Piped water boosts women’s health, happiness and income in rural Zambia
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation From growing vegetables to spending more time with their children, women’s quality of life improved drastically after piped water was installed near their homes in rural Zambia, Stanford University researchers said on Thursday. In a study involving 434 households in four Zambian villages, they found not having to walk to […]
‘Science Moms’ campaign seeks to make climate change personal for Americans
Thomson Reuters Foundation Some of the largest wildfires in Colorado’s history left atmospheric chemist Emily Fischer and her two young daughters breathing in smoke for nearly two months last year. “It really rattled me,” the Colorado State University climate scientist admitted this week. Homepage of the Science Moms website. Like many mothers, she is increasingly […]
In the US, annual March for Life goes virtual amid COVID-19, unrest at US Capitol
RNS The March for Life is going virtual this year. The move online comes as the COVID-19 pandemic “may be peaking” and amid the “heightened pressures that law enforcement officers and others are currently facing in and around the Capitol,” according to a statement posted Friday on the March for Life website – two weeks before the […]
Backing the jab: Anti-abortion faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccines
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on growing support among US Christian leaders for the coronavirus vaccines…
Governments urged to use COVID-19 stimulus to adapt to climate threats
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Spending to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic will determine whether countries are better able to adapt to more extreme weather and rising seas as the planet warms – a challenge they have failed to meet so far, top UN officials said this week. In the fifth edition of its Adaptation Gap Report, […]
Joanne Rogers, widow of ‘Mr Rogers,’ dead at age 92
RNS Joanne Rogers, the widow of the star of the children’s programme Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, died at the age of 92 on Thursday. “Fred Rogers Productions is deeply saddened by the passing of Joanne Rogers,” the organisation whose board she chaired after the death of Fred Rogers in 2003, announced Thursday on Twitter. Joanne Rogers. Photo by […]