SAGE files published tonight show that Covid cases will start rising again from next week in England
Scientists are certain this will happen as lockdown rules are loosened but are more optimistic than previously
They firmly believe vaccines will keep rates of severe disease, hospital admission and death low
But they warn a new vaccine-resistant variant is the number one threat and could lead to another lockdown
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Disasters caused by natural hazards linked to increase in triggers for violence against women and girls
Disasters caused by natural hazards linked to increase in triggers for violence against women and girls 7 May 2021 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine https://lshtm.ac.uk/themes/custom/lshtm/images/lshtm-logo-black.png
Disaster-related violence against women and girls must now be formally recognised in violence prevention, health sector responses and disaster management strategies Share
Disasters caused by natural hazards may increase the triggers for violence against women and girls (VAWG) by boosting the means, opportunity, and underlying drivers of violent behaviour, according to a new study published in
May 07 2021
Three scientific publications have been recognised by the WITec Paper Award, an annual competition among peer-reviewed articles from the previous year that feature results acquired with a WITec microscope. The exceptional quality of the 115 submitted publications made it particularly challenging to select only three winners. The Paper Awards for 2021 go to researchers from the UK, Turkey and the USA who performed Raman imaging measurements on zebrafish embryos, meteorites and jet engine thermal barrier coatings, respectively. WITec congratulates the winners and thanks all the participants.
Gold: H. Høgset, C. C. Horgan, J. P. K. Armstrong, M. S. Bergholt, V. Torraca, Q. Chen, T. J. Keane, L. Bugeon, M. J. Dallman, S. Mostowy, M. M. Stevens (2020) In vivo biomolecular imaging of zebrafish embryos using confocal Raman spectroscopy. Nature Communications 11: 6172 www.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19827-1
Big events of 50 people or more could be more Covid safe than modest parties of 10 to 20 people, according to SAGE scientists.
People don t actually mix with a lot of people at large gatherings and only rarely go to them so experts say they may not pose much risk of transmission.
But smaller events happen more often and people have more close contact with the other people there, they said.
The evidence could bode well for concerts, sporting events and theatres reopening in the summer. They are expected to be able to start up again from May 17, in just 10 days time.