The Observer view on the woeful state of the UK’s water industry | Observer editorial
If the UK is to survive the worst impacts of climate change, it will need robust infrastructure to protect its citizens from the meteorological threats that lie ahead. By every scientific estimate, our hothouse future is going to be one of increasingly unpleasant extremes: more intense heatwaves, rising summer temperatures, more violent storms, rising sea […]
State health officials seek to increase public awareness of monkeypox
When Johnny Rivera got his positive monkeypox result, he just laughed at his doctor because his symptoms were undeniable at that point. The test was just a confirmation of what he already knew, he said at a webinar hosted on Thursday by the state Department of Public Health. Four days before getting tested, he found […]
Wick Johnson: In Augusta, a triumph of vision and hope
Realities can change dramatically. My parents sent me to camp in Maine when I was young. They loved Maine and wanted to settle here after World War II, but professional jobs were scarce and they settled in Upstate New York instead. When, in the early 1970s, I graduated from college I moved to western Maine […]
Channeling piped water to parched districts in Madhya Pradesh- The New Indian Express
MADHYA PRADESH: Officially, each house in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district has piped drinking water now. Known as the ‘Darwaza of Dakkhin,’ all 254 villages of Burhanpur have declared water sufficiency through resolutions passed by their Gram Sabhas. The ‘Har Ghar Jal’ scheme has fructified after a long struggle. When the Jal Jeevan Mission was launched […]
Humane Society sees rise in canine parvovirus cases | News, Sports, Jobs
Glitz, above, remains in isolation at the FCHS. There is something all-too-familiar about a virus which has cropped up in the area’s canine population. “People say it’s so much like COVID,” says Debby Johnson, president of the Faribault County Humane Society (FCHS). The disease in question – canine parvovirus, or ‘parvo,’ for short – is highly […]
Adopting healthy home habits | Brakpan Herald
You can help your children develop healthy habits early in life that will bring lifelong benefits. Because your children look up to you, you should set them a good example. At the same time, helping your children live their best lives will undoubtedly make you think twice about some of your own habits, which could perhaps do […]
Take needed precautions during a heatwave | News
As we settle into the season known as “the dog days of summer,” this summer seems to be far warmer than usual. The temperatures of summer 2022 have really gone to the dogs, as historical weather data has proven that the Boston area has recently experienced one of the hottest and driest months on record. […]
Leinenkugel’s Pure Water Days Races: Eau Claire’s Kann, Neubert win half marathons | Local
Eau Claire’s Brent Kann continued his winning ways in the Leinenkugel’s Pure Water Days half marathon by winning the 2022 version on Saturday morning. Kann finished with a time of one hour, 12 minutes and 48 seconds to win by more than 12 minutes over Chippewa Falls’ Anthony Byd (1:25.36). The victory continues a run […]
Can You Permanently Get Rid Of Blackheads?
When it comes to treating blackheads in the long run, refrain from using nose strips. The glue in the strips to suck up the heads, as Dr. Shetty points out (via Vogue), can trigger allergic reactions, cause the pores to continue staying open, and cause more blackheads to form. To remove blackheads manually, buy a […]
Church funding brings drinking water to families in French Polynesia
More than 300 people living in a small community on the island of Tahiti now have a newly renovated water system, thanks to funding and support from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The original water system was 50 years old. It included a water catchment at the bottom of a remote valley […]