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Tackling Implicit Bias in Health Care
Implicit and explicit biases are among many factors that contribute to disparities in health and health care.1 Explicit biases, the attitudes and assumptions that we acknowledge as part of our personal belief systems, can be assessed directly by means of self-report. Explicit, overtly racist, sexist, and homophobic attitudes often underpin discriminatory actions. Implicit biases, by …
How South African police are tackling pangolin smugglers
Quiet, solitary and nocturnal, the pangolin has few natural enemies, but researchers believe it is the most trafficked mammal in the world. The tough scales covering its body are sought after for use in Chinese medicine, in the erroneous belief that they have healing properties. The animal has also been of interest to researchers during …
Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change
By Justin RowlattChief environment correspondent image copyrightGetty Images image captionThe world is not on track to meet its goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C Countries only have only a limited time in which to act if the world is to stave off the worst effects of climate change. Here are five reasons why …
Tackling unforeseen situations along with technological advancements : The Tribune India
Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 28 Bittu Kumar (50), an automobile mechanic at Ram Bagh, had a set routine for the past 35 years, but the lockdown has forced him to tackle unforeseen situations along with technological advancements in automobile sector. “I started training with a scooter mechanic at Ann Amm Cinema …
The Importance of Diagnostics in Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic
Large-scale testing and contact tracing are central to efforts to control the pandemic. This relies on diagnostic tests that can rapidly, accurately and reliably detect SARS-CoV-2.In December 2019, the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in China and it has since rapidly spread around the world. The disease it causes, COVID-19, has resulted in over …
the tiny technologies tackling a global pandemic
Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock The world-altering coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic is thought to be just 60 nanometres to 120 nanometres in size. This is so mind bogglingly small that you could fit more than 400 of these virus particles into the width of a single hair on your head. In fact, coronaviruses are so small that …
The Health 202: Joe Biden says health care comes first when tackling racial inequality.
with Paulina Firozi The unceasing political wars over Obamacare took a back seat as the country dealt with a global pandemic. But the year’s major news events — the novel coronavirus and the recent protests over the police killing of George Floyd — make the 2010 health-care law more relevant than ever. And Democratic presidential …
Technology Is Tackling Some Of Agriculture’s Thorniest Issues | Asian Scientist Magazine
AsianScientist (Apr. 28, 2020) – While farmers have always been subject to the vagaries of soil and seasons, they now face unprecedented challenges that threaten to radically alter the ancient art of agriculture. Food now flows into a supply chain network spanning the globe, with hidden dependencies and a tendency toward wild fluctuations in demand …
How technology is tackling virus-induced isolation in Norway | Tech/Gadgets
Karen Dolva, CEO of Norwegian start-up No Isolation, shows the company’s technological devices aimed at helping the vulnerable such as older people and children with chronic illness beat loneliness during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. — AFP pic OSLO, April 12 — Widower Per Leif Rolid lives alone on his farm, a two-hour drive from Oslo. …
How Italy, South Korea differ in tackling coronavirus outbreak | News
In Italy, millions are locked down and more than 1,000 people have died from the coronavirus. But in South Korea, which was hit by the disease at about the same time, only a few thousand are quarantined and 67 people died. More: The story of the two outbreaks illustrates a difference in approach. Italy started …
