COVID-19 ‘Second Wave’ Pushes U.K. Towards Partial Lockdown – Jaweb
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined a range of new lockdown measures to fight the so-called “second wave” of COVID-19 infections taking place across the U.K.Johnson told the country that pubs and hospitality venues...
California recall has enough signatures to make ballot – Jaweb
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Organizers of the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.The California secretary of state’s office announced Monday that more than 1.6 million...
Can COVID-19 Feel Like Food Poisoning? The Differences Are Subtle, Doctors Explain – Jaweb
Throughout the pandemic, the regular ups and downs in people’s health — a cough, a sore throat, less of an ability to smell your partner’s cooking — have triggered “could it be COVID?” alarms....
Which U.S. cities get failing grades on parks – Jaweb
Being ranked among the most park-poor cities in America is a fitness test no city wants to flunk. But in 2020 amid the pandemic, the national “ParkScore” ratings issued by The Trust for Public Land...
EU accused of ‘neocolonial’ plundering of tuna in Indian Ocean – Jaweb
The EU has been accused of “hypocrisy and neocolonialism” for proposing insufficient measures to tackle overfishing of yellowfin tuna, while being the largest fisher of the prized species in the Indian Ocean.Smaller than its...
Drug Legalization In The 2020 Election Helps Public Health, Experts Say – Jaweb
So much is still up in the air with the 2020 election, but one clear winner emerging from the process? Drugs. Several states are poised to legalize recreational weed, D.C. voters moved to decriminalize...
Is Denmark’s corona ‘passport’ a prototype for European travel? – Jaweb
The “Epic Metal Cave” is pulsing with music and people are eagerly choosing weights to work out. Each of them has already overcome one hurdle just for the right to enter the workout room: a pass showing...
Massive Iceberg Continues Losing Mass as it Swirls Around South Georgia Island – Jaweb
A massive Antarctic iceberg that last month threatened a penguin-populated island off the southern tip of South America has since lost much of its mass and broken into pieces, scientists say. The main ice mass,...
New COVID Variant Detected in Japan Has ‘Potential’ to Be More Infectious – Jaweb
A new coronavirus variant identified in Japan over the weekend has the “potential” to be more infectious, although whether or not this is the case has yet to be determined, health officials have said.The...
Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll passes 250,000: health ministry – Jaweb
Brazil’s death toll from Covid-19 surpassed a quarter-million Thursday, a year after the first case was confirmed in the country, which is struggling with vaccine shortages and a devastating second wave.The new coronavirus has...
From AIDS to COVID-19, America’s Medical System Has a Long History...
In the early days of the pandemic, Susan Castor, a 64-year-old Filipino American nurse, would make her rounds taking care of patients at a...
