This week, the parliament of Scotland approved plans to make sanitary products free-of-charge for all women. They’re the first nation to do this and this legislation will make tampons and pads available at certain public places like pharmacies, youth clubs, and community centers. The estimated annual cost for this program […]
According to the WHO, countries need to act over the COVID-19 outbreak in order to avert a possible pandemic. They also called the sudden increase of deaths from the virus in Italy ‘deeply concerning’. The Italian authorities have confirmed 7 deaths due to the virus and it’s spreading from the […]
FDA joined the NIH and the Department of Veteran Affairs in the enactment of a policy for lab animal adoption. The FDA will now put the healthy research animals up for adoption when their time in the lab is done. This new rule will include dogs, rabbits, cats, some farm […]
The Indiana Jones star recently commented during an interview with Ellen DeGeneres that he has stopped eating dairy and meat in an effort to be healthier and do better for the planet. However, some could consider his decision confusing as the actor said that he still consumes fish. DeGeneres told […]
With the help of AI, a potent antibiotic which can destroy some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria in the world has been discovered. This drug is named Halicin and works in a different way than current antibiotics. It’s the first of its type to be found by setting an […]
According to a major survey of hundreds of recycling facilities throughout the US, a lot of the plastic items which Americans put in their bins for recycling aren’t being recycled at all! The survey was done by Greenpeace and its results showed that out of the 367 recycling facilities surveyed, […]
Nespresso is the first single-serve coffee company which had to open up a facility to recycle their one-time coffee pods. They’re doing this because of a coffee pod problem- they’re polluting our environment and contain bad stuff! Single-serve coffee machines are very popular and around 1/3 of American coffee consumers […]
As of 1st March, if you go shopping for groceries without a bag in New York, you’ll have plenty on your hands because the seller won’t have any plastic ones to give you. According to the NYC Department of Sanitation, in New York only, the residents use more than 10 […]
The government of Nepal has decided to make yoga a compulsory subject for school children in order to encourage a healthy lifestyle. The course of yoga will be part of the curriculums from the upcoming academic period and will be revised if necessary. The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology […]
One passenger stuck on the Diamond Princess Cruise ship said that this is the ‘ship of doom’ because they feel helpless and trapped in small rooms with no windows. The ship has started unloading some of the passengers; however, a lot of them are still inside before it’s all cleared […]