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Posted on December 23rd, 2020 KAMALIKA PIERIS One solution to the problem of a future Indian Ocean war is for Sri Lanka to return to the policy of Non Alignment. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) started at Bandung Conference of 1955, during the time of Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike. It became a formal organization in 1961. Under the Chairpersonship of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka helped this movement reach its zenith in the mid 1970s.  Sri Lanka hel...

NIH Begins Study of COVID Infection and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) MIS-C study evaluate the short- and long-term health outcomes of coronavirus infection in children Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (teal and purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image courtesy of NIAID. December 22, 2020 — An observational study has launched to evaluate the short- and long-term health...

Pregnant Women in Third Trimester Unlikely To Pass Coronavirus to Newborns Advertisement Among 64 pregnant women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, none of their newborns tested positive.  December 22, 2020 • By National Institutes of Health Advertisement Pregnant women who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, during t...

Meet the 17-year-old who is one of the youngest graduates from the University of Houston Updated:  Tags:  “It’s been a dream come true,” Cartier said. Cartier always knew she picked up things faster than other kids. Now, she’s adding college graduate to the list. “I received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Houston. I also received my Minor in Human Development and Consumer Sciences and I also received a certificate from Corporate Entrepreneurship as well,�...

President inaugurates six ministers, five vice ministers 23rd December 2020 President Joko Widodo inaugurated six ministers on December 23, 2020. Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo inaugurated six ministers and five vice ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet at the State Palace here on Wednesday. The six ministers are Yaqut Cholil Khoumas as religious affairs minister; Budi Gunadi Sadikin as health minister; Tri Rismaharani as social affairs minister; Muhammad Lutfi as ...

Copy to Clipboard (Getty Images) Pregnant women may especially be vulnerable to developing more severe cases of Covid-19 following infection, but not much is known about their anti-coronavirus immune response or how it may affect their child. An analysis now provides new insights that could help improve care for these women and their newborns. Pregnant women who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, during the third trimester are unlikely to pass the infection to their n...

Credit: Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/r2hTBxEkgWQ Children struggle to discern emotions for mask-wearing faces, though masks are "unlikely to dramatically impair" their everyday interactions. ### Article Title: "Childrens emotion inferences from masked faces: Implications for social interactions during COVID-19" Funding: SDP was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH61285) and a core grant to the Waisman Center from the National Institute of Child ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Scientists used a special backpack to study for the first time how a persons brain navigates space and tracks the location of others. The study was funded by the NIHs... view more  Credit: Courtesy of Suthana lab, UCLA. For the first time, scientists have recorded how our brains navigate physical space and keep track of others location. Researchers used a special backpack to wirelessly monitor the brain waves of epilepsy patients as each one walked around an empty room ...

1 in 5 South Africans Are Living in Extreme Poverty: UN Report Meanwhile, the country’s wealthiest 10% own more than half the national income. Why Global Citizens Should Care South Africa is grappling with great inequalities, which contribute to extreme poverty. The United Nations’ 17 Global Goals together work towards ending extreme poverty and its systemic causes.. Yet these goals can only be achieved if unequal countries like South Africa come to terms with serious inequalities and work...

 E-Mail IMAGE: NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded scientists used artificial intelligence to help redesign a nutrient grabbing, Venus flytrap-shaped bacterial protein into a highly sensitive serotonin sensor. Here the sensor captured for the first... view more  Credit: Courtesy of Tian lab. University of California Davis School of Medicine. Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and feelings. For example, many antidepressants are desi...