Archive for October 2024

The diverse array of bacteria, fungi and other microbes present in mud and soil play a crucial role in our health and is key to what immunologists call “immune training”. This is the process by which the immune system learns to distinguish between harmful pathogens and benign environmental substances.

From 2021-24, 150,400 Hongkongers arrived in the UK under British National Overseas [BN(O)] visas, enabling them to live and work in the country for either two-and-a-half or five years, bringing dependant family members with them…. The introduction of the BN(O) visa was followed by a significant uptick in applications from Hong Kong-qualified social workers to register with Social Work England.

Mental health struggles are not uncommon among Hong Kong’s 340,000 domestic workers, who are vulnerable to financial problems and poor working conditions while supporting their families back home. Above: Inna Abrogena, a research assistant at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s social work department

Supporters of Calgary’s Sheldon Chumir supervised consumption site rally at City Hall on Tuesday October 29, 2024. City Council was scheduled to debate on whether to ask the province to close the site.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib