Popular nasal decongestant found to be ineffective by US drugs regulator – what it means for the UK: A.D.S.Portrait/Shutterstock An advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration has found that a drug used in the majority of cold and flu products to treat blocked noses does not work. The panel noted that phenylephrine, …
Don’t blame postwar school building programmes for concrete crisis – the fault lies with decades of neglect and ineffective policy: Physical spaces make a difference to education. There are small but fairly reliable correlations between the quality of the buildings where students learn and student behaviour, attendance and academic achievement. In particular, inadequate buildings are …
UK ivory trade ban extended to five more species – here’s why we think it will be ineffective: The import of ivory into the UK from five more species, including walruses, has been banned. Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock The loss of nature is one of the many environmental crises facing our planet. And a key challenge in …
Many Kenyans have embraced vigilante cops – an ineffective police force is to blame: Studies show that people belonging to marginalised groups are disproportionately affected by police brutality. Neil Thomas/Corbis via Getty Images In March 2017, Ahmed Rashid, a Kenyan police officer, shot and killed two unarmed teenagers accused of theft. They had surrendered and …
Air purifiers: indoor pollution kills but many devices are ineffective and some may even cause harm: Prathankarnpap/Shutterstock Air pollution kills around 7 million people each year. Most of these deaths occur in developing countries, where solid fuel is often burned in poorly ventilated spaces. However, between 26,000 and 38,000 of those deaths occur in the …
Climate adaptation finance is ineffective and must be more transparent: Riccardo Mayer / shutterstock In 2019, an international climate fund approved a ten year US$ 9.3 million project to support communities in the drylands of Mozambique that are affected by frequent droughts. This money seems a lot, but it really is not much for a …
South Africa in the news: Autoimmune-disease drugs may reduce vaccine response; antibody treatments ineffective vs Brazil variant: This suggests that the Brazil variant might not pose as great a threat of reinfection or decreased vaccine protection as the South Africa variant, said coauthor David Ho from Columbia University. Real …: “South Africa” – BingNews On …