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Industrial Runoff: The Teflon Scandal

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What Is Industrial Runoff and Why Does It Matter? Industrial runoff is the discharge of chemical effluents into water sources, causing pollution. This pollution of water sources impacts both human and environmental health (Singh et al., 2023). Runoff commonly occurs in industrial and agricultural settings such as farms, factories, or mine sites. Industrial runoff is […]

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Environment, Health, Society, Sustainability

CRISPR-Cas9 and the Future: Unlocking the Power of Gene Editing Across Fields

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What Is CRISPR-Cas9? CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) consists of repeating DNA sequences in bacteria. CRISPR-Cas9 functions like a molecular pair of scissors guided by a Global Positioning System (GPS). These repeats store snippets of viruses that previously attacked the bacteria, acting like a memory to recognise viruses later (Martín-Valmaseda et al., 2023).

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Health, Science, Technology
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How Small-Scale Fisheries Combat Hunger and Poverty in Island States

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Small islands face a unique set of challenges, from limited arable land and high reliance on food imports to climate change issues. In these conditions, small-scale fisheries are more than just an economic sector. They are pivotal for providing essential food security and nutrition, supporting local livelihoods, and holding deep cultural significance. They represent the

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Environment, Health, Human Rights, Society
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Hunger and Malnutrition: Two Sides of the Same Coin

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Hunger and malnutrition remain persistent global challenges, affecting hundreds of millions of people. The United Nations has warned that the world is “dangerously off course” in efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition (Global Network Against Food Crises, 2025). Despite decades of progress, in 2024, nearly 8.2% (673 million) of people globally experienced hunger (Food and

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Government, Health, Human Rights
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Decentralised Healthcare: Hospitals Are Shrinking, And That Might Be Good for Your Health

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the Age of the Mega-Hospital is ending For over a century, healthcare has revolved around big hospitals; massive central hubs where patients with almost every need are treated. That era is starting to wane. Around the world, we are seeing a shift toward tech-enabled, decentralised healthcare. Instead of mega-hospitals handling everything under one roof, healthcare

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Coronavirus, Health, Sustainability
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Not a One-Off: Real Stories Behind the World’s Most Damaging Healthcare Supply Chain Failures

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The Healthcare Supply Chain You didn’t know you Needed Most of us don’t think about how medicines, masks, or IV fluids get to hospitals. We assume that when we need a drug or a vaccine, it will be on the shelf. The truth is there’s a vast, complex healthcare supply chain behind every medical product.

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Business, Coronavirus, Health

Contaminated Waters with Cryptosporidium: a Barrier to Safe Aquatic Life and Public Health

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Understanding Cryptosporidium: A Stealthy Waterborne Threat Cryptosporidium remains a hidden yet dangerous waterborne pathogen. It easily spreads through contaminated water sources (Akinnubi, 2024). Once ingested, it causes cryptosporidiosis, a severe gastrointestinal illness (Siwak et al., 2023). Additionally, Cryptosporidium infects both humans and animals, increasing zoonotic transmission risks (Mpindou et al., 2021). Its small oocysts resist

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Environment, Health, Science

Healthcare During COVID-19: How Has The Pandemic Impacted Health Systems?

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was classified as a pandemic on 11th March 2020, five years ago (WHO). Caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, this global healthcare crisis has resulted in tens of millions of deaths worldwide (Mathieu et al., 2020). COVID-19 also resulted in struggling health systems worldwide. Subsequent waves of the disease significantly impacted health service delivery,

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Government, Health, Strategy

Climate Change and Its Impact on Vector-Borne diseases in Africa

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Introduction Climate change is one of the most urgent health threats of the 21st century. It drives environmental shifts that directly harm human health. Occurrences of vector-borne diseases are rising rapidly and account for many newly emerging infectious diseases (Swei et al., 2020). Vector-borne diseases are infections transmitted by blood-feeding insects such as mosquitoes, ticks,

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Environment, Health, Science
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Climate Change and South Australia’s Harmful Algal Bloom

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Content warning: this news article contains images of deceased sea creatures and birds that some viewers may find distressing. (No blood, no gore.) Algal Bloom: What is it and why does it matter? Algae are a natural part of a healthy, biodiverse marine environment. Algal blooms have been documented worldwide for centuries (Howard, 2023). These

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