Many doctors around the world are saying that during the COVID-19 pandemic there have been fewer cases of preterm babies being born. Doctors say that there are three main causes for this: (1) social distancing, which reduced the levels of infection that get transferred from being in contact with other …
Microplastics are minuscule pieces of plastic that have become a plague in our modern environment. These microplastics are everywhere and end up in the food we consume and the air we breathe in. The result is that microplastics not only pose environmental risks but also are a major public health …
As new variants continue to grow around the world, researchers at the Pearl River research center are continuously working around the clock to ensure the Pfizer vaccines provide protection against new mutations. Phil Dormitzer, who is the leading scientist at the lab disclosed that after a series of tests the …
The company Zipline is engineering Medical Drones to deliver life saving medicine to hospitals and medical centres. Zipline believes that through the use of Drones you can deliver crucial medicine such as blood or vaccines to areas that would otherwise be too remote and lack the infrastructure to receive such …
A casual walk in the park might help improve brain health by reanimating the white matter in our brains. A recent study by the research team from Colorado State University finds that the neurons in our white matter could be capable of adapting to our lifestyle, allowing for lifelong plasticity. …
As more and more vaccinations get injected into arms across North America have you ever stopped to think how vaccinations truly work? It is a tricky question, we actually created vaccines before we knew how they functioned, and this answer was only discovered through decades of continuous scientific study. We …
India’s COVID-19 journey has been difficult to say the least. India, like most countries, had a scary first wave of cases but managed to keep its head above water. The drop in case numbers following this meant the country opened up; airports, train stations, clubs, markets, malls and gyms once …
The proposed legislation, if passed, would prevent Ontario regulatory bodies from requiring immigrants to have Canadian work experience to get licensed. Getting licensed as an immigrant engineer, for instance, would require at least a year of working under the supervision of a licensed Canadian engineer, despite the years of international …
After the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the U.S. has spent over 83 billion in weapons and training for 20 years to help build the country's security force. These endeavours were gone when the Taliban successfully took over after the U.S.'s withdrawal. But many argue that the disintegration had begun …
A new law was passed in Texas that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. This law would allow individual citizens to not only sue abortion providers, but also anyone else that helped a woman obtain the procedure including those providing rides and financial assistance. Furthermore, these people do not …