revenue.
Meet the woman shaping post-pandemic cybersex
A report in 2019 by US market research firm Arizton said the global market for sexual wellness products is expected to reach around $39 billion by 2024.
Coronavirus variants likely evolved inside people with weak immune systems
If true, the idea has implications for vaccination programs, particularly in countries that have not yet begun to immunize their populations. People with compromised immune systems — such as cancer patients — should be among the first to be vaccinated, said Dr. Adam Lauring, a virus expert and infectious disease physician at the University of Michigan. The faster that group is protected, the lower the risk that their bodies turn into incubators for the world’s next supercharged mutant.
Facebook to help 50 million people get vaccines, to add labels to fake posts
One of the new tools announced by the company will show you when and where you can get vaccinated, and gives you a link to make an appointment. The new tool will be available in the Covid Information Centre, that Facebook will show right in your News Feed.
Men at higher risk of death than for women, chain smoking and heart disease primary reason
“The heterogeneity of sex differences in mortality across countries may indicate the substantial impact of gender on healthy aging in addition to biological sex, and the crucial contributions of smoking may also vary across different populations,” the authors of the study noted.
British Airways calls for vaccinated people to travel without restrictions
He wants government to give its backing to health apps that can be used to verify a person’s negative COVID-19 test results and vaccination status. Apps will be key to facilitating travel at scale, the industry has said. Airline staff checking paperwork takes 20 minutes per passenger and is not practical if large numbers of passengers return.
Facebook finds social media users responsible for spreading vaccine doubt
“Public health experts have made it clear that tackling vaccine hesitancy is a top priority in the COVID response, which is why we’ve launched a global campaign that has already connected 2 billion people to reliable information from health experts and remove false claims about COVID and vaccines. This ongoing work will help to inform our efforts,” Facebook representative Dani Lever said.
Covid vax linked to 30% reduction in transmission, says UK study
Meanwhile, where healthcare workers had received a second dose of the vaccine at least 14 days before, their household members had a rate of Covid-19 which was at least 54 per cent lower than household members where healthcare workers had not been vaccinated, said the study.
The latest study came as the UK government said it will discuss with the European Union countries about the possibility of creating a vaccine passport, which will allow those who have had the jab to travel abroad more freely.
‘No evidence’ of blood clot risk from Covid-19 vaccine, says AstraZeneca
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Thursday that it did not recommend suspending use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, stating that there is “no indication” the vaccine caused the blood clots in the people who received the vaccine. The agency told countries they could keep rolling out the shot while investigations take place.
“The vaccine’s benefits continue to outweigh its risks and the vaccine can continue to be administered while the investigation of cases of thromboembolic events is ongoing,” the agency said as quoted by CNN.