Explosion of violence in Ecuador shuts down science
Quito
--The explosion of criminal activity that shocked Ecuador this week, including car bombings, shootings, arson, and prison riots, has also shaken the country’s researchers and academics. Universities, as well as schools, government offices, and stores, were suddenly shut down on Tuesday, and scientists had to work from home, cancel fieldwork, and contemplate new security protocols.
The events unfolded a day after Ecuador’s newly elected president, Daniel Noboa, declared a nationwide state of emergency when the leader of one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels escaped from prison. Much of the v...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 13, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
What have adolescents in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil, done to reduce their community violence exposure? - Marques ES, Reichenheim ME, Santos BD, Taquete SR, Moraes CL.
This study aims to identify the individual community strategies to avoid violence exposure most used by adolescents from public and private schools in the IX Administrative Region of Rio de Janeiro and investigate the profile of co-occurrence and its preva... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
American universities face a reckoning over antisemitism
S get the technicalities right but still flunk the test. So it was at the congressional hearing on campus antisemitism on December 5th. When asked if calling for the genocide of Jews would be punished at their schools, the presidents of Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania prevaricated.…#jews #harvard #lizmagill #claudinegay #israel #hamas #hillelinternational #jewish #elisestefanik #scottbok (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
GoNoodle and Dole ® Fruit Bowls® Return To Schools Nationwide To Fuel Student Success In The New Year
As children spend 80 percent of their time seated in the classroom and 5 percent in moderate to vigorous activities* (Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022), GoNoodle and Dole® Fruit Bowls® snacks help power children's minds and bodies with nutritious snacks and high-energy content. NASHVILLE,... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 11, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: LIC CHI DEI Source Type: news
Fauci FINALLY coughs up to Covid failures: Admits lab leak is credible, reveals HE told schools to impose vaccine mandates and even praises Trump on China!
Dr Anthony Fauci 's second day of marathon grilling by Congress revealed that pandemic-era social distancing measures and vaccine mandates caused more harm than good. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Who Hates AP Tests?
The progressive war on standardized testing continues, but not everyone is on board. At Success Academy Charter Schools in New York, students are so eager and prepared that they’re literally occupying an exhibition center to take the tests. This year Success has so many students taking the…#success #advancedplacement #newyorks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Our Healthcare Data Infrastructure Is Abysmal
(MedPage Today) -- Do lockdowns work? Are masks effective? Did schools make the right decisions?
During the COVID-19 crisis, these questions were urgent and pervasive. Yet, clear answers were often elusive, hindered by data gaps and inefficient... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 9, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Will pesky new Covid variant called Juno spark UK's biggest EVER wave? Experts warn cold weather and return of schools will trigger fresh chaos for NHS hospitals already swamped with flu and other seasonal illnesses
Virus rates across the UK have doubled in a fortnight following the sudden arrival of 'Juno'. Virologists claimed January's freezing temperatures will add to skyrocketing levels. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Don ’t Make US Public Schools More Like Harvard
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Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colleges under siege over Israel, Hamas and antisemitism, look to PR giants for help
Some of the nation’s top universities are scrambling to hire heavyweight communications firms as their campuses become consumed by cultural and political proxy fights stemming from the Israel-Hamas war. Among the schools that have turned to firms for help in recent months: New York University,…#israel #newyorkuniversity #harvarduniversity #columbiauniversity #cooperunion #middleeast #claudinegay #harvard #lizmagill #jews (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
No, Nikki Haley, we don't need to turn schools into airports, the place literally everyone hates
Don't you just love going to the airport? Of course you don't. It's the worst. Now think: Wouldn't your children love to go to the airport every day from the age of 5 to 18? Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley thinks that would be swell: We have to secure our schools the same way we…#nikkihaley #tsaprecheck #broadway #jdtuccille #reason #tsa #homelandsecurity #universityatalbany #suny #randcorporation (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Mexico considers setback requirements for oil wells
A bill to ban oil and gas production within a mile (1.6 kilometers) of schools and day care centers across New Mexico is among the first published proposals as the state legislature prepares for a 30-day session that could bring an overhaul to fundamental oil and gas regulations. Regulators in the…#newmexico #debrasariñana #lujangrisham #maddyhayden #sariñana #gailevans #statelandoffice #legislature (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Great government: public service reform in the 2020s
This report examines the state of the state by focussing on the challenges facing the NHS, schools, and the justice system in the UK, which the next government will need to address, and sets out a plan for progress. It suggests that even if the next government matched previous rates of improvement, it would take nearly ten years to recover levels of access in the NHS, up to seven years to return to our previous performance on the education attainment gap and a decade to clear the courts backlog.Report (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 3, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 NHS performance and productivity Source Type: news
Coach-to-player comms, sideline tablets tested in bowl games, but some schools decided to hold off
The possibility of college teams using NFL-style communication technology has been viewed with a little more urgency in the aftermath of the Michigan sign-stealing scandal.#nfl #michigan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Afghan women grapple with Taliban universty ban, one year on
Shortly after the Taliban banned women from attending universities in Afghanistan in December 2022, we spoke with three students who’d been forced to leave their schools. All were heartbroken to have their education interrupted and were uncertain about what the future held. Now, just over a year…#taliban #afghanistan #mariamalikzada #kandaharprovince #ngo #nt #unesco #worldbank #afghan #kabul (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
