Combining health datasets is helping polio vaccination efforts in Pakistan

28 September 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment

Country: Pakistan Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative Pakistan is one of just two countries where the polio virus remains endemic. Challenges remain in identifying and vaccinating all children, but data management software is providing a way forward.

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Fighter jets escort Singapore Airlines plane after bomb hoax

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Two air force fighter jets escorted a Singapore Airlines plane traveling from San Francisco to Changi Airport after a passenger made a hoax bomb threat.

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Many palm species are facing the risk of extinction

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Photo: Pixabay/Schäferle  Palm trees are hardy perennials. There they are on scenic sandy beaches across much of the world, providing picturesque contrasts to them. Yet this seeming ubiquity of palms hides an alarming truth: nearly 1,000 palm species are at risk of going extinct around the planet. A team of […]

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One Size Does Not Fit All: Court Declares 38 Terms in Fujifilm Small Business Contracts to be Unfair and Void

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In Brief The Federal Court has declared 38 terms across 11 of Fujifilm’s (being Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia or Fujifilm Leasing Australia) small business contracts to be unfair contract terms (UCT) and void under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) and the equivalent provisions in the ASIC Act (ASIC Act). It […]

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A University for the Kurds of Syria

27 September 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment

Just another day in the main hall of the Qamishli campus. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS By Karlos ZurutuzaQAMISHLI, Syria, Sep 27 2022 (IPS) There is a main hall as well as workshops, laboratories and, of course, a cafeteria, where the half-hour break flies by amid card games and laughs. It could […]

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No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis

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No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis Sep 27, 2022 jmcquaid Tue, 09/27/2022 – 10:00 No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis Joseph Glauber Manuel Hernández David Laborde Will Martin Brendan Rice Rob Vos Continuing fallout from the the Russia-Ukraine war. IFPRI […]

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Catastrophic malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria must urgently be recognised

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Country: Nigeria Source: Médecins Sans Frontières MSF is calling for the international and humanitarian community to respond to the needs of people in the region, and for northwest Nigeria to be included in the UN’s humanitarian response plan.

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Will termites aided by climate change help drive emissions?

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Photo: Pixabay/hbieser  In the tropics termites play crucial roles in ecosystems by recycling dead wood and thereby cleaning up forests. As temperatures rise worldwide, many of these termite species will spread north and south from their current ranges while performing the same ecological function. But that may not necessarily be […]

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The US$363 Million Dollar Question: Are Your Ethylene Oxide Emissions a Litigation Target?

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On 19 September 2022, a Cook County, Illinois jury awarded US$363 million1 to a plaintiff who alleged that her breast cancer was caused by emissions of ethylene oxide (EtO) from a Sterigenics facility in Willowbrook, Illinois. The plaintiff alleged that Sterigenics, which used the flammable, colorless gas in the sterilization of […]

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K&L Gates Secures Victory for Koch Foods in Criminal Price-Fixing Case

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Chicago – K&L Gates LLP recently secured a victory for Koch Foods, a U.S.-based food processor and distributor, in a grand jury investigation and prosecution conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division. The multi-year investigation and prosecution focused on alleged bid-rigging and price-fixing in the sale of […]

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