A Secret Weapon In Preventing The Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats
More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic.
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What You Do Every Day Matters: The Power Of Routines
The word “routine” can bring to mind words like mundane or ordinary. However, they can support cognitive function, boost health and provide meaningful activities and social opportunities.
COVID-19 Cases Are Going To Ebb And Flow, With Or Without Restrictions
Restrictions during the start of the pandemic were helpful at curbing transmission. At this point, a growing number of healthcare professionals believe restrictions and mandates are outdated.
Dogs Can Be Trained To Sniff Out COVID-19 – A Team Of Forensic Researchers Explain The Science
Dogs hold great promise as a rapid screening method that, used with other measures such as rapid tests, can help stop COVID-19 spread and end the pandemic. Some of the dogs trained have already proved their abilities.
Good News Headlines 3/30/2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's opening statement to the Senate was powerful. But Brown's tribute to her family—and their reactions to it—were the highlight of the first day of the hearings for some, because how utterly sweet can you get?
The Pursuit Of Rest Under Capitalism
More than before, these times make it necessary to access rest and fortification for bodies as finite as ours, so that we may return to daily functioning and presence. But in our capitalistic society, we feel as though rest is more a burden than a right.
How A Nondescript Box Has Been Saving Lives During The Pandemic – And Revealing The Power Of Grassroots Innovation
An unassuming duct tape-and-cardboard construction known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box – is playing an important part in the fight against COVID-19.
The Alchemy of Hope: What You Can Contribute To The Greater Good During A Pandemic
If we can work to focus our minds and hearts on what is needed and how to make things better at any point in time, we have the power, individually and collectively, to tap into the alchemy of hope.
Good News Headlines 2/23/2022
Marine biologists have found that $8 green LED lights affixed to fishermen’s gill nets were enough to dissuade huge amounts of sea animals like turtles, rays, and sharks from ever swimming toward the nets.
Is The Omicron Variant Mother Nature’s Way Of Vaccinating The Masses And Curbing The Pandemic?
The Omicron variant may confer strong protection against other variants. This has many people wondering whether omicron could act as a vaccine of sorts, inoculating enough people to effectively bring about herd immunity.
Custodians Ensure Our Well-Being. It’s Time We Ensure Theirs
Despite the stress of the pandemic, my mother’s satisfaction in her work remains, as it does with other custodians. The time is now for us to nurture a culture of care for those who care for our spaces, and to pay and protect them.
Rapid Tests Play A Crucial Role In Curbing COVID-19 Infections – Especially As People Gather For The Holidays
As winter begins and the holidays are in full swing, the COVID-19 pandemic has entered another worrying phase. Increasing rates of infections have left many people unsure about their holiday plans.
The Power Of Nature In Restoring Personal And Community Wellbeing
Many people might not have access to a garden or a park nearby, it’s important to report that researchers have also found that even having a plant, an inspiring picture of a landscape around or simply listening to the sounds of nature can bring benefits, and support people to relax.
Musings: The Future Of Healthcare Is Where MRNA Technology Meets Energy Medicine
While I found myself resistant at first to getting this new Frankenstein technology injected into my body when I haven’t had a vaccination of any kind since childhood, I soon realized that the mRNA vaccine was the safest, quickest and most effective way to quell a viral global pandemic.
How Parents Can Help Kids Deal With Back-To-School Anxiety
To whatever extent the delta variant affects in-person instruction in the fall of 2021, back-to-school this year will be different from pre-pandemic years. Anxiety may be a challenge for many more children than usual, and it can be intertwined with other feelings, such as excitement and shyness.
8 Ways To Manage Body Image Anxiety After Lockdown
Body image is a person’s “inside view” – or feelings, perceptions, thoughts and beliefs – of their body. People’s bodies have helped them survive the trauma of a global pandemic. It’s important to be kind to yourself and your body if your appearance has changed.
The Next Pandemic Is Already Happening – Targeted Disease Surveillance Can Help Prevent It
As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear the collective sigh of relief. But the next pandemic threat is likely already making its way through the population right now.
How The Pandemic Gave Me Perspective
I am an only child of an only child. My mother and I live on opposite coasts. This morning at 4 a.m. I received a phone call from the nurse at the assisted-living facility saying that my mom had tested positive for COVID-19, and she’d have to be admitted to the hospital.
Protecting Half Of The Planet Is The Best Way To Fight Climate Change And Biodiversity Loss – We've Mapped The Key Places To Do It
The Global Safety Net pinpoints locations around the globe that must be protected to slow climate change and species loss. And the science shows that there is no time to lose.
Daily Astrology
September 30, 2023
Eager beavers are up and at life challenges first thing this morning. With the Aries Moon jousting with Mars don’t expect everyone to move at the same speed. Some folks want very badly to be...
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