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Access to citizenship becomes easier

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The Viennese SPÖ now wants to make access to citizenship easier, especially for people with lower wages. A corresponding decision was made on Saturday in the so-called “Vienna Conference.” The reason for precisely this target group is that it often fails due to financial hurdles. A shorter waiting period is also conceivable for Michael Ludwig (SPÖ). ÖVP and FPÖ are outraged. Ludwig wants to “incorporate the social idea” in citizenship, as he puts it. He said that one in five people in Austria and one in three in Vienna are…

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Filipino Nurses for Liebenau, Austria

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GMUNDEN, STADL PAURA – after a year of taking bureaucratic hurdles, the time has come: All seven candidates received one “Red-White-Red card “as skilled nurses are now allowed to work at the Liebenau in Upper Austria. After they arrived in Vienna at the beginning of October, representatives of the Austrian Economic Chambers warmly welcomed them as well as the Philippine Embassy, followed by a ceremonial welcome from the staff of Gmunden and Stadl-Paura. Qualified and professionally experienced “We are very pleased to be the first employer accredited in the Philippines…

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Study: adapted Corona vaccine more effective against omicron

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According to company data, the booster with Biontech and Pfizer’s Corona vaccine adapted to BA.4/BA.5 is significantly more effective against the Omicron variant than the original vaccine. New data from an ongoing clinical trial showed an increase in neutralizing antibodies in the over-55 age group of about fourfold compared to people vaccinated with Biontech/Pfizer’s original Corona vaccine. Study on booster vaccination with Corona vaccine adapted to BA.4/BA.5Both measurements were reportedly obtained one month after the booster. Compared with the values before booster vaccination, a 9.5-fold increase in so-called antibody titers…

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Study: Coffee could protect against Covid-19 infection

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Could consuming a cup of coffee be an effective way to protect against infection with the Coronavirus? What has not yet been proven in practice is at least plausible from the point of view of chemical and biochemical research. This is the conclusion reached – appropriately enough – by a research team from Jacobs University Bremen. The team led by chemists Nikolai Kuhnert, Dorothea Schmidt, and Nicholas Ohl was able to show experimentally – i.e., in the laboratory – that the chemical compound 5-caffeoylquinic acid (trivial name chlorogenic acid), which…

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Winter onset: First widespread snowfall in Austria

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On Friday, the first widespread snowfall came to Austria. About 40 centimeters fell in the Tyrolean Oberland down to the A13. Those who set out on Thursday at 20 degrees in the east of Austria towards the west woke up Friday, to a thick blanket of snow. In the morning, there were first pictures from Lech am Arlberg (district Bludenz), where the folding rule showed 30 centimeters of fresh snow – “Heute” reported. Since then, the emergency vehicles of the winter road clearance service have been in constant use, and…

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Huge extragalactic structure discovered in space

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The Earth is not a disk – but the Milky Way is. Most stars and planets in the Milky Way lie on a plane, just like many other galaxies in a disc shape. Earth is also on this level. That means we can look relatively well up and down into space. But if we point our telescopes toward the edge of the disk, so to speak, we can hardly see anything. The many specks of dust in a milky way prevent light from penetrating. That’s why alien galaxies are not…

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Cold front brings rain and cold weather this weekend

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In western Austria, winter sends its greetings at higher altitudes. The extended “Indian summer” ends in Austria: a cold front brings rain and cold weather to Austria over the weekend. A cold front and an Italian low bring dense clouds and widespread rain on Friday, “higher up” temporarily also wintry conditions, for example, on mountain passes. According to the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), by Sunday at the latest, the weather will be dry again in most of the country, and the sun will also show itself. A…

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Combination vaccine against corona and influenza under test

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Clinical trials are starting in the U.S. for a combination vaccine made by German biotech company Biontech and its partner Pfizer against Corona and the flu. The combination vaccine candidate combines the already approved Corona vaccine against BA.4 and BA.5 from both Biontech and Pfizer with a flu vaccine candidate from Pfizer that is currently being tested in Phase 3 clinical trial. 180 people in the U.S. testing a combination of Corona and influenza vaccineThe Phase 1 trial of the combination vaccine is expected to enroll 180 people in the…

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WhatsApp introduces new community feature worldwide

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Starting November 3, WhatsApp is shipping its new Communities feature worldwide. As announced in April, “Communities” allows multiple groups to be placed “under one umbrella.” Since then, the quality has been tested in individual countries. However, it may take time before everyone can access the new function. The feature should be handy for schools, clubs, or neighborhoods. Different school groups, such as “homework,” “field trip,” “parent-teacher conferences,” etc., can be housed in the shared community “school,” for example. Administrators can also send out announcements to the community as a whole.…

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