US bald eagle population has quadrupled since 2009

The number of bald eagles in the United States has more than quadrupled in the last dozen years. It’s estimated there are more than 316,000 bald eagles in the US, including over 70,000 nesting pairs, according to a new survey by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Dedicated preservation efforts have helped the species, which … Read more

US has risen to 7th in world for vaccinating its population – but still lags behind UK’s rollout

A vaccination drive that has begun to pick up speed is propelling the United States ahead in the race to immunize its population against COVID-19. Currently, the U.S. ranks seventh in the world, with 25.7 percent of Americans having received at least one dose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more

Quaint Italian town with dwindling population offers up its abandoned homes for 85p

A quaint Italian town has offered up its abandoned homes for 85p – and without the usual need to pay a deposit like the country’s other 1 euro house schemes. Laurenzana, in the southern region of Basilicata, is enticing newcomers by scrapping the usual caveats of deposits and legal fees which can rise to more … Read more

Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after pandemic if 1.3million migrants don’t return

Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after the coronavirus pandemic if 1.3million ‘missing’ migrant workers who left during crisis don’t return, watchdog warns A report says Britain’s population is ‘substantially smaller’ than official statistics Up to 1.3million people have left in the past year due to the Covid pandemic Brexit rules mean migrants … Read more

Palaeontology: Young giant carnivorous dinosaurs made up a significant portion of the population

If you thought the ‘youths’ of today were bad, think again — for teenage T. rex and adolescent Allosaurus outcompeted smaller rival species for food, a study found. US experts found that the young of giant carnivorous dinosaurs, or megatheropods, acted as their own ecological entity in both the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. They were so … Read more

Merkel admits -‘We are in coronavirus third wave’: Germany urges population to take AstraZeneca jab

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Germany is now in the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, two sources told Reuters news agency. ‘We are now in the third wave,’ Merkel told lawmakers in her conservative party on Wednesday, according to two sources who attended the meeting. The chancellor is also said to have warned … Read more

Israel reopens economy after almost HALF population get jabs as second Pfizer dose cuts Covid risk

Israel reopened swathes of its economy today, with the government saying that the move was enabled by a Covid-19 vaccination drive that has reached almost half the population.   While shops are now open to all, Israeli‘s must carry a vaccine passport if they want to visit gyms, hotels and theatres.  The innovative ‘green pass’ is … Read more

Expert says herd immunity may be achieved by summer if we can get 40% of the population vaccinated

Experts say it is possible that the U.S. may achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus as early as July. In a video for MedPage Today, Dr Monica Gandhi, of the University of California San Francisco, said the nation will only be able to curb virus spread between vaccination coverage and natural immunity. There are currently … Read more

US vaccinates 7% of population after additional 1.1m shots are handed out

The White House is now saying that not every American will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in spring just one day after President Biden pledged that anyone who wanted a shot could get it by then. White House press secretary Jen Psaki was on Tuesday asked about Biden’s comments 24 hours earlier about … Read more

School staff are NOT more likely to die of Covid-19 than the general population, ONS survey reveals

School staff are NOT more likely to die of Covid-19 than the general population, ONS survey reveals after 139 were killed by the disease in all of 2020 – and it found working-age men are nearly TWICE as likely to die as women Office of National Statistics (ONS) says 139 teachers aged between 20 and … Read more