Scene in Bangladesh under COVID. Credit: Mehdi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year led to a devastating loss of jobs and income across the global south, threatening hundreds of millions of people with hunger and lost savings and raising an array of risks for children, according to new research co-authored...
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Hexbyte Glen Cove Pandemic interrupts longtime Isle Royale wolf, moose study
In this Feb. 28, 2019 file photo provided by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, the U.S. National Park Service and the National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation, a white wolf is released onto Isle Royale National Park in Michigan. One of the world's longest-running wildlife field studies has fallen prey to...
Hexbyte Glen Cove Pandemic has revealed our dependence on migrant workers
Major geopolitical changes have influenced labour migration in Europe. The fall of communism, EU expansion, globalization and the dismantling of national borders have enabled extensive labour migration, says Professor Rye. Photo: Johan Fredrik Rye The coronavirus has taught us an important lesson. "The pandemic has shaken the entire system. Migrant workers weren't allowed in....
Hexbyte Glen Cove Amid pandemic, Pacific islands work to offset food shortages
This July 2020 photo provided by Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture shows staff members of the Suva Christian School, Louisa John, left, and her colleague working in their garden in Suva, Fiji. Coronavirus infections have barely touched many of the remote islands of the Pacific, but the pandemic's fallout has been enormous, disrupting the supply...
Hexbyte Glen Cove Pandemic postpones national math, reading tests until 2022
Credit: CC0 Public Domain National reading and math tests long used to track what U.S. students know in those subjects are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether testing would be feasible or produce valid results during the coronavirus pandemic, the National Center for Education Statistics announced Wednesday. The biennial...