Eighty percent of Polish women consume alcohol, and 15 percent also drink during pregnancy, which exposes the fetus to serious disorders that manifest themselves many years after the birth of a child - experts are alarming.more
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday (September 7) warned that coronavirus COVID-19 is not the last pandemic and the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic. The WHO chief said that countries must invest in public health to tackle the next pandemic in a better manner.more
French security authorities are monitoring more than 8,000 people suspected of terrorist leanings, the interior minister says. His warning comes ahead of a trial of 14 suspected helpers in deadly attacks in 2015.more
Powerful Hurricane Laura battered the Louisiana coastline Thursday morning after sweeping ashore as the region's strongest storm in over a century.more
Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in the coastal US states of Texas and Louisiana as Hurricane Laura barrels towards them.more
Polish government plans to expand the list of countries banned from passenger air traffic with Poland to 63. China and Russia are to disappear from the list of bans, while Belgium, Spain, Romania and India will appear.more
Thunderstorm warnings are in place for most of England and all of Wales after heavy rain and flash flooding brought chaos to roads and railways on Thursday night.more
People going abroad in the current situation should be aware of the risks associated with the possibility of introducing a quarantine for returnees, said UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps today.more
Three Chinese cities have reported detecting coronavirus on imported frozen food over the span of four days, raising fresh concerns contaminated food shipments could lead to new outbreaks.more
A new report released Wednesday details how 2019 was another year of extremes for Earth's climate, adding to a litany of evidence exposing the grim reality of our warming world.more
Reopening schools in September without a "comprehensive test, trace and isolate strategy" could lead to a second wave of coronavirus that is twice as big as the first, researchers have said.more
The Italian region that includes Rome is warning citizens that local lockdowns might have to be ordered if there are more clusters of coronavirus infections.more
The new coronavirus pandemic raging around the globe will worsen if countries fail to adhere to strict healthcare precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.more
More than 130 new infections have been detected every day in Belgium in recent days, according to virologist Marc Van Ranst, who said the situation is “going in the wrong direction.”more
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London warned in social media about an online photomontage presenting a voting card in the second round of the Polish presidential election, which has the name of Andrzej Duda twice and there is no Rafał Trzaskowski.more
A further 27,000 excess deaths are ‘likely’ between now and next April if the Government continues with its approach to coronavirus, a former chief scientific adviser has claimed.
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The government agency Met Office issued a yellow warning today about impending storms. According to forecasters, the northern parts of England and Scotland will face a strong wind at 100km / h.more