There is widespread growth of the epidemic across the country and the R number has risen to between 1.1 and 1.4, say the government’s scientific advisers. Officials are warning of “far worse things to come” as cases are thought to exceed 6,000 a day in England. And the scientist behind the Covid Symptom Study app… Read More »
The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. appears more closely linked to their occasional use by many people than to their repeated use among smaller numbers of people, according to a large new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study also found that antibiotic use varies across the nation,… Read More »
Ecuador: Widespread Protests from Left and Indigenous Sectors Demand … The largest protests – and by far the longest-lasting – against Rafael Correa's government have been raging all over Ecuador since August 13th, when hundreds of thousands of people in a national strike called by the Indigenous People's organizations … Read more on Upside Down… Read More »