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Debilitating ‘Long-COVID’ May Have Severe Health, Social Impacts – WHO

Kate Kelland 26/02/2021

Thousands of people experiencing post-COVID syndrome complain of feeling...

Several birds are culled during an outbreak of avian influenza.

Explained: The Science of Avian Influenza

Femi E. Benny 26/02/2021

WHO suggests that cooking poultry well during an influenza...

A boy uses his mouth to pump out water from a municipal tanker to fill his containers in New Delhi, India.

Delhi Anticipates Water Scarcity as Govt Plans To Shut Nangal Hydel Channel

The Wire Staff 26/02/2021

Closing the Nangal Hydel Channel will leave Delhi with...

Juvenile hammerhead sharks in Mapusa fish market in Goa. Photo by Victoria Imeson/Flickr.

Eating Shark Meat Is Normal in India – but There’s a Price

Supriya Vohra 26/02/2021

There are about 160 species of sharks found in...

Passengers from international flights arrive at Heathrow Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Global Travellers More Likely To Pick up Strains of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Bacterial strains colonised multiple travellers staying at the same...

U.S. President Biden makes an announcement on coronavirus aid for small businesses at the White House in Washington

The US Is Making It Harder for the Rest of the World To Get COVID-19 Vaccines

Jane C. Hu 26/02/2021

The US has administered the most number of vaccine...

A tiger rescued from a circus by Animal Defenders International in Guatemala arrives at its new home near Winburg, South Africa, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Siyabonga Sishi

Asia’s ‘Tiger Farms’ Have Rendered a Wild Animal Worth More Dead Than Alive

Simon Evans 25/02/2021

Tiger farms are speed-breeding factory farms that provide raw...