Month: February 2023

Sleep with socks: for this reason, you should not do it under any circumstances

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Socks make it easier to fall asleep, but it’s better not to wear them while sleeping so your body can regulate its temperature. Here you will learn why! Should you sleep with socks on your feet? This question divides minds and leads to disagreements among experts. Each side has its arguments. The advantages of wearing socks while sleepingAccording to a study conducted by two South Korean academics, wearing socks, which can be cleaned quite easily with a trick, leads to better sleep at night. The study, conducted on six volunteers,…

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Global climate protest also planned in Vienna on March 3

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Worldwide, the climate movement “Fridays For Future” (FFF) will take to the streets again on March 3. Demonstrations will also take place in Vienna. There will also be strikes for the climate throughout Austria, as there were last September – in Vienna and seven other cities. The climate strikes are already entering their fourth year. March 13, 2019, marks the anniversary of the first day of the protest, in which students in many countries participated. Most recently, in September 2022, there were around 12,000 people in Vienna alone. The movement…

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Austria back to normal after three Corona years

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Three years after the first cases of the corona, Austria is back to normal, and the health ministry was preparing to return to regular operations, it said in a statement Friday. 5.9 million infections have been reported, 21,800 people have died, more than 20 million vaccinations have been administered, and about 90,000 Covid-19 drugs have been dispensed. A new epidemic law and pandemic plan should prepare for future health crises. The Corona pandemic would have been the largest challenge the domestic healthcare system ever faced. On February 25, 2020, the…

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Leak shows what iPhone 15 should look like

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Not even half a year ago, the iPhone 14 was presented, and already there are concrete rumours about its successor iPhone 15. So 9to5mac CAD files were leaked, allowing very clear conclusions about the upcoming smartphone’s design. The most remarkable finding is the upper side of the screen, or rather the no longer existing notch. Dynamic Island will also take its place in the non-Pro models. This is an oval-shaped notch that houses the front camera and sensors. It also appears from the files that Apple is now venturing away…

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Venus and Jupiter light up even the big city

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In 2023, which is not exactly rich in special celestial events, there is a nice opportunity to observe a striking spectacle starting at the end of February. With Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets meet and can be seen even in the western sky in the evening – and even in light-polluted big cities! Venus and Jupiter come closest on the evening of March 1 – at least from the perspective of terrestrial observers. In fact, on that day, brighter Venus is more than 100 million kilometres from Earth,…

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Cold and wet: winter is coming back this weekend

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Winter is making its return in many parts of Austria this weekend. A cold front brings not only hard and wet weather but also snow. Friday will start with a few hours of sunshine, but more and more clouds will move in from the north and southwest during the day. There will be rain showers, especially in the country’s northern half. In the south, it will remain largely dry on FridayThe area between the Inn and Waldviertel will be particularly affected. The snow line will continue to move between 1,300…

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Inflation in January 2023 explodes to new record level

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The inflation rate in January reached a new record level in this crisis. Energy prices, in particular, are driving inflation to record highs. According to Statistik Austria, the inflation rate for January 2023 rose to 11.2 percent, which was even higher than in December 2022 (10.2 percent). This also shattered the current crisis record from October (11 percent). So while this country’s inflation crisis has worsened, the rest of Europe can take a breather. Year-on-year inflation in the eurozone was 9.2 percent in December and fell to 8.5 percent in…

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Vaccination coverage rate down again, concern about fall grows

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With Corona behind them, people in Austria are “forgetting” about flu vaccinations even more often than last time: The influenza vaccination coverage rate has dropped for the second time to a meagre 13.62 percent. The Vaccine Manufacturers Association (ÖVIH) worries about the next wave in the fall of 2023 and calls on the government to stop the negative trend. The vaccination coverage rate, calculated based on doses delivered or returned, refers to the total population and is more than three percentage points lower than the previous season and as much…

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Corona forecast shows continued increase in hospitals – 6,763 new Corona infections reported Wednesday

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The Covid Forecast Consortium continues to project an increase in Corona-infected people in hospitals.Within the past seven days, the number had grown by 43 percent to 1,370 people. Despite the increase, the Covid outbreak is expected to remain below last year’s peak levels over the next two weeks, the Wednesday update said. In addition, it said only about one-fifth of hospital admissions of infected people are causal because of Covid-19. Normal wards across Austria are expected to see an increase from 1,304 Corona-positive individuals (as of yesterday, Tuesday) to a…

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