Robert Preidt Due to language barriers, 25 million Spanish speakers receive about a third less health care than other Americans, a large study of U.S. adults shows.The analysis of federal survey data from more than 120,000 adults revealed that total use of health care (as measured by spending) was 35% to 42% lower among those […]
Read MoreSara Heath After a year of identifying and understanding how health disparities and social determinants of health are affecting patient outcomes, it’s time for the medical community to take action toward actually addressing public and population health, according to Sophia Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, immediate past president of the American Association of […]
Read MoreLife is stressful. Between working and raising a family, there is plenty to be stressed about on an everyday basis. Throw in the fears associated with a worldwide pandemic, and it’s easy to understand why many people are more stressed than usual these days. If you’re a minority also dealing with the realities of racism, […]
Read MoreAn unknown methane-producing process is likely at work in the hidden ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, suggests a new study published in Nature Astronomy by scientists at the University of Arizona and Paris Sciences & Lettres University. Giant water plumes erupting from Enceladus have long fascinated scientists and the public alike, […]
Read MoreOur universe is expanding, but our two main ways to measure how fast this expansion is happening have resulted in different answers. For the past decade, astrophysicists have been gradually dividing into two camps: one that believes that the difference is significant, and another that thinks it could be due to errors in measurement.If it […]
Read MoreA new study disputes the prevailing hypothesis on why Mercury has a big core relative to its mantle (the layer between a planet’s core and crust). For decades, scientists argued that hit-and-run collisions with other bodies during the formation of our solar system blew away much of Mercury’s rocky mantle and left the big, dense, […]
Read MoreLondon: History suggests Britain’s house price surge could threaten hopes of post-Brexit export-powered growth, if finance minister Rishi Sunak uses the housing market to fuel the economy like his predecessors did.Stoked by his tax break on property purchases and a pandemic-driven rush for larger houses as more people work from home, house prices are rising […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: The UK government this week announced a new package of genomic sequencing support to help Pakistan’s fight against new variants of Covid-19. Through the New Variant Assessment Platform (NVAP) programme Pakistan will be able to draw on UK expertise and support to detect quickly new, and potentially more dangerous, variants of Covid-19. The […]
Read MoreWilliam Pesek Tokyo: The Bank of Japan is turning heads as it joins peers in adding melting glaciers and environmental wokeness to the list of reasons to cut interest rates. To monetary purists, combating climate change is central bank mission creep run amok — this can only end badly. To others, it is wise recognition […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: An international production about a Japanese soldier who remained in the Philippine jungle for 29 years after the end of World War II, will make its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month.Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, which is set to debut on Wednesday, is expected to receive glowing reviews from […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister, Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms Senator A. Rehman Malik has said that Afghan Taliban are being trained for modern weapons which could prove a threat to the region in upcoming days.He said that passing out parade for the new trained Taliban recruits was organized in an undisclosed place and […]
Read MoreAndrew Fidel Fernando Angelo Mathews has informed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) he is considering retirement, after turning down the tour contract for the forthcoming series against India.Mathews, 34, in understood to be disillusioned at the treatment he and fellow senior players have received during the contracts standoff with the board. He was also unhappy to […]
Read MoreNewswire Tim Tszyu ended Stevie Spark within three rounds as Aussie boxing’s golden boy demolished the challenger with a relentless barrage of brutal body shots.It was an intriguing fight as Tszyu had everything to lose while Spark could only enhance his reputation by putting up any sort of resistance. Bravely stepping into the ring with […]
Read MoreWang Wen The Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties Summit, held this week, is a new climax of the 100th anniversary of the founding of CPC celebrations. It is also the largest-scale political parties’ summit with the highest level of participants held by the CPC. It is an unprecedented meeting in the […]
Read MoreUlf Sandmark China’s success in building a modern industrialized society and eradicating absolute poverty is a shining example for all countries and activists, like me, fighting for a just and fairer world economic order.In his July 1 speech to mark the 100th anniversary of founding of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary of the […]
Read MoreMohamed Chebaro I made a point of watching the joint press conference of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, held last week at the latter’s country residence of Chequers as part of Merkel’s farewell visit to Britain, as she prepares to stand down after 16 years at the helm of German […]
Read MoreTala Jarjour Music has fascinated, captivated and intrigued humans for as long as they have been around. From the oldest finds relevant to humans and their activity, especially social activity, it is thought that sound making with the body or with tools has always accompanied human life. In our present day, as in recent history, […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said that Italy was fully supporting Pakistan in Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP+) status in every review.In an interview, the ambassador said in FY 2019-20, Pakistan’s imports from Italy stood at $521 million included ships, boats, and other floating structures, machinery, pharmaceutical product, aircraft, spacecraft, electrical, […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has welcomed the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) decision to include the western city of Herat among world cultural heritage sites. “Excellent news and long overdue recognition of a beautiful city and an exceptional heritage site,” he said in a tweet.Earlier, […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan said this week that during a recent meeting between Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General and the Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the former had underscored the organization’s principled position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said that during a recent meeting between Organization of […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: The Communist Party of China (CPC) on this week celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding, as its top leader declared the achievement of a milestone development goal and announced that the Chinese nation is “advancing with unstoppable momentum toward rejuvenation.”Addressing a grand gathering at the iconic Tian’anmen Square, where CPC […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the whole budget session was an insult to the people.Addressing a press conference at the Zardari House here, he said due to the role of the government and the attitude of the speaker, what should have happened did not happen. “We […]
Read MoreMoscow: The incident with the British guided missile destroyer Defender off Crimea was a clear provocation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his annual Q&A session this week. “This is, of course, a provocation, which is absolutely clear. What did these provocateurs want to show and what goals did they seek to achieve? First of […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: The government is fully supporting the learning of Chinese language by the Pakistanis as it believes ‘our future is with China,’ a close aide of Prime Minister Imran Khan said.Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood told Gwadar Pro that Chinese was fast becoming a popular language in Pakistan […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Build Back Better World (B3W) is apparently a copycat project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that has engaged 140 countries by now, experts said here at a webinar.Speaking at a webinar, the experts said the B3W partnership of G-7 countries would take a long time to […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Abbotabad: Pakistani young sensation Selena Khawaja, 12, plans to soon summit the 8047-meter Broad Peak at the Pakistan-China border.Broad Peak is the 12th highest peak in the world located on the border of Pakistan and China. It is considered to be a difficult summit. Selena Khawaja’s father Yousef Khawaja will accompany her on […]
Read MoreSaturated fatty acid levels unexpectedly rise in the brain during memory formation, according to research, opening a new avenue of investigation into how memories are made.Dr Tristan Wallis, from Professor Frederic Meunier’s laboratory at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), said traditionally, polyunsaturated fatty acids were considered important to health and memory, but this study highlighted […]
Read MoreScientists have long known the brain’s hippocampus is crucial for long-term memory. Now a new Northwestern Medicine study has found the hippocampus also plays a role in short-term memory and helps guide decision-making.The findings shed light on how the hippocampus contributes to memory and exploration, potentially leading to therapies that restore hippocampal function, which is […]
Read MoreA research group including Professor MATSUDA Tetsuya of Tamagawa University’s Brain Science Institute (Machida City, Tokyo; Director: SAKAGAMI Masamichi) and Assistant Professor ISHIHARA Toru from Kobe University’s Graduate School of Human Development and Environment has illuminated the changes in the brain’s neural network and cortex structure that underlie the positive association between childhood exercise and […]
Read MoreA near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University. The largest of known Homo skulls, scientists now say this skull represents a newly discovered human species named Homo longi or “Dragon Man.” Their findings, appearing in three papers publishing June 25 in the journal […]
Read MoreA worldwide team led by UC Santa Barbara scientists at Las Cumbres Observatory has discovered the first convincing evidence for a new type of stellar explosion — an electron-capture supernova. While they have been theorized for 40 years, real-world examples have been elusive. They are thought to arise from the explosions of massive super-asymptotic giant […]
Read MoreScientists at Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems — within the small cosmic distance of 326 light-years — that could find Earth merely by watching our pale blue dot cross our sun. That’s 1,715 star-systems that could have spotted Earth since human civilization blossomed about 5,000 years […]
Read MoreTokyo: Japan has one of the lowest food self-sufficiency rates out of all the major world economies. Caloric intake was 79% in 1960, but has fallen sharply, and currently stands at around 40%.The country’s goal is to reach 45% food self-sufficiency by 2030, but it faces many challenges. Two-thirds of the nation’s surfaces are mountainous, […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: The 8th Japan-Pakistan Politico-Military Dialogue was held virtually in Tokyo and Islamabad this week.Kobayashi Kenichi, Director-General, Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, Additional Secretary (Asia Pacific) who also serves as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan represented respective sides. […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: British High Commissioner Christian Turner this week appreciated Pakistan’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.During a meting with Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood, the high commissioner said so far Pakistan has done well to curtail the virus. The two sides exchanged views on a range of bilateral issues, says a […]
Read MoreLondon: Central London will come to life with colour, street theatre and dance in honour of the monarch’s long reign in what has been described as “something of a reopening ceremony for the United Kingdom”.Organisers said the event, with a budget of between £10 and £15 million and involving participants from across the UK and […]
Read MoreDo you really want to know? If you’re not the kind of person who acts with flagrant disregard towards your own mental health, it’s perhaps best to stop reading here. The answer to the question above is the kind that starts with mocking guffaws, turns into nervous laughter as truths begin to hit home, morphs […]
Read MoreAllan Fox Deontay Wilder took to social media this week to warn Tyson Fury that he’s going to be running over him like a train next month in their trilogy match on July 24th.This warning is former WBC heavyweight champion Wilder’s way of topping Fury’s recent prediction in which he said he was going to […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik has expressed grave concerns over the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decision for retaining Pakistan on its grey list despite the country meeting 26 of the 27 conditions.He said that rather than be taken out from the ‘grey list’ for its significant progress on FATF Action […]
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