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Vet shortage nationwide pushing staff to breaking point
Vets say a nationwide shortage of staff, drought and uncertainty due to Covid-19 is pushing them to a breaking point. The shortage may increase pressure on farmers who may not be able to access a vet when necessary (file picture). Photo: 123RF Veterinary Association (NZVA) chief officer Helen Beattie said the country is between 50 …
These teenage climate activists are pushing for change in Australia
Bushfires in Australia in January 2020 destroyed lives, homes and wildlife. A study by the World Weather Attribution consortium said that global warming boosted the risk of the hot, dry weather likely to cause fires by 30%. Teenage climate activists Airly, Ava and Will want more to be done to tackle climate change in Australia, …
Democrats, Pushing Stimulus, Admit to Regrets on Obama’s 2009 Response
“It’s really about Obama versus Bush, and Biden versus Trump, not the other way around,” Mr. Emanuel said. “We built long-lasting, robust economic growth. And I think comparing one to the other is, is historically not accurate. And also, more importantly, it’s strategically not advantageous.” David Axelrod, who served as a chief strategist to Mr. …
Quarantine rules pushing oil workers and families to ‘breaking point’
An oil boss has warned that government hotel quarantine rules are pushing north-east workers and their families to “breaking point”. Erik Ronsberg, chief executive of Stena Drilling, said he was “so worried” about the mental health of colleagues and their loved ones. Stena recently launched a petition urging the UK Government to give oil workers …
Public health officials pushing for faster vaccination
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — It has been four weeks since the first doses of Pfizer-BioTech’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in California. Last week the first second dose of that vaccine were administered at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. On Tuesday the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, said 99,000 Californians have …
Pandemic is pushing America’s 911 system to breaking point, ambulance operators say
“The 911 emergency medical system throughout the United States is at a breaking point,” wrote Aarron Reinert, the association’s president in a Nov. 25 letter obtained by The Washington Post. “Without additional relief, it seems likely to break, even as we enter the third surge.” While billions have flowed to other parts of the health-care …
Pushing the envelope with fusion magnets | MIT News
“At the age of between 12 and 15 I was drawing; I was making plans of fusion devices.” David Fischer remembers growing up in Vienna, Austria, imagining how best to cool the furnace used to contain the hot soup of ions known as plasma in a fusion device called a tokamak. With plasma hotter than …
Vogue Australia initiative pushing for more women in technology
In 2020, Vogue Australia launched an all new virtual series, ‘Vogue Codes’, featuring local and international speakers to encourage female innovation, which Vogue Australia Editor-in-Chief Edwina McCann discussed with Sky News. In Australia and around the globe, women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, arts and math fields. “The data was just atrocious, the number …
States lean toward pushing to break up Google’s ad tech business
Visitors pass by the logo of Google at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech, in Paris, France May 16, 2019. Charles Platiau | Reuters The state attorneys general investigating Google for potential antitrust violations are leaning toward pushing for a breakup of its ad technology business as part of an …
Eavor pushing technology demonstration in Canada, France, Norway and the U.S. | Think GeoEnergy
Gathering at Eavor Technologies project site in Alberta, Canada (source: Eavor) Having raised additional CAD 11.4 million in funding, Eavor Technologies, Inc. will be pushing a technology development program in Canada, France, Norway and the United States. In a release, Eavor announced the receipt of CAD $11.4 million in aggregate gross proceeds from the exercise …
