Air pollution killed 476,000 newborns in 2019, with the biggest hotspots in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new
Month: October 2020
Another 1.4 mn in north England under tough virus curbs
More than a million people in northern England will be banned from mixing with other households under tougher new coronavirus
High flavanol diet may lead to lower blood pressure
People who consume a diet including flavanol-rich foods and drinks, including tea, apples and berries, could lead to lower blood
Study of chess player performance over many years suggests brain peaks at age 35
A trio of researchers from Institut Polytechnique Paris, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat München, and Erasmus University has found evidence suggesting that cognitive abilities
Italy’s Lombardy region to impose virus curfew
Italy’s northern Lombardy region prepared Tuesday to impose a nighttime curfew, the most restrictive anti-coronavirus measure the country has seen
Bottle-fed babies ingest ‘millions’ of microplastics: study
Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research showed Monday highlighting the abundance
What are the treatment options for COVID-19?
What are the treatment options for COVID-19? There are several, and which one is best depends on how sick someone
Ireland is first EU country to re-enter lockdown
Ireland will be the first EU country to return to coronavirus lockdown, prime minister Micheal Martin said Monday, issuing a
Virus, what virus? India gets back to work
India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra’s whirring factories to Kolkata’s thronging markets,
Madrid hospital struggles with surge in virus cases
At Severo Ochoa hospital in a Madrid suburb badly-hit during the pandemic’s first wave, the intensive care unit is once
