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Covid lessons for climate action
Oped, Published on 15/09/2023
» It is official: July was the hottest month on record. Global warming is happening, and its costs continue to mount. The World Meteorological Organization recently noted that, "Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused 11,778 reported disasters between 1970 and 2021, with just over 2 million deaths and US$4.3 trillion [153.8 trillion baht] in economic losses."
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What's bugging travellers now?
Business, Published on 02/08/2023
» 'Covid, Schmovid," people seem to be saying these days. Travellers insouciantly scamper from board meetings to trade shows to weddings to party the nights away. It is good to see cities stirring and travel bustle returning.
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French island plans rodent cull to save albatross eggs
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» ÎLE AMSTERDAM, France: Conservationists are working to rid a remote French southern Indian Ocean island of rodents and stray cats by the end of next year to protect prized albatrosses and other birds.
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Climate crisis also a health threat
News, Published on 07/12/2022
» The latest Lancet Countdown report, which monitors the health consequences of climate change, highlights the need to prepare for future calamities. Even as Covid-19 continues to spread, a recent study suggests that the likelihood of another pandemic increases by 2% each year. In the coming decades, the interplay between the climate crisis and public health could create a perfect storm of global devastation and disruption.
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Most of nation 'will get Covid by year's end'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/08/2022
» It should take about three years from the emergence of Covid-19 for it to infect most of Thailand's population, a virologist said on Thursday citing past surveillance of the coronavirus.
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Covid lessons for cholera handling
Oped, Published on 04/05/2022
» Since Covid-19 engulfed the world two years ago, "unprecedented" has become something of a buzzword. But while the coronavirus has posed unique challenges at a time of deep global interconnectedness, pandemics are nothing new. The Covid-19 pandemic is not even the only one we are currently experiencing. In much of the developing world, cholera outbreaks are proliferating.
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The mystery of Africa's low Covid death rates
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 03/04/2022
» FREETOWN, Sierra Leone: There are no Covid fears here.
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Top travel trends to watch in 2021
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/01/2021
» The Covid-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down. While there had been signs that the tourism industry was about to pick up this year, along came a second wave of Covid-19. It may be hard to predict what lies ahead, but allow me to gather some thoughts and list my travel trends for 2021.
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The miracle of vaccines
Published on 12/10/2020
» The first vaccine was developed by Edward Jenner in 1796. He used cowpox material to develop immunity to smallpox. According to historyofvaccines.org, the next major breakthrough was almost 100 years later, the development of rabies vaccine in 1885 by Louis Pasteur.
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DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak
AFP, Published on 01/06/2020
» KINSHASA - DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections.
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