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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The global burden of disease associated with water insecurity has traditionally focused on diarrheal disease as the most significant driver of infant and child mortality. However, a review in WIREs Water notes that there are many other ways that water insecurity can have adverse health and social consequences for children.…

Credit: Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock Food insecurity—difficulties getting enough nutritious food for a healthy life—is a growing problem globally. It has been linked to many health and social problems including malnutrition, difficulties managing diabetes, impaired development in childhood, and reduced school performance for children. …

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Credit: Dr Simon Quilty Residents of remote Indigenous communities who prepay for access to electricity experienced unrelenting energy insecurity during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the Australian National University (ANU) published in Energy Research and Social Science. Study co-author Dr.…

Conceptual model of pathways of the association of food insecurity and children’s educational outcomes. Credit: The Journal of Nutrition (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.02.008 Indian children's education can be impaired when their households struggle to access enough nutritious food, new research has found. The study, published…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has projected that about 25.3 million people in Nigeria would face acute food insecurity during the June to August 2023 lean season. A quarterly report released by the global organisation shows that the figure projected is higher than the 19.45 million forecasts in 2022. The report, titled “Crop Prospect and Food Situation”, assessed 45 countries to provide insight into the food situation with particular attention on Low-Income Food Deficit Countries. According to the…

Food insecurity trends among low-income households ( In March, nearly 1.4 million CalFresh beneficiaries in Los Angeles County will receive their final pandemic-era boost intended to help make food more affordable for low-income people. Every household will receive at least $95/month less, and some could see reductions of as much as $250/month. …

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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration said it would pursue laws to establish liability for software companies that sell technology that lacks cybersecurity protections, concluding that market forces alone aren’t sufficient to guard consumers and the nation.Free markets and a reliance on voluntary security frameworks have imposed “inadequate costs” on companies that offer insecure products or services, according to a national cybersecurity strategy released Thursday. It says the administration would work with Congress and…

BAFTA nominee Ana de Armas says leaning into her own insecurities helped her understand Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe for her role in the biopic `Blonde`. Ana De Armas plays the American star in the Netflix film which chronicles Marilyn Monroe`s life from Norma Jeane Mortenson to international star, reports mirror.co.uk. Also Read: Ana de Armas stumped by NC-17 rating for Blonde While Marilyn was one of the most famous people in the world when she lived from 1926 until 1962, Ana has seen her own life thrown into…