Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt has said that Australia’s borders may remain closed even if the whole country has received the covid-19 vaccine. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s national borders have been closed since March 2020, and will remain closed at least until the middle of June. In January, Australian health authorities […]
According to a recent CDC study in the US, 78% of people who have been hospitalised or died from covid-19 were overweight or obese. Of the 71,000+ adults who were hospitalised after receiving a covid-19 diagnosis across 238 U.S. hospitals, 27.8% were overweight and 50.2% were considered obese, according to the study – 78% in […]
West Virginia is the latest of 30 states in the US to consider a bill to protect girls and women from having to compete against biologically male trans athletes in sports. To date, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi have already enacted such legislation, with West Virginia’s Republican governor, Jim Justice, saying that he will allow the […]
A New York parent who wants to marry their own adult offspring is suing the state to overturn laws that ban incest, arguing that their “individual autonomy” is being infringed. According to court papers, as reported by the New York Post, the parent has requested to remain anonymous, because they are aware that their request […]
NPHET has warned that the risk of a new wave of covid-19 over the summer is “considerable”. However, UK experts say a summer wave is no longer expected, and that their initial modelling was overly pessimistic. NPHET is set to warn the government that if Ireland eases restrictions too fast, there could be another covid-19 […]
The Green Party has called for increasing Ireland’s social welfare rate to €250 a week in a bid to end poverty – even as the national debt is set to soar to close to €250bn in coming years. Green Party Minister of State and TD Joe O’Brien says that he would “challenge anyone” to try […]
A reported rise of covid-19 cases in children is because of an increase in covid testing – not the re-opening of schools, according to a senior health expert. Professor Philip Nolan, who is chairman of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, has said that data indicates schools are a low-risk environment for contracting covid, following […]
The HSE appears to have reversed its requirement for student nurses to receive the covid-19 vaccine before taking up clinical placements. In a letter seen by Gript, the Chief Clinical Officer now says the new directive supersedes previous correspondence which said students would be prevented from being assigned to placements in HSE facilities unless they […]
According to a recent report, China built enough coal power plants to increase global capacity even despite other countries closing down power stations across the globe. The report, entitled “Boom and Bust: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline”, and published by the Global Energy Monitor, a US-based NGO, says that China commissioned 38.5 Gigawatts of […]
The director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control & Prevention, Gao Fu, has admitted that the country’s vaccine effectiveness remains low compared to other jabs. To date, China has developed a total of 5 vaccines, ranging from 50% (below the World Health Organisation’s threshold) to 79% effectiveness. This compares to the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and […]
The majority of alleged asylum seekers in Ireland who have no identification will soon be able to open Irish bank accounts using State-issued documents. Bank of Ireland has agreed to accept these documents starting from next month, following over three years of negotiation between the bank and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. “The […]
According to newly released figures from the Department of Transport, almost 200,000 passengers have entered Ireland since the start of the year. The figures have revealed that over 188,000 entered through Dublin airport, while 1,000 came in through Shannon airport and another 4,000 through Cork – a total of 193,000. On Friday the government added […]