Entries by tag: polio
- Global leaders throw political support behind polio eradication and transition
- G20 backs ending polio.
(tags: polio ) - Science fiction’s new golden age in China
- Indeed.
(tags: China sf )
- Emmanuel Macron: A New Hope for Europe?
- My colleague @MathildeBouvier on the new landscape.
(tags: france ) - Some Recent Irish History
- John Bruton has not forgotten 1997.
(tags: ireland ) - New consensus in Germany – Brexit should be clean, and Britain should pay for it
- @JeremyCliffe reports.
(tags: germany eu brexit ) - Chasing Cures for Deadly Scourges, and Getting in Our Own Way
- How we fail to eliminate diseases.
(tags: polio health ) - Suicides of benefit claimants reveal DWP flaws
- How the UK gov't kills the poor and disabled.
(tags: ukpolitics disability )
- Russia’s 5th Column
- Buying up the Far Right in Europe and the US.
(tags: democracy eu ukpolitics uspolitics elections russia ) - Electing Europe?
- My colleague @MariellevHeumen on the Dutch elections.
(tags: Netherlands elections eu ) - Chizhov: Don’t ask me if Russia plans to have an ambassador in Edinburgh – EURACTIV.com
- Russia has over centuries had a special relationship with Scotland. St. Andrew is the saint protector of both Scotland and the Russian navy. The Russian navy has the same flag as Scotland. Only the opposite combination of colours.
(tags: Russia Scotland eu ) - Polio's last stand: frantic effort to eradicate Pakistan's 'badge of shame'
- Glad to be working with @RotaryEndPolio on this!
(tags: polio pakistan ) - London’s Big Dig Reveals Amazing Layers of History
- Wow.
(tags: archaeology london ) - Deciphering Gazprom’s pipeline agenda in Europe
- The nervous giant.
(tags: russia eu ) - Interactive Wildfires Map Tracks the Blazes in the U.S.
- Where is America burning?
(tags: maps )
- What is vaccine-derived polio?
- The last stumbling block.
(tags: health polio ) - Shetland Islands toy with idea of post-Brexit independence
- #TakingBackControl!!!
(tags: Scotland brexit ukpolitics eu ) - Cutting down the Lords
- @chrishanretty: it should be drastically reduced in size. I'd ask, why have it at all?
(tags: houseoflords ukpolitics ) - How to Helsinki: Concerning Finns
- Advice for @worldcon75 attendees.
(tags: Sf finland ) - Archive footage of Marcel Proust?
- On the right, coming downstairs in a grey suit.
(tags: films literature history proust ) - The 2017 Hugo Awards: Why Hugo?
- @nussbaumabigail reflects.
(tags: hugos sf )
- Polio then and now: the story of a crippling disease on the verge of worldwide eradication
- Well told.
(tags: health polio ) - The Sleeper
- Walter Jon Williams, @worldcon75 GoH, on Roger Zelazny and Wild Cards.
(tags: sf ) - 13 things you didn’t know about Brexit
- Some key numbers from the European Parliament via @POLITICOEurope.
(tags: brexit eu ukpolitics ) - What to Learn from Trump’s Learning Curve
- My colleague @HotraMHotra on what to look out for.
(tags: ) - Gagauzia, Land of the Straight-Nosed Turks
- I spent an afternoon there in 2011.
(tags: moldova )
- The European Contraception Atlas
- Fascinating.
(tags: sexandgenderandsexuality eu ) - Do we still need Doctor Who? Time travel in the internet age
- Long Guardian piece on time travel in sf.
(tags: sf ) - India polio-free for three years: meet the people fighting to keep it that way
- Glad to be involved with global eradication.
(tags: health polio ) - Staying the course on the long road
- One more case of polio confirmed in Afghanistan - but eradication is close.
(tags: polio health ) - A great opportunist story shows how PRs need to be looking further ahead
- Who's profiting from your content?
(tags: publicrelations ) - Bill and Melinda Gates' letter on child health worldwide
- Much of interest here, especially: "In 1988, when the global campaign was launched to end polio, there were 350,000 new cases each year. Last year, there were 37."
(tags: health development polio )
- Inside The Strange, Paranoid World Of Julian Assange
- Fascinating and horrible.
(tags: wikileaks ) - Christopher Marlowe credited as one of Shakespeare's co-writers
- on all three parts of Henry VI. Makes sense to me.
(tags: shakespeare ) - How Not to Do It: Liquid Nitrogen Tanks
- Bang!
(tags: physics ) - This Election is Positively Delightful Compared to 1828
- A history lesson.
(tags: uspolitics history ) - Britain: narcissist nation
- Sorrow, not anger, from a Dutch commentator.
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit ) - Celebrating the Women Leading the Fight to Eradicate Polio
- I am proud to be part of this.
(tags: polio Afghanistan ) - Sci-Fi and Mystery Author Sheri S. Tepper, 1929-2016
- Sad news.
(tags: death sf )
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