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Japanese bishops publish child sex abuse report
April 15, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Tokyo for www.ucanews.com
She said that people’s cooperation and understanding of the virus are crucial. “If they [the people] do not understand why they need to cooperate and promised government aid is not delivered to them, social unrest may really happen,” she added. Meanwhile, the National Shrine of our Mother of Perpetual Help in Baclaran, Manila, has been […]
Read More...Coronavirus: How do you care for someone at home?
April 15, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Patients with mild coronavirus symptoms – such as a new continuous cough or a high temperature above 37.8C -should self-isolate at home for at least seven days, according to the latest advice issued by Public Health England. If symptoms worsen or don’t go away after a week, then people should contact their local health service […]
Read More...These Missionaries Will Spread Disease to Isolated Tribes, Not the Word of God
April 14, 2020 · By Care2 Team for www.thepetitionsite.com
In 1987, missionaries with Ethnos360 (then called New Tribes Mission), made contact with a small isolated tribe in the northern state of Pará, Brazil. The western missionaries tried to coax the tribespeople into interactions by offering them “gifts” in hopes of eventually convincing them to accept the word of Christ. By 1991, 45 members of the […]
Read More...Japan’s climate plan sends ‘wrong signal’
April 14, 2020 · By Somini Sengupta and Brad Plumer for www.nytimes.com
This is the year that all countries are due to update their climate targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement, and all eyes are on the world’s biggest industrialized countries: Will they strengthen their targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions? On Monday, amid the global coronavirus pandemic, Japan became the first of the world’s richest countries […]
Read More...Attacked & underpaid: Medics in Philippines battle stigma, virus
April 8, 2020 ·
Manila, Philippines – Joaquin Sapul, Jr started getting the frantic calls a few hours after the health department announced the first coronavirus case in Iloilo City in the central Philippines on March 21. In response, The Medical City-Iloilo, the hospital where Sapul works and where the unnamed patient was confined, issued a statement to assure the […]
Read More...South Korea sets standard for Covid-19 testing
April 8, 2020 · By UCAN News for www.ucanews.com
April 01, 2020 When a new coronavirus was detected in Chinese city Wuhan last December, South Korea set up an emergency team to study the disease. The early action taken by the South Korean government and the knowledge gained about Covid-19 went on to shape what has become the world’s most ambitious virus-testing program. Britain’s […]
Read More...Breakthrough, Cancer blood test ‘enormously exciting’
April 7, 2020 · By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Scientists have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine – a universal blood test for cancer. A team at Johns Hopkins University has trialled a method that detects eight common forms of the disease. Their vision is an annual test designed to catch cancer early and save lives. UK experts said […]
Read More...Major Victory for Alaska’s Majestic Trees and for the Climate
April 7, 2020 · By Jessica A. Knoblauch for earthjustice.org
Protecting trees, particularly old-growth trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, is a win for local communities and for the climate. On Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska, majestic mega-trees that are key to combatting climate change have been protected from chainsaws after a federal judge rejected a sweeping logging plan that would have spanned a project […]
Read More...Coal power developers ‘risk wasting billions’
April 7, 2020 · By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst for www.bbc.com
Coal power developers risk wasting hundreds of billions of pounds as new renewable sources are now cheaper than new coal plants, a report has said. The shift is mainly due to cheaper wind and solar power, Carbon Tracker said. It added that in 10 years it will be cheaper to close down coal plants and […]
Read More...Climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds
April 7, 2020 · By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst for www.bbc.com
The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis, a study by the University of Leeds of 86 countries claims. The wealthiest tenth of people consume about 20 times more energy overall than the bottom ten, wherever they live. The gulf is greatest in transport, where the top tenth gobble 187 times more […]
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