The Guardian view on unorthodox thinking: science would not get far without it | Editorial
The Ig Nobels are a reminder that Jonathan Swift was wrong about reason. Without research driven by curiosity, there would be far fewer breakthroughsIn Gulliver ’s Travels, Jonathan Swift mocked the assumption that the scientific revolution had transformed European culture for the better. The satirical novel, published in 1726, has its eponymous hero stumbling upon “the Academy” in the fictional city of Lagado, and pokes fun at the idea that a scientific temperament could be useful. Swift describes pointless experiments to extract sunbeams from cucumbers and to build houses from the roof downwards. His book is laced ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Editorial Tags: Science Ig Nobel prizes Science prizes Source Type: news

From coffee to microchips – how the supply chain crisis is disrupting UK plc
All you need to know about who is affected and why it ’s the worst supply chain crisis since the 1970sFast food chains are running out of chicken. Hauliers ’ wage bills are going through the roof. Crops are rotting in the fields. The scale of Britain’s supply chain meltdown is the worst since the 1970s, when the three-day week, power cuts and industrial disputes saw rubbish pile up in the streets.Fast forward four decades and the shortages in modern Britain stem from Covid-19 disrupting an intricate network of global supply chains where the slightest problem throws the whole system. Brexit has added to the rebooted a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Tags: Supply chain crisis Coffee Construction industry Hospitality industry Manufacturing sector Brexit Coronavirus Business European Union Food Foreign policy Infectious diseases Politics UK news Road transport Work & careers Source Type: news

NYC Mayor Waives Asbestos Fees in Response to Hurricane Ida
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has waived fees for asbestos removal as part of the recovery response to Hurricane Ida. The mayor also waived the seven-day advance notice requirement for asbestos projects. De Blasio signed Emergency Executive Order No. 235 on Sept. 7, allowing the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Buildings to waive fees and advance notification requirements for various permits and applications related to storm damage repair. The order remains in effect for five days unless it is terminated or modified. These measures are intended to relieve an additional burde...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 9, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news

What Hurricane Ida Means for Louisiana ’s COVID-19 Problem
On Thursday, as Hurricane Ida loomed as a Category 4 storm that threatened massive flooding, high winds and power outages along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, health administrators at Marrero Healthcare Center, located just northeast of where Ida made landfall, decided to evacuate upwards of 80 residents to safer ground. Two days of hurried packing later, the residents, most of whom are ambulatory, piled onto two school buses from LaFourche Parish for the expected four hour and 40 minute ride inland. Another bus transported medical supplies and equipment as well as food for the trip. Twenty one of the bed-bound residents we...
Source: TIME: Health - September 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Hurricane Ida forces three damaged hospitals to evacuate patients
Coast Guard rescues seven patients from hospital with roof torn off by storm.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joel Achenbach Source Type: news

Staff rushed out of control room as Hurricane Ida rips away part of roof at WGNO, employees say
The TV station is located at The Galleria in Metairie.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Roof blown off hospital during Hurricane Ida
Source: Reuters: Health - August 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Roof crush analysis as per FMVSS 216 using finite element method - Shaikh A, Tiwari R.
Indian roads are one of the longest and busiest in the world after United States. Every day Indian roads transport 65 percent freight and over 85 percent of passenger vehicles. Indian Automotive sector secure its position on forth in Asia with 3.5 million ...
Source: SafetyLit - August 28, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Daily Insight: Raising the roof
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
Source: HSJ - August 27, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Centre described hospital chief as ‘sensationalist’ over roof problems
The NHS England media team believed a hospital chief executive had taken a ‘sensationalist tone’ over serious problems with the building’s roof, according to a briefing written by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Source: HSJ - August 27, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Death sentence upheld for church shooter Dylann Roof
He was the first person in the U.S. to be sentenced to death for a federal hate crime.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Judges Uphold The Death Sentence For Dylann Roof Who Killed 9 Black Churchgoers
Source: Reuters: Health - August 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Blog: Call 999 – the terrifying crisis in the ambulance service
Working in the ambulance service is a rewarding career. The feeling of helping people when they need it most is unbeatable and a source of pride for staff. However, the reality can be very different from the altruistic dream. Not because we’re no longer helping people and saving lives – of course, that still happens day in day out. But the way staff are treated and how their work is organised has led many in the service to question their perception of how things are run. They’re stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed. Looking at the big picture, demand on ambulance services has been growing year-on-year, way outstrippin...
Source: UNISON Health care news - August 24, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: Alan Lofthouse Tags: Article Blogs ambulance workers health NHS paramedics Source Type: news

First Came an Earthquake. Then a Hurricane. Now, Haiti is Bracing for an Outbreak of Disease.
On Aug. 14, a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Haiti, leaving 2,189 people dead, 12,268 injured and at least 332 missing. Days later, Tropical Storm Grace swept over the ravaged landscape, hampering the complicated search and rescue mission. Yet aid groups say this is only the beginning of the crisis. The island country of nearly 12 million people has faced one disaster after another in the space of a few weeks. In July, President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated amid mounting allegations of corruption. The country has been struggling with poverty, disease and a fractured infrastructure since a cata...
Source: TIME: Health - August 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eloise Barry Tags: Uncategorized Londontime Natural Disasters Source Type: news

First Came an Earthquake. Then a Hurricane. Now, Haiti is Bracing for an Outbreak of Disease
On Aug. 14, a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Haiti, leaving 2,189 people dead, 12,268 injured and at least 332 missing. Days later, Tropical Storm Grace swept over the ravaged landscape, hampering the complicated search and rescue mission. Yet aid groups say this is only the beginning of the crisis. The island country of nearly 12 million people has faced one disaster after another in the space of a few weeks. In July, President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated amid mounting allegations of corruption. The country has been struggling with poverty, disease and a fractured infrastructure since a cata...
Source: TIME: Health - August 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eloise Barry Tags: Uncategorized Londontime Natural Disasters Source Type: news

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