America grapples with millions of people with organ transplants in need of extra Covid vaccination
Covid vaccination in the US has been framed as a binary: People either seek out the inoculation, or they distrust the formula or the politics that produced it and reject the shot. People who accept the vaccine get to return to normal life. For the people who don’t, “Your health...
Ethical and moral red flag raised about DNA data use without informed consent
Last year, forensic geneticist a Berlin research hospital Lutz Roewer removed profiles that had been uploaded by the authors of a paper describing DNA studies of Uyghur, Kazakh and Hui minority groups in China. He did so after Springer Nature investigated and retracted that paper. The authors said that the...
Can bar of soap fix tired legs syndrome? Some medics agree, but can’t explain why
At times, we are all prone to feeling restless. When it is chronic, it can be a symptom of restless legs syndrome (RLS). Restless legs syndrome or RLS, is a sleep disorder characterised by an uncontrollable urge to move the lower legs. It is usually worse in the evening and...
Egypt gets €83m AfDB loan for electricity sector to spur economic recovery
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an €83 million loan to finance the second phase of Egypt’s Electricity and Green Growth Support Programme. The funding is part of the bank’s budget support to the Egyptian government to strengthen its electricity infrastructure to bolster the private sector and accelerate recovery...
AfDB approves $1.4 million for Zambia to improve household food security
The African Development Bank has approved a $1.4 million grant from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme to reduce malnutrition among the Southern African nation’s most vulnerable households. The Mitigating Impacts of Covid-19 on Household Food Security Project will create about 150 permanent skilled or semi-skilled positions and 40...
America grapples with millions of people with organ transplants who need extra Covid vaccination
Covid vaccination in the US has been framed as a binary: People either seek out the inoculation, or they distrust the formula or the politics that produced it and reject the shot. People who accept the vaccine get to return to normal life. For the people who don’t, “Your health...
Press freedom: Killing a journalist is the world’s ‘safest crime’
A new report on the murder of Pakistani journalist Zubair Mujahid finds significant errors in the official police investigation. Leading press freedom organisations now call for an independent re-investigation of the case to bring the killers to justice. The report “Breaking the Silence: An Investigation into the Murder of Zubair...
Tokyo Olympics: World Rugby to ruck up fans with ‘This is How We Sevens’ campaign
World Rugby has launched a major new rugby sevens campaign, “This Is How We Sevens,” as excitement builds towards the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which kicks off in under 50 days. The campaign is aimed at showcasing the vibrancy, excitement and breadth of personalities involved across rugby sevens, supporting World...
Myanmar court releases one of two detained American journalists
A Myanmar court has dismissed a criminal case against US journalist Nathan Maung and freed from detention, where he has been since March. The release comes on the back International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemnation of use of the Penal Code to detain journalists and urged the military junta to...
Global Y-chromosome database solve sex crimes, problem is in obtaining informed consent
In May 1999, a disturbing crime shocked the inhabitants of Kollum, a small village in the Netherlands. A local 16-year-old girl was found raped and murdered in a field nearby, and some people said that Iraqi or Afghan residents at an asylum seekers’ centre in the village could be to...
