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Dan Simmer

Why Being Outside Is a Natural Way to Control Infections

STORY AT-A-GLANCE The healing properties of fresh air have been appreciated since ancient times, when Pliny the Elder (AD 23-79) recommended that people with tuberculosis breathe in the air of evergreen forests, which happens to be high in ozone, a known germicidal agent. In more recent history, outdoor air was

Top 9 Nutrients for Better Brain Health

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published January 24, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

Perhaps the Worst Thing to Do if You Can't Sleep

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published May 16, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

Waking Up in a Nightmare

One thing this global awakening (at least an awakening for me and my fellow shrews) has made me realize is that we all have been living in utter hell for quite some time.

Tim Ryan: 'I Don't Think the Inflation Is Really an Issue' That Should Stop Climate Legislation

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Senate candidate Rep.

Thailand: Free Detained Critics of Monarchy

(Bangkok) – Thai authorities should immediately drop the charges and release pro-democracy activists detained for insulting the monarchy (lese majeste), Human Rights Watch said today.

Sedition law: Why India should break from Britain’s abusive legacy

Britain’s legacy in India includes abusive laws to suppress any opposition to colonial rule.

Joint Response to Yemen’s Supertanker Crisis

(Beirut) – The FSO Safer, an oil storage tanker moored 32 nautical miles from the key Yemeni port city of Hodeida, could explode or rupture at any time, threatening an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations has said. On June 13, 2022, the UN announced that salvage operations could not

EU Wants More Russia Sanctions Despite Looming Energy, Food Crisis

(AFP) – The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent’s largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine. The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is “extremely tense”, Ukraine’

Summers: Fed 'Lost Its Way' by Talking Environment, Social Justice While Dismissing Inflation and Still Has 'Problematic Groupthink'

During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers said that the Federal Reserve “lost its way” by talking about the environment and

Bankrupt Sri Lanka Seeks Extra Billion-Dollar Loan to Pay China

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is hoping to take out yet another billion-dollar loan, open a separate $1.5 billion credit line, and activate a $1.5 billion currency swap with communist China, Sri Lanka’s envoy to Beijing told Bloomberg News on Friday. Sri Lanka – a socialist

France’s Energy Plans Should Not Include Ignoring UAE Abuses

French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to welcome the President of the United Arab Emirates, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, to Paris July 18.