Walmart expands employee abortion coverage
Aug 22, 2022 23:18 pm UTC| Law Health Economy Business
Walmart is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after following the Supreme Court ruling that scrapped a nationwide right to abortion. In a memo sent to employees, Walmart, the largest employer in the US, said...
Japanese government luring young adults to drink more alcohol
Aug 18, 2022 22:40 pm UTC| Life Health Economy Business
Japans National Tax Agency (NTA) is looking to rectify the low alcohol intake of the countrys youth. According to an independent study, young Japanese arent drinking enough alcohol anymore, with roughly half of them not...
Epilepsy: how an AI algorithm detects related brain abnormalities – new research
Aug 15, 2022 17:45 pm UTC| Health
Around 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. While anti-seizure medications are available and effective for the majority of people with the condition, 20%-30% dont respond to medications. Abnormalities in the brain...
The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here's how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market
Aug 15, 2022 17:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in the journal Science. Together, these papers paint a coherent evidence-based picture of what took...
Kubota to offer glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness
Aug 13, 2022 23:44 pm UTC| Health Economy Business Science
Kubota Pharmaceutical will sell specially designed glasses dubbed Kubota Glass, which it claims are able to reverse the effects of myopia. The glasses shine tiny lights at the retina to simulate short-distance blurring,...
PepsiCo’s Quaker launches low fat, sugar, and salt porridge range
Aug 09, 2022 15:33 pm UTC| Life Economy Business Health
PepsiCos Quaker Oats will launch a non-High in Fat, Sugar, and Salt (HFSS) porridge pot line-up, called Heavenly Oats in chocolate orange and caramel fudge flavors. According to Heather Doyle, senior brand manager at...
Should we be worried about our pet cats and dogs getting COVID?
Aug 08, 2022 05:55 am UTC| Health
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID, originated from bats and then, probably after passing through an intermediary host, gained the ability to infect humans. Many new viruses that emerge in this way, like...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects