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By Sandra Gutierrez G. The Centers for Disease Control and Protection has encouraged people to wear cloth masks at all times while outside. Research shows that although they’re not great protection against airborne Covid-19 particles, they’re better than nothing. And...
By David Morrill On March 26, local news media reported the first bodies on the sidewalks of Guayaquil. Within the days, the international media, including the New York Times, the Guardian and the Washington Post were in town to share the lurid images with the world,...
By Niclas Rolander Sweden’s unusual approach to fighting the coronavirus pandemic is starting to yield results, according to the country’s top epidemiologist. Anders Tegnell, the architect behind Sweden’s relatively relaxed response to Covid-19, told local media the...
Some call is the power of prayer, or the law of attraction, or visualization, or the power of intention, or even, for you skeptics, the placebo effect. Call it what you will, there is little argument that positive attitudes yield positive results. Expressing gratitude...
By Giovanni Cambizaca Last week my message was a little somber, so this week I want to lighten the mood and talk about the most engaging cook I can think of. Julia Child was always full of such joie de vie and enthusiasm, even when things went wrong, as they often...
Ecuador has reached a deal with the holders of nearly $20 billion in sovereign bonds to delay interest payments through August, as a plunge in oil prices and the coronavirus outbreak weigh on public finances, the Finance Ministry said on Friday. The Andean country...
Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner said Friday that Ecuador’s sacrifices to overcome the Covid-19 virus are paying off. “This has been a painful period for the country but we are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel,” he said in a television address. “In...
Viernes, 17/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Short issue today. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - OSC - The second concert of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca will perform sábado a las 18:00 and will include the children's opera, "El Quinde, el Fuego y el Gigante" in kichwa,...
We welcomed a new member to our intentional community at the Oasis this week. Marilyn is a very bright light and we are delighted to have her join our family. Her donation to the community will support us in completing our current upgrade to our farming and animal...
Editor's note: As people try measures against coronavirus transmission, such as cleaning and sanitising their groceries to remove any potential droplets on surfaces, many are wondering if freezing or refrigerating their shopping is enough to kill the virus. Healthy...
Ecuadorians who suffer chronic illnesses such as cancer and kidney failure are struggling to get treatment amid the coronavirus pandemic as basic supplies go short and hospitals suspend some services to reduce further infections, according to interviews with officials...
Although the government says Covid-19 is only one of the factors responsible for the soaring death rate in Guayaquil and Guayas Province, local officials disagree. “The number of deaths here is of historic proportions and there is only one explanation, and that’s the...
Jueves, 16/3/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Teleteatro - Actress Juana Guarderas will present "Confesiones de una damisela morlaca y virginal en cuarentena" (Confessions of a morlaca and virginal damsel in quarantine) on Zoom este sábado a...
Covid-19 patients who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, the STAT News Service reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial. The patients taking part in a...
By Jane C. Hu Nearly three months after the novel coronavirus arrived in the United States, the country is scrambling to manage COVID patients. There’s still a major shortage of tests. Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it would end...
Quick! Don’t think about it, just answer. If you're buying dried pasta, what is the very first line you should read on the Nutrition Facts label? If you said calories, you’re wrong. Fat grams? Nope. Carbohydrates? Wrong again. The most important piece of information...
As Ecuador begins its second month of the coronavirus lockdown there is uncertainty among health officials whether the country is approaching the peak number of cases. While Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos expects “a flattening of the curve” of new cases this...
Miércoles, 15/4/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - U. of Cuenca - The university is planning projects and bringing services during this pandemic. It has signed an agreement with the Ministerio de Inclusión y Económica y Social (MIES) for 17...
By Carolyn Y. Johnson In a desperate bid to find treatments for people sickened by coronavirus, doctors and drug companies have launched more than 100 human experiments in the United States, investigating experimental drugs, a decades-old malaria medicine and...
By Bill Ward Conventional wisdom holds that the older we get, the harder it is to learn a new language. Which is true — except when it’s not. Turns out that while our brains might not be as quick or deft as in those halcyon days of youth, all that hard-earned...
