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“It will be a wave. It will also be high again,” geneticist Ulrich Elling on Twitter and in an interview with APA. But, “We can still do something.” The expert from the Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Molecular Biotechnology specifically addressed the protection of older and particularly vulnerable people. Another booster vaccination would increase protection against hospitalizations, for example. “Both society and policymakers adhere to the misconception that the Corona pandemic is a seasonal disease,” Elling said. But seasonality is only one factor, he said, which the Omicron BA.5 variant,…

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According to a UN report, about 17 percent of food sold worldwide ended up in the trash in 2019. It said that 931 million tons of food ended up in the bins of private homes, restaurants, stores, and other eateries. That’s equivalent to about 23 million fully loaded trucks that, lined up, would reach seven times around the world, said the report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Calculated per Earth citizen, 121 kilograms of food waste was generated at the consumer level, 74 of it in…

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According to the UN Sustainable Development Goal, hunger should be ended worldwide by 2030. According to a recent analysis, this will not be achieved: Although the proportion of people affected will decline slightly – 2.5 billion people will still suffer from hunger. Jesús Crespo Cuaresma of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), with colleagues from Harvard University, the World Data Lab, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg near Vienna, has created a statistical model to forecast future global food insecurity. It is based…

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Tens of thousands of Austrians will have their Corona vaccination certificate expire in June. Many are getting vaccinated now before the vacation season. Although the Green Passport is hardly required abroad anymore, vaccinations are now being increased again at the Austria Center Vienna. For tens of thousands of Austrians, the Corona vaccination certificate is expiring. Before their vacation, many are now getting the third Corona vaccination. The recommended basic immunization in Austria is after three vaccinations. Those who have not yet had the third prick should get it before summer,…

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Just keep using last year’s sunscreen? Better not. Especially not if the best-before date has passed, as the case of Morgan Vacala shows. As the young woman explains on Tiktok, she got second-degree burns on her forehead – because she used expired sunscreen. “It took about two to three weeks to heal,” she writes in response. However, she doesn’t reveal what cream she used to help the healing process. “The healing lasted about two to three weeks,” she writes. With which cream she supported the healing process; however, she does…

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The worst June heat wave since 1950 in Spain sent thermometers soaring to more than 44 degrees locally on Saturday. Record temperatures were also expected in France. The media reported that in Spain’s cities, people often sought cooling in fountains, ice cream parlors, and air-conditioned shopping malls. Beaches on the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts were crowded as early as Saturday morning. The record of this heat period was registered on Friday in Andújar, Andalusia, with 44.2 to 44.3 degrees. According to the weather service Aemet, it should be scorching on…

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Mental health has been neglected for decades, the World Health Organization criticizes. Corona has made the situation worse. According to WHO figures, nearly one billion people worldwide live with a mental illness. Geneva – The Corona pandemic has led to a sharp rise in some mental illnesses. Cases of depression and anxiety disorders rose 25 percent worldwide in the first year of the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) presented its new mental health report on Friday. According to WHO figures, nearly one billion people worldwide live with a mental…

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May inflation hit 7.7 percent, the highest inflation rate since April 1976. Food prices rose by 8.8 percent. Inflation in Austria has continued to accelerate. According to Statistics Austria, the inflation rate in May was 7.7 percent – after 7.2 percent in April. The average price level rose by 0.8 percent compared to the previous month. Harmonized inflation rate at the European level is also 7.7 percent.In the eurozone, the inflation rate climbed to 8.1 percent. For the European Union (EU), the inflation rate in May was 8.8 percent, as…

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This time it’s fixed: After 27 years, the cult browser Internet Explorer was discontinued on June 15. So anyone who has been using Internet Explorer to surf the web should urgently switch to a new browser. Internet Explorer has not necessarily had the best reputation among browsers for years. Because first is already quite outdated and is considered somewhat insecure because it has some security gaps. Instead of releasing updates that could solve this problem, Microsoft has now decided to deactivate the browser for good, as Microsoft confirms on its…

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