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There is no silver bullet to solving climate change. In a recent New York Times story about the rate of climate change acceleration, the secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization said, “The only solution is to get rid of fossil fuels in power production, industry and transportation.” We can’t just stop our reliance on […]

Germany is sending a second shipment of medical aid supplies to China to help the Asian giant fight the coronavirus epidemic that has infected over 73,000 people February 18, 2020, 2:47 PM 2 min read BERLIN — Germany is sending a second shipment of medical aid supplies to China to help the Asian giant fight

Image caption Hft runs services in Milton, near Didcot A care charity that provides services for about 90 adults in Oxfordshire says it will shut them by the end of May. Hft, which runs several services in Milton, near Didcot, said running them was leaving it with a £5,000 shortfall every week. Its chief executive

This one goes out to anyone who has ever been asked the eternal question: “What do you have in that bag, rocks?” It’s no secret that carrying heavy bags and purses has health implications, but sometimes we don’t have an option. We have things to do and things to carry. Steven Shoshany, a New York

BANGKOK — The virus outbreak in China has put South Korea’s economy into an “emergency situation,” its president says. Japan is on the brink of recession and big manufacturers are forecasting a whole world of woe. As many Chinese finally go back to work after their longest Lunar New Year holiday ever, the economic fallout

Image caption Duane Oates spends four mornings a week on a dialysis machine Time is not on Duane Oates’ side. His body is being slowly poisoned. Three years ago he found out that his kidneys had begun to shut down. Now, most days the 56-year-old spends hours hooked up to a dialysis machine that removes

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 73,000 people globally February 18, 2020, 3:57 AM 2 min read A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 73,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus

Image copyright Glasgow City Council New HIV tests that provide results in minutes have been introduced in Glasgow to help tackle the worst outbreak of the infection in decades. Drug users sharing needles are in the group most affected by the surge of HIV cases in Scotland’s biggest city. Previously, test results could take up

China reported 1,886 new virus cases and 98 more deaths in its update on a disease outbreak that has caused milder illness in most people, an assessment that promoted guarded optimism from global health authorities By YANAN WANG Associated Press February 18, 2020, 4:06 AM 4 min read BEIJING — China reported 1,886 new virus

People who steal, bully and lie throughout their lives may have smaller brains, researchers say. MRI scans suggested 45-year-olds who had shown antisocial behaviour from childhood had reduced surface area and a thinner cortex in parts of the brain previously linked to such behaviour. But it is unclear if this was inherited or due to