Month: September 2022

World Children’s Day is dedicated to the motto “Together for Children’s Rights.” On September 20, UNICEF called on society to do everything in its power to take children’s rights seriously and make them a reality. This anniversary is important to ensure that children’s concerns, requests, and needs are heard. For example, the issue of children and obesity needs to be addressed more consistently. More and more boys and girls are overweight. In Europe, an average of over 29 percent weigh too many pounds. While in southern European countries such as…

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Food prices are rising noticeably across Europe. Within a year, prices in the EU have increased by an average of almost 10 percent. Bread, however, became almost twice as expensive – this year, in August, 18 percent more had to be paid for the staple food than in August 2021, as the statistics authority Eurostat announced on Monday. In 2021, the price of bread had increased by only 3 percent year-on-year. In Austria, bread costs 10 percent more this year. The most substantial increase in HungaryEspecially in Eastern Europe, the…

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The new omicron subvariant BJ.1 has 14 mutations. “Heute” newspaper published an interview with Virologist Monika Redlberger-Fritz. The virologist explains how dangerous the mutation is. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has evolved from its wild type into many subtypes: Alpha, Delta, Lambda, Omicron, and more. A new omicron subtype emerged in Austria: BJ.1 – a descendant of Omicron BA.2, which was predominant in the spring. Like every previous variant, BJ.1 also has mutations in the surface protein (spike protein) – 14 in number. “These mutations are right where antibodies normally dock and…

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