India’s Covid deaths top 300,000
India reported 4,454 new Covid-19 fatalities on Monday and is now the third country in the world after Brazil and the United States to surpass more...
Daily Archive: May 24, 2021
Jack Ma is stepping down as head of his elite business school, report says
Jack Ma is reportedly stepping down as the president of an elite business school he founded, suggesting a further retreat from public life by China’s most...
Could a ‘brain-computer interface’ one day cure chronic pain?
Researchers at the University of East Anglia are launching a new project to see whether virtual reality could help with the treatment of chronic pain.
British woman dies in Cyprus after AstraZeneca jab
A 39-year-old British woman died in a Cypriot hospital after a blood clotting incident after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the official Cyprus News Agency said...
At least 115,000 health workers have died from COVID: WHO
At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said Monday, calling for a dramatic...
New DNA research could help combat cancers resistant to current treatments
In a groundbreaking first, research led by Queen’s University Belfast has found thousands of “Achilles Heels’ or ‘cancer vulnerabilities’ in an analysis of more than 700...
New research: Night shift work is linked to menstrual irregularity, increased risk of developing endometriosis
According to a study being presented at the 23rd European Congress of Endocrinology (e-ECE 2021) on Sunday 23 May, women working night shifts may be at...
Defective gene slows down brain cells
Within the European Union alone, about 3 million people are affected by an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some are only mildly affected and can live independent...
Revisiting Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On,” and the Album That Opened R&B to Resistance: Revisited 50 Years Later
I just want to be heard and that’s all that matters. — Marvin Gaye R&B superstar Marvin Gaye was more than willing to risk his career...
Live Updates: Ryanair Chief Accuses Belarus of ‘State-Sponsored Hijacking’
International outrage is growing after Belarus forced a passenger jet flying through its airspace to land on Sunday and then arrested a dissident journalist.
