For 50 years, 'The Gates Of Hell' crater has burned. Now officials want to put it out
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to George Kourounis, Royal Canadian Geographical Society's explorer-in-residence, about the possible closing of "The Gates of Hell," a natural gas field in Turkmenistan. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott Simon Source Type: news
Austria ’s Plan to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Compulsory Is Dividing Citizens — and Experts
Grappling with Europe’s punishing fourth wave of COVID-19, Austria’s government took bold steps to combat the spread of the disease on Friday — not merely sending the country back into lockdown for three weeks, but also announcing the first national COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the western world.
Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg says the mandate, due to enter into force on Feb. 1, is needed to boost a stagnant vaccination campaign. Just over 69% of eligible people have received at least one dose, languishing about ten percentage points behind other wealthy western European countries. Authorities blame tha...
Source: TIME: Health - November 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized Austria COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Londontime Source Type: news
We can be confident there have been far more than 5 million global Covid deaths | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
Estimating ‘excess’ fatalities, a more robust analysis method, puts the pandemic’s grim toll between 10m and 19m people•Coronavirus – latest updates•See all our coronavirus coverage On 1 November,news organisations reported the global Covid-19 death toll had exceeded 5 million. But, as these articles highlight, this figure is likely to be a massive underestimate.Johns Hopkins University collates official daily statistics on Covid deaths, but there is no unified globaldefinition: Belgium ’s high reported death rate partly reflects its including all probable Covid deaths in all settings, while Hungary only publ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 7, 2021 Category: Science Authors: David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters Tags: Coronavirus Science Infectious diseases World news Epidemics India Source Type: news
Turkmenistan: Getting Covid in a land where no cases officially exist
People in Turkmenistan are struggling to get treatment in a system that denies there are any cases. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Turkmenistan president claims licorice can cure Covid-19
Well-known for his baffling botanical pronouncements, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov claimed that licorice could... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Social support and its role in the prevention of depression and anxiety during pregnancy in Turkmen women - Rafiei N, Amini Rarani M, Eizadi F, Rafiey H, Seyedghasemi NS.
INTRODUCTION:
Pregnancy makes significant changes that require various psychological adjustments and are often associated with depression and anxiety. Social support is one of the factors that play an important role in anxiety and depression. The aim of t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong imposes strict measures; 6,000 new cases in Russia
Cases rise by 1m in five days;5.4m Americans have lost their health insurance;Hong Kong reimposes social distancing measuresGlobal coronavirus report: restrictions return around world as cases pass 13mCalifornia orders closure of bars and indoor operations of restaurants and theatresUK coronavirus live: latest updates10.01amBSTCoronavirus has interrupted the education of around 10 million children inAfghanistan, leaving many without alternative learning options, the charity Save the Children has estimated.The charity ’s assessment comes as the number of Covid-19 deaths surges in Kabul, even as violence rages on across th...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 14, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Archie Bland (now) and Helen Sullivan (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak World news US news UK news Australia news Science Infectious diseases Source Type: news
Turkmenistan reportedly bans the word "coronavirus"
Turkmenistan, which borders hard-hit Iran but claims it has zero cases of COVID-19, has reportedly banned the use of the word "coronavirus." (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Associations between vaspin levels and coronary artery disease
(Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications) In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; DOI https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2019.0565, Lutfu Askin, Okan Tanriverdi, Hakan Tibilli and Serdar Turkmen from the Department of Cardiology, Adiyaman Education and Research Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey consider associations between vaspin levels and coronary artery disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Serum irisin: Pathogenesis and clinical research in cardiovascular diseases
(Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications) In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; Lutfu Askin, Kader Eliz Uzel, Okan Tanriverdi and Serdar Turkmen from the Department of Cardiology, Adiyaman Education and Research Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey consider serum irisin pathogenesis and clinical research in cardiovascular diseases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
U.S. raises travel alert levels for Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan over coronavirus
The U.S. State Department on Friday raised its alert level for travel to Azerbaijan, warning Americans to reconsider travel there due to a coronavirus outbreak and response measures implemented by the country's government. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Gains and Losses of Irregular Migration
By Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM / ROME, Dec 6 2019 (IPS) While opening a newspaper or watching a TV program we are every day made aware of the plights of irregular migrants. Some recent examples among many – on 24 October, 39 Chinese nationals were found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex. They had apparently frozen to death within a refrigerator container with temperatures as low as -25C (-13F). This while tragedies occur almost daily on the Mediterranean Sea. On 26 November, a rescue vessel found a boat almost completely sunken. It had three dead bodies aboard. Fifty-five migrants were saved. Three of them were in a critical con...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 6, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Africa Aid Crime & Justice Education Featured Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Labour Migration & Refugees TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Field research in Turkmenistan's highest mountain reveals high biological diversity
(Pensoft Publishers) Well-known for its unique landscapes and rare wildlife, the Koytendag State Nature Reserve was yet to reveal the scale of its actual biodiversity when a series of international expeditions, coordinated and funded by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) began to explore the site in 2013. As a result, a comprehensive report describing its remarkable biodiversity was recently published as an openly accessible Advanced book from scientific publisher Pensoft. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 16, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Language wars: the 19 greatest linguistic spats of all time
Words are ever evolving – but not without controversy. From creative applications of an apostrophe to the overuse of literally, what makes you rage?What is it about language that gets people so hot under the collar? That drives them to spend hours arguing with strangers on the internet, to go around correcting misspelt signs in the dead of night, or even to threaten acts of violence? The languages we speak are central to our sense of self, so it is not surprising that their finer points can become a battleground. Passionate feelings about what ’s right and wrong extend from the use of “disinterested” to what gay pe...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 17, 2019 Category: Science Authors: David Shariatmadari Tags: Language Science George Bush Donald Trump France Richard Nixon New Zealand Bosnia-Herzegovina Turkmenistan Belgium UK news Source Type: news
UK gives birth to more babies with dangerously low birthweights than Turkmenistan, Albania and Cuba
Around 56,000 British newborns weighed less than 5.5lbs in 2015, approximately seven per cent of all live births that year. The average newborn weighs about 8lbs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
