Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The 2012 drought will dent farm profits and push up food prices THE drought of 2012 started innocently enough, with a little less snow in the winter and a pleasantly early start to spring. But as the summer has rolled on a string of heat records have been set across …
Melbourne: Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington believe they have discovered a planet right at Earth’s front door that may be capable of supporting human life. The planet is 22 light years away, previously thought to be 20 light years, and is …
Strong evidence shows that physical inactivity increases the risk of many adverse health conditions, including major non-communicable diseases such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and breast and colon cancers, and shortens life expectancy. Because much of the world's population is inactive, this link presents a major public health …
Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. We searched for reviews of physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective, promising, or emerging interventions from around the world. The informational approaches of community-wide and mass media campaigns, and short physical activity messages targeting key …
Washington The United States is facing “worst drought” in 25 years which could fuel food price inflation in the country, a top Obama Administration official said here. As many as 61% of the land mass of the United States is currently being characterised as being impacted by this drought, the …
Washington: The US is facing its “worst drought” in 25 years that could fuel food price inflation as crop yields are hit, an Obama-administration official has warned. As many as 61% of the land mass of the US is currently being characterized as being impacted by this drought, the agriculture …
As temperatures soar, forests blaze and houses burn, the media and public may be forced to face up to the reality of a changing climate, says Max A. Moritz.
It took a decade for the biotechnology firm Oxitec to develop genetically modified mosquitoes whose progeny die before they can spread dengue fever. But it took only three months for Mila de Mier to gather 100,000 names from people opposed to the release of the mosquitoes in Key West, Florida, …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week gave its first ever nod for an anti-HIV drug, Truvada, to pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences. However, the move was greeted with scepticism in some quarters, particularly from AIDS Healthcare Foundation — the U.S.’ largest HIV/AIDS non-profit medical provider — which described the …
The US’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has for the first time approved a drug to prevent HIV infection through sexual activities. The drug, Truvada, is in use since 2004 as a part of retroviral therapy for HIV-I but the FDA green signal on Monday makes it the first approved …
With more than half the continental US experiencing a severe drought, global food prices have skyrocketed in recent days. Separately, long-term projections just released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) expect prices to remain high over the coming decade …
With more intense heat on the way, the USA is in the middle of its worst drought in more than 55 years, data released Monday by the National Climatic Data Center show. How bad is it? Based on one index, 55% of the contiguous USA is in a drought, "the …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday announced it will provide $250,000 in grants to five states affected by debris from last year’s tsunami in Japan. The agency said Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii will each receive up to $50,000 toward debris removal from its marine debris program. …
“It has limited FDI in too many sectors” Noting that India has prohibited foreign investments in too many sectors such as retail, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday cited concerns over the deteriorating investment climate in that country to endorse another “wave” of economic reforms. Still sounding positive about the …
New sources of gas could transform the world’s energy markets, says Simon Wright—but it won’t be quick or easy COLOURLESS, ODOURLESS, LIGHTER than air. Natural gas may not have much impact on the senses, but as a source of heat and power it is transforming energy markets. Around 100AD Plutarch, …
STEVE KLINEBERG, a sociologist at Rice University, mentions a couple of events that made Houston’s leaders take notice of a looming problem. One was the day, in 1999, when their city overtook Los Angeles as America’s most polluted—evidence that the rise in asthma attacks among the city’s children, and the …
Stands up to White House’s strong-arm tactics against manufacturers of generic equivalent Over the summer one thing about U.S. President Barack Obama has become clear. His hawkishness in foreign policy affects not only nations like Pakistan and Yemen, which are saddled with U.S. drones carrying out targeted assassinations on their …
Study calculated each country's efforts to reduce energy use in industry, transport, and buildings as well as overall policies It lacks the glitz or glamour of the Olympics but the UK won a race that really does matter on Thursday, taking the gold in energy efficiency. A report launched in …
America declared a natural disaster in more than 1,000 drought-stricken counties in 26 states on Thursday. It was the largest declaration of a national disaster and was intended to speed relief to about a third of the country's farmers and ranchers who are suffering in drought conditions. The declaration from …
