Outcry as British researcher is given ANOTHER grant by NIH to investigate COVID
EcoHealth Alliance's five-year project will investigate 'the potential for future bat coronavirus emergence' in southeast Asia, with scientists set to trawl caves in Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in fossil amber research, study claims
For the past decade, paleontologists have increasingly been using a unique window to peer into the past: amber—blobs of hardened tree resin—that preserves in exquisite detail insects, plants, tiny lizards, and bits of larger organisms, such as the
feathered tail from a dinosaur
.
Recent papers have analyzed samples taken from one of the world’s richest amber deposits, dating to 99 million years ago during the height of the Cretaceous and located in what is today Myanmar. But that country is riven by political conflict. Now, a new study suggests paleontological research has directly benefited from the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 29, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi, Australian economist for 3 years - source
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday jailed deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former economic adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, for three years for violating a secrets law, a source... #courtjails #proceedings #australian #seanturnell #myanmar #aungsansuukyi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Developing Countries Must Grow More FoodClimate change and war on Ukraine a wake-up call
CHINA - Constructing an irrigation network in Qinghai Province. Workers were paid part of their wages in food supplied by the World Food Programme. Credit WFP/Sarah ErringtonBy Trevor PageLETHBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 8 2022 (IPS) As our planet continues to heat up, extreme weather has affected many of us. From the west coast of North America across Europe, the Middle East and Asia to Pakistan and New Zealand, wildfires and flash floods have destroyed homes and property and disrupted the daily lives of millions.
Supply chains, already badly affected by COVID, have been further complicated by drying rivers and waterways. In the ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Trevor Page Tags: Armed Conflicts Climate Change Combating Desertification and Drought COVID-19 Development & Aid Environment Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Global Headlines Labour Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations IP Source Type: news
Myanmar arrests former British ambassador Vicky Bowman
#vickybowman #arrests (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
