Science

Midwives Need a Useable Past to Form Their Future

What Is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and How to Become One?. Credit: BC Women's Foundation.Scaling up midwifery to decrease maternal and neonatal fatalities has been determined a worldwide priority. However, the latest State of the World's Midwifery record details exactly how the midwifery work continues to be undervalued. Conventionally, professions receive autonomy and social recognition...

Isolation Guidelines for Close Contacts are Changing. What’s Next?

Close contacts of individuals with COVID in New South Wales and Victoria will soon no longer need to isolate for seven days. Other states and territories, including Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory Area, are taking into consideration. Or will likely reveal comparable moves.In NSW from 6 pm tomorrow and in Victoria from before...

Study Reports a Greater Rate of Fatigue Among Midwives in The USA

Credit: hcwithdrmarn.A brand-new research study shows that 40% of midwives in the US are burned out or stressed and exhausted, making them more prone to commit medical errors and missing necessary patient care. Burnout likewise hinders professional engagement, reduces productivity, leads to absenteeism and resignations, according to new research published in the leading journal,...

A Shipwreck, a Robot and an Archival Treasure Hunt Reveal the Diverse History of the Whaling Industry

The anchor of Industry, a whaling ship that sank in 1836 in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA Ocean ExplorationLast month, scientists identified a 207-year-old shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico as the Industry, a whaling ship that tipped over in a harsh 1836 storm.Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) made the thrilling...

March’s Inflation Number Likely to be Worrisome

This week, inflation takes the spotlight. As Tuesday's report on the consumer price index for March dominates economic news and the markets.Estimates are that inflation increased at a yearly rate of 8.4% last month, surpassing February's 7.9% reading and the fastest pace since the early 1980s. The monthly increase is expected to be 1.2%....

Conservation of the Warship Mary Rose Continues

Credit: Grethe et al. 2022PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND--According to a statement released by Diamond Light Source, Eleanor Schofield of the Mary Rose Trust and Donna Arnold of the University of Kent utilized high-tech tools at Diamond Light Source to analyze bricks recuperated from the wreck of Mary Rose, King Henry VIII's wooden battleship that sank during...

Ancient People in India Might Have Buried Their Dead in Gigantic Stone Jars

The enormous stone jars may be linked to mysterious containers discovered in Laos.The first four jar sites were found by British archaeologists in Assam state in 1928. Expeditions to the region by a team of archaeologists since 2014 have discovered six more sites in Assam and neighboring Meghalaya state. Credit: Tilok ThakuriaArchaeologists have found hundreds...

Metabolic Deficiencies Found Among Migrant Settlers in Colonial Australia

Credit: News Medical.In one of the first studies of its kind, Australian researchers have researched the health and economic status of a collection of migrant settlers to colonial South Australia from an evaluation of skeletal remains at the Anglican Parish of St Mary's in Adelaide.The brand-new study, released in reputed international publication PLOS ONE...

Secret to Success of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Model of O-antigen ligase enzyme from Gram-negative bacteria. Credit: Diario Salud.Scientists have identified how Gram-negative bacteria-- which cause drug-resistant pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and surgical site infections in hospitalized patients-- complete building a crucial element of their outer membrane that guards these pathogens against attacks by the immune system and antibiotics.The brand-new findings could...

Consumption of Microplastics Can Cause Evolutionary Changes

After the non-biting midges of the species Chironomus riparius were exposed to microplastics, the genome of subsequent generations changed. Credit: Markus PfenningerIt is typically not even identifiable to the naked eye and harbors risks that can not yet be accurately examined: Microplastics are going into the environment in ever greater concentrations and decompose only...