What you need to know about homophobia

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Homophobia is unfortunately still ingrained in many minds. Research is being done on it in social psychology. But only for the last 50 years or so. The word homophobia first appeared in literature in the late 1960s. At that time, Jewish-American psychologist George Weinberg published an article in which he used the term for the first time and thus coined it. He defined homophobia as a kind of disturbance in the brain, to which the sensitive person was more or less at the mercy – just like a phobia. Term…

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Summer returns: above 30 degrees expected again this week

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After cooling down over the weekend, the summer warmth is already returning to us. According to the ZAMG forecast, it will be hot again as early as midweek, with temperatures around 30 degrees. The weather in Vienna in detailThe coming week will begin unstable, with repeated rain showers. From Wednesday, it will be summery. The temperatures will rise above 30 degrees. The coming Friday will be unsettled again, according to the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). Weather at the beginning of the week on Monday unsettledIn the south…

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Time of the ticks: Here’s what you should watch out for

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Ticks are incredibly insidious. First, they hide in woods and grasses, then on our bodies. They can also carry some diseases that can be momentous for humans if we discover them too late. Since the parasites are appearing again in more significant numbers, we have summarized some tips for you to consider. The whole year is tick time because the parasites already feel comfortable and develop at temperatures between five and eight degrees. But they prefer warm climates, which is why they appear even more often in summer and infest…

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World population growing at slower pace, UN report says

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According to the United Nations, this striking mark in the world population will reach eight billion people around November 15 this year. Nonetheless, the number of people on our planet is growing slowly. By 2080, it is forecast to stop growing at 10.4 billion people by then, as the United Nations writes in a report for World Population Day on July 11. John Wilmoth, director of the UN Population Division, has many opportunities in global development – despite all the regional differences – especially for developing countries. In addition to…

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Over 9,200 new infections in Austria on Sunday

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From Saturday to Sunday, 9,249 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the 7-day average of 10,296 infections. The 7-day incidence increases slightly to 809.72. This brings the number of active Corona cases to 117,658. Fifty-four thousand sixty-seven new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 17.11 percent. In addition, there are five new deaths. This means that 18,877 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died across Austria. In the hospital, 1,011 patients are currently being treated, nine more than…

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Omicron BA.5: No evidence of more severe courses of disease

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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) continues to see no increasing disease severity due to the currently prevalent corona variant Omicron BA.5 in Germany. There is no evidence that the now-dominant Omicron BA.5 subline causes more severe courses per se or is more lethal than previous variants, the RKI wrote in Thursday night’s Covid 19 weekly report. Nonetheless, “the large increase in infection cases alone” has also resulted in a correspondingly higher number of severe courses, leading to more hospitalizations, it said. “Death rates are rising with the high infection numbers…

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What happens when you drink beer every day?

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Beer is already so intertwined in our daily lives that many drink a glass of it daily. But how healthy is that? An after-work beer here, a cold one there on a balmy summer evening by the canal: It’s easy to reach for a beer bottle. And a beer like that doesn’t do any harm. Wrong. Regular, just daily alcohol consumption, like beer, affects our bodies in many ways – mostly negatively. Process 1: The kidneys are damagedThe kidneys are responsible for cleansing the body, so daily alcohol consumption affects…

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How dangerous is the new Omicron variant Centaurus?

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The new Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 has been given its own “nickname.” So far, however, little is known about the descendant of BA.2. Alpha, Delta, Omicron – and now Centaurus. The different coronavirus variants have all been given a Greek letter as their name after the wild type from Wuhan. However, not all of them were relevant until now because they did not catch on. The recently discovered Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 has also been given a name, albeit with a wink: Centaurus. The descendant of the Omicron sub-variant BA.2 may have…

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Costs for cell phone tariffs explode

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The Vienna Chamber of Labour is now warning of a price hammer, especially for basic cell phone charges and service fees next year. An analysis by the Chamber of Labor shows: The major providers – A1, Drei, and Magenta – have value protection or index adjustment clauses in their cell phone contracts. When inflation reaches a certain threshold, they can raise prices – they will go full through the roof next year due to high inflation. The Chamber of Labor has calculated: An average contract tariff with an introductory fee…

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