Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down, though he has not made a final decision, a source familiar with Trudeau’s thinking said on Sunday. The source spoke to Reuters after the Globe and Mail reported that Trudeau was expected to announce as early as Monday that he […]
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Mapped: New Business Applications by U.S. State in 2024 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. This map tracks the number of new business applications per […]
Editor Michelle Pini’s expert exposé of Gerry Harvey’s advertorials in new billionaire soapbox ‘The Nightly’ attracted tens of thousands of readers in March. ***** Gerry Harvey has been gifted yet another megaphone, though not quite as large as the furniture, white goods and electrical retail behemoth Harvey Norman, which he chairs. Frequently called upon by our Fourth […]
Public health is under pressure. Across health care systems around the world, funding is declining, exhausted professionals are leaving the field, and in the US state legislatures are pulling back needed legal authorities. At the same time, outbreaks of diseases such as measles and dengue are increasing, adding more urgency and responsibility to the work. […]
The other day, I got a call from a photojournalist friend in Culiacán, who wryly asked me about the ongoing narco war in the city: “How was your first shoot-out in Mazatlán?” The night before, there had been a car chase that ended in the murder of a man in the city where I live; […]
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Charted: The Decline of Pandemic Savings This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Pandemic savings ran dry months ago, but that hasn’t deterred […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Op-Ed Opinion: Lost educational days and other long-term harms are putting pressure on this generation, impacting their well-being and academic success. Published Dec 09, 2024 • Last updated 17 minutes ago • 5 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. […]
Last week, President-Elect Donald Trump rounded out the list of his nominees for health positions in his administration. Initially, he had nominated antivax activist and all-around conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., whom given his having bent the knee to Donald Trump before the election in return for the promise of a high-ranking health position […]
Virologists have been especially worried about the virus making its way into pigs, because these animals are notorious viral incubators. “They can become infected with swine strains, bird strains and human strains,” says Brinkley Bellotti, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. These strains can swap genes and give rise to […]
Health service was ‘within 6 to 7 hours’ of running out of gowns at one point during pandemic, Hancock tells inquiry Back at the Covid inquiry, Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, is being asked about PPE. He has just said that at one point the country was “within six or seven hours” of running […]