Better care, stronger laws needed to save 30 million babies on the brink of death
Dec 13, 2018, at 09:26 am
New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): Nearly 30 million babies are born too soon, too small or become sick, requiring specialized care to survive beyond the first month of life, according to a new report by a global coalition that includes the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO).
UN space-based tool opens new horizons to track land-use on Earth’s surface
Dec 13, 2018, at 09:16 am
New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): Satellite-based tracking to chart how land is being used on the earth’s surface is about to get much easier and more accessible, the UN food agency has announced, launching a new online portal developed in collaboration with the United States Space Agency, NASA.
Dec 13, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): With roadblocks continuing at the COP24 climate change conference over how to implement the historic 2015 Paris Agreement, United Nations chief António Guterres returned to Poland on Wednesday, to challenge the more than 100 Government leaders gathered in Katowice to find consensus and “finish the job.”
UN pushes for universal health care on International Day
Dec 13, 2018, at 08:58 am
New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): Universal health care for all, leaving no one behind, by 2030: that’s the call going out on International Universal Health Coverage Day, which this year falls on Wednesday. Why 2030? Because that’s the target date for completion of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one of which (SDG3), calls for the promotion of healthy lives and well-being for all.
COP24: World sports join team UN in race against climate change
Dec 13, 2018, at 08:55 am
New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): Major organizations from the world of sport are joining an increasing number of private sector businesses in the race to beat global warming. At the United Nations’ COP24 conference in Poland on Wednesday, 17 major players representing sporting bodies, athletes and fans, added their names to the collective scoreboard, with the launch of the Sports Climate Action Framework.
More Glaciers in east Antarctica are waking up: NASA
Dec 12, 2018, at 04:08 pm
New York, Dec 12 (IBNS): East Antarctica has the potential to reshape coastlines around the world through sea level rise, but scientists have long considered it more stable than its neighbor, West Antarctica.
Human antibody discovery could save lives from fungal killer: Study
Dec 12, 2018, at 04:01 pm
London, Dec 12 (IBNS): A new way to diagnose, treat and protect against stealth fungal infections that claim more than 1.5 million lives per year worldwide has been moved a step closer, according to research published in Nature Communications.
Regular problem solving does not protect against mental decline: Study
Dec 12, 2018, at 03:55 pm
London, Dec 12 (IBNS): Sudoku and crosswords may not offset age-related mental decline, but can boost mental ability over a lifetime
Research shows that seabirds are at risk due to competition for fish
Dec 12, 2018, at 03:52 pm
London, Dec 12 (IBNS): A new study from the University of Aberdeen has identified that seabirds are the most at risk bird species, due to the competition they face from the fishing industry for food.
Uzbekistan wins its long fight against malaria, as global rates continue to rise
Dec 12, 2018, at 10:15 am
New York, Dec 12 (IBNS): Uzbekistan’s success in becoming recognized as a malaria-free country by the World Health Organization (WHO), is an “extraordinary outcome,” said the Executive Director of the Global Fund on Tuesday, a UN-backed partnership to end malaria epidemics.
COP24 negotiations: Why reaching agreement on climate action is so complex
Dec 12, 2018, at 10:07 am
New York, Dec 12 (IBNS): From Tuesday on, close to 100 Government ministers are due be involved in negotiating a final deal on moving forward with climate action here at the United Nations COP24 conference in Poland. So, what is the goal? To agree a concrete plan to implement the historic 2015 Paris climate deal by mid-century. The stakes are high with numerous different pressure points.
India urged to bridge gap between evidence and policy in tackling women’s cancers
Dec 11, 2018, at 07:57 pm
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IBNS): Underscoring the urgent need for countries like India to put women’s cancers on the map of the public health agenda, Prof Ian Jacobs, Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, an acknowledged global expert on the subject, Monday said India can benefit immensely from the global experience on screening and prevention in the area of ovarian and cervical cancers.
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Two compounds in coffee may team up to fight Parkinson’s: Study
Dec 11, 2018, at 05:59 pm
London, Dec 11 (IBNS): Rutgers scientists have found a compound in coffee that may team up with caffeine to fight Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia – two progressive and currently incurable diseases associated with brain degeneration.
Several recent weather extremes linked to climate change: Study
Dec 11, 2018, at 04:55 pm
Washington, Dec 11 (IBNS): The U.S. Northern Plains and East Africa droughts of 2017, floods in South America, China and Bangladesh, and heatwaves in China and the Mediterranean were all made more likely by human-caused climate change, according to new research published today in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).
‘Going green’ is good business says private sector at UN’s COP24 climate conference
Dec 11, 2018, at 08:17 am
New York, Dec 11 (IBNS): Businesses across the world should no longer be viewed solely as greenhouse gas emissions culprits, but more as indispensable partners for climate action, who stand to increase profits from “going green”. That was the key message as the United Nations COP24 climate change conference went into its second week in Katowice, Poland.
Study finds a way of improving birth outcomes for obese women
Dec 10, 2018, at 04:24 pm
London, Dec 10 (IBNS): Giving birth in a birth centre may be as safe for some obese women who have given birth before as it is for those with a lower Body Mass Index (BMI).
Revolutionary technology pinpoints biopsies to detect prostate cancer
Dec 10, 2018, at 04:08 pm
London, Dec 10 (IBNS): Medical software developed at UCL that overlays tumour information from MRI scans onto ultrasound images can help guide surgeons conducting biopsies and improve prostate cancer detection.
Smokers who roll their own less inclined to quit: Study
Dec 10, 2018, at 03:35 pm
London, Dec 10 (IBNS): Smokers who roll their own cigarettes are less likely to try quitting smoking, according to a new study carried out by UCL.
Babies kicking in the womb are creating a map of their bodies: Study
Dec 10, 2018, at 03:06 pm
London, Dec 10 (IBNS): The kicks a mother feels from her unborn child may allow the baby to ‘map’ their own body and enable them to eventually explore their surroundings, suggests new research led by UCL in collaboration with UCLH.
New report on the impact of plastic on migratory waterbirds presented to governments at AEWA MOP7
Dec 08, 2018, at 09:53 pm
Durban, Dec 8 (IBNS): Plastic seems to be on everyone’s lips these days, and we certainly don’t mean single-use straws. Global production of plastic has increased to more than 300 million tons a year, and some staggering 13 m tons of it ends up in the ocean.
NASA InSight Lander 'hears' Martian winds
Dec 08, 2018, at 05:19 pm
NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which touched down on Mars just 10 days ago, has provided the first ever "sounds" of Martian winds on the Red Planet. A media teleconference about these sounds will be held today at 12:30 p.m. EST (9:30 a.m. PST).
COP24: Huge untapped potential in greener construction, says UN environment agency
Dec 08, 2018, at 06:52 am
New York, Dec 8 (IBNS): Noting some progress in greening the global construction industry, the United Nations environment agency (UNEP) co-released a report on Friday at the COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland, sounding the alarm on the need for “dramatic action” to reduce the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Dec 07, 2018, at 04:41 pm
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the young doctors to bear in mind the need to uphold ethics and treat every patient with compassion and empathy, irrespective of his or her financial background.
Dec 07, 2018, at 12:20 pm
Sedro Woolley, WA, USA: State, federal, and partner biologists released six fishers this week in the Skagit River watershed of Ross Lake National Recreation Area, a unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, as part of an effort to restore the species to Washington State of USA.
Taking fast road to ‘e-mobility’ central to a sustainable future: COP24
Dec 07, 2018, at 09:56 am
New York, Dec 7 (IBNS): As the transportation sector continues to be a major culprit in the global rise in temperatures, the urgent need for clean solutions – in particular, powered by electricity or “e-mobility” – is being highlighted at the two-week United Nations climate change conference ‘COP24’ in Katowice, Poland.
Greenland ice sheet melt 'off the charts' compared with past four centuries: Study
Dec 07, 2018, at 09:26 am
Washington, Dec 7 (IBNS): Surface melting across Greenland’s mile-thick ice sheet began increasing in the mid-19th century and then ramped up dramatically during the 20th and early 21st centuries, showing no signs of abating, according to new research published Dec. 5, 2018, in the journal Nature.
Tunisia coastline in need of climate cash boost
Dec 06, 2018, at 02:17 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Efforts to mobilize the cash needed to ensure that climate change does not lead to the irreversible damage of Tunisia’s coastline are being undertaken by the North African country’s government, with the support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Air pollution bigger killer than smoking: Study
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:44 pm
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IBNS): Air pollution in India makes more people ill than smoking, The India Express, citing The Lancet Planetary Health estimate on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy reduction associated with air pollution, said.
Soil pollution ‘jeopardizing’ life on Earth, UN agency warns on World Day
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:37 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Soil is a “treasure beneath our feet,” essential to human lives and well-being, a senior United Nations official has highlighted, warning, however, that this invaluable resource is under constant threat from the little-understood phenomenon of soil pollution.
COP24: A million lives could be saved by 2050 through climate action, UN health agency reveals
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:32 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Taking bold climate action now, could help save a million lives and a lot of money by the middle of the century, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, launching a special report as part of the ongoing COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland.