By Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
There have been 2,793 confirmed cases of whooping cough so far this year – and, tragically, five infant deaths due to the infection.
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By Matthew Sparkes, Assistant Professor in Sociology, University of Cambridge
There are 8.5 million households in the UK who own a home with a residential mortgage, often with fixed interest rates from two to five years. Usually, when that mortgage deal ends, the borrower will move to another deal from the same or a different lender.
But not everyone can do this. Changes in regulatory measures after the 2008 financial crisis have left tens of thousands of borrowers in the UK trapped…
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By Lisa Macklem, PhD Candidate, Law, Western University
The feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar reached a fever pitch recently, with both dissing each other in songs featuring harsh accusations. This kind of beef between rap artists isn’t new, but the severity of the insults traded in this feud has galvanized fans and the attention of the broader public.
In his lyrics, Lamar claimed Drake has an 11-year-old daughter that he abandoned and calls him a “certified…
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By Gabriela Ghisi, Affiliate Scientist, KITE Research Institute, Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto
‘Cardiac College for Women’ offers tailored cardiac rehabilitation education to bridge the gap in cardiovascular care and empower women to manage their heart health effectively.
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By Derek Lemoine, Professor of Economics, University of Arizona
Option price swings show how much traders believe seasonal climate and weather matters for all sorts of industries, not just the ones you might expect.
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By Amnesty International
By Ana Piquer, Americas Director, Amnesty International The Dominican Republic is holding its presidential elections in May. Against that backdrop, a review of each of the nine candidates’ plans for government raises serious concern given the absence of a serious and robust perspective on human rights, which should be one of the cornerstones of any […] The post Electing human rights for the Dominican Republic appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By SMEX
Yemenis express outrage as telecommunications companies reallocate their phone numbers without notice, leading to privacy breaches, financial scams, and disrupted communications, highlighting systemic regulatory failures and customer exploitation.
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By Guest Contributor
The funds go towards projects that fall within Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), intended to drive national development while maintaining the country's low deforestation rate.
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By Laura Chaparro Piedrahita
Since 2022, El Salvador has imposed a state of emergency that has continued until today. The measure has profoundly affected the rights and freedoms of the population.
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By Darren Baskill, Lecturer, Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex
On 10 and 11 May 2024, large parts of the world were treated to their most spectacular display of the aurora – the northern and southern lights – in a generation. Thanks to modern cameras, the phenomenon was all over social media. It seems almost everyone knew someone who managed to snap vivid images of the night sky illuminated in pink, purple and green.
To understand why camera phones were able to pick out colours and details invisible to the naked eye, The Conversation spoke to Darren Baskill, an astrophysicist and photographer – an astrophotographer – at the University…
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