Climate crisis is driving cousins of The Lion King character to local extinction
The yellow-billed hornbill, cousins of fan-favorite Zazu from The Lion King, faces local extinction due to the climate crisis. Researchers ...
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COVID long-haulers: Study shows who is most at risk, impact on local communities
A Japanese research team looking at COVID-19’s lingering impacts on survivors and local communities found that having a mild case ...
Next time let’s be more prepared: Local COVID-19 prevention system need work
Tsukuba, Japan—Although many pandemics have occurred throughout human history, digital technology enables the development of new tools for dealing with ...
Local food suppliers proved their value during the pandemic, so how do we ensure they thrive?
The local food sector showed resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic, and filled the gaps in national food supplies that supermarket ...
Local committees help close gap between climate information and better farmers’ harvests
Dr. Ana María Loboguerrero Rodríguez, the research director of climate action at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT says that ...
Russia’s action expands what’s defined as “local” in the Arctic
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine takes center stage, remote areas of the Arctic are thrust to the front row of ...
Study: With masking and distancing in place, NFL stadium openings in 2020 had no impact on local Covid-19 infections
As with most everything in the world, football looked very different in 2020. As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded, many National ...
Local communities around the globe claim the disappearance of wild edible plants
Local and Indigenous communities warn of a significant decrease in the abundance of wild edible plants and mushrooms that negatively ...
Local pathogen knowledge key to preventing infection after surgery
More than 250,000 people undergo a transurethral procedure each year in the U.S., and up to 10% of those people ...
States increasingly require employers to provide paid sick leave— but even more states block local paid sick policies
More than a quarter of U.S. jobs are guaranteed paid sick leave thanks to state laws enacted over the past ...
Local policy matters when it comes to public health
INDIANAPOLIS -- Local mask policies are strong influencers on mask-wearing behavior, according to new research from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University ...
Ecological knowledge of local populations allows better control of Amazonian wildlife
An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) and the Department of Animal Health ...
Large wind farms cause different effects for local and regional climates
Zhangjiakou, a large city in Hebei Province, China, lies just northwest of Beijing. The nearby Shangyi Wind Farm in Zhangjiakou ...
Immunotherapy drug benefits patients with high-risk local melanomas
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 18, 2021 – An immunotherapy called pembrolizumab reduced cancer recurrence after surgery in patients with stage IIb and ...
Mimicking nature to provide long-lasting local anesthesia
Site 1 sodium channel blockers such as tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin are small-molecule drugs with powerful local anesthetic properties. They provide ...