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Democracy

Multi-Faith Team Urges Repeal of Blasphemy Laws – in the Name of Religious Freedom

A delegation of human rights and religious freedom advocates is visiting the United Nations this week to increase support among UN Member States for...

Inter Press Service - 20 September 2022

E-governance

Using Artificial Intelligence to Protect Maternal Health

An interdisciplinary team is developing a mobile health platform that uses AI to detect infection in Cesarean section wounds. The mobile platform uses artificial...

OWSA Contributor - 20 September 2022

COVID-19

‘Massive COVID-19 Failure’ Sets Back Global Development

A report by the Lancet’s Commission on the COVID-19 pandemic points to a ‘massive global failure’ that led to COVID-19 deaths and reversal of...

SciDevNet - 19 September 2022

Animals and wildlife

Divorce is More Common in Albatross Couples with Shy Males, Study Finds

In a long-studied population of wandering albatrosses, females are less likely to stick with a shy mate. By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office The wandering...

OWSA Contributor - 16 September 2022

Health

Stethoscope ‘Still Useful’ to Detect Child Heart Problems

The humble stethoscope remains valuable in detecting childhood heart ailments, especially as imaging the heart with echocardiography is costlier and burdens health systems. Scientists...

SciDevNet - 16 September 2022

COVID-19

Unsettled Lives in a Troubled World

The most under-developed nations in South America, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia, are hardest hit. For example, Pakistan – which already had...

Inter Press Service - 15 September 2022

Climate change

Putting Water on the Agenda at Egypt’s COP27

Water looks set to be the key theme at COP27 as host country Egypt, ‘motivated to push for action’ plans to launch a water...

SciDevNet - 14 September 2022

Climate change

New Study More Than Triples Estimated Costs of Climate Change Damages

A new Nature study lends weight to the idea that federal agencies could be much more aggressive in regulating climate pollutants. By Dana Nuccitelli A peer-reviewed analysis...

OWSA Contributor - 14 September 2022

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