Ample & appropriate support Bernard Vicente, president of the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers Association and Cooperatives (NAFTAC), is urging the NTA and local governments to act immediately on the needs of the affected farmers.… Read more »
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After trying his luck farming corn for three years, Ryan Reyes decided to plant tobacco again. He said the laborious cultivation and low farm gate price were the reasons he decided to shift from tobacco… Read more »
Ana Maldonado-Contreras, University of Massachusetts Medical School Takeaways Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that are vital for keeping you healthy. Some of these microbes help to regulate the immune system. New research,… Read more »
Matthew Hoffmann, University of Toronto Climate disasters started early in 2020 — and kept on coming. The catastrophic fires in Australia in early 2020 were actually a holdover from 2019, but they were soon followed… Read more »
Clayton Besaw, University of Central Florida and Matthew Frank, University of Denver Did the United States just have a coup attempt? Supporters of President Donald Trump, following his encouragement, stormed the U.S. Capitol building on… Read more »
Timothy Ford, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Charles M. Schweik, University of Massachusetts Amherst To mitigate health inequities and promote social justice, coronavirus vaccines need to get to underserved populations and hard-to-reach communities. There are… Read more »
Anne Moore, University College Cork Preliminary data from the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine trial suggests it provides 90% efficacy at preventing the disease. At the very least, this news will result in a large sigh of… Read more »
As we move into the last quarter of 2020, the virus that has defined this troubled year is showing no signs of going away. In the absence of a vaccine or a broadly effective treatment,… Read more »
Melissa Starling, University of Sydney and Paul McGreevy, University of Sydney Dog behaviour is extraordinarily flexible – this is why we can keep them in our homes and take them to cafes with us at… Read more »