Month: September 2021

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How Big Companies Target Middle Income Countries To Sell Ultra-Processed Foods

Edwin Kwong, Joanna Williams, Phillip Baker, Rob Moodie and Thiago M. Santos 23/09/2021

The consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with higher...

FILE PHOTO: Picture illustration of vials with Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels

Developing Nations’ Plea to World’s Wealthy at UN: Stop Hoarding Vaccines

Daphne Psaledakis 23/09/2021

The African continent bears the worst brunt of vaccine...

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COVID-19 Threatens To Undo Progress Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Monique Wasunna 23/09/2021

Kala-azar control progress is threatened by an acute shortage...

Commuters make their way amidst smog on a flyover in New Delhi

WHO Announces Revised Air Quality Limits. Will the New Numbers Save the Day?

Dharmesh Shah 22/09/2021

The much awaited 2021 guidelines reduce the 'acceptable' annual...

A Jatoba tree, originally from the Amazon, is placed in front of the Norwegian Embassy, during a protest by activists seeking symbolic refugee status for the plant, in Brasilia

Brazil: Indigenous Protestors Seek ‘Asylum’ in Norway for Tree

Reuters 22/09/2021

The protest coincided with Jair Bolsonaro at the UN...

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India Does Not Need COVID Vaccine Booster Doses at This Stage: Experts

Shakoor Rather 22/09/2021

Though India has not yet rolled out the third...

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The World’s New ‘Whitest’ Paint Has a Darker Side

Andrew Parnell 22/09/2021

A new study suggests that a paint containing barium...