Category: Health

  • Health officials send in the clowns

    Health officials send in the clowns

    Tim Cunningham is currently under quarantine. Having just come back from working in an Ebola care centre in Sierra Leone, he’s adhering to New York City policy and serving a mandatory 21-day quarantine, imposed on health workers who return home and show no symptoms of the disease. “I’ve got nothing but time,” he says with…

  • Forest City in need of fruit trees, advocates say

    Forest City in need of fruit trees, advocates say

    It’s a pretty safe bet that most Londoners don’t pick their fruit directly from a tree. Teresa Rutten and Robin Harvey, two local food tree advocates, are hoping to change that this year. “London used to be covered in orchards,” said Harvey, who has started several community gardens over the years. “Fruit trees used to…

  • The great vape debate

    The great vape debate

    In a basement laboratory, a table is covered with syringes. The wall above is lined with bottles, filled with liquids waiting to be measured and mixed, bold letters written across each container. Green apple, grape, Earl Grey and dill pickle are just some of the many varieties on hand. Cylindrical electrical devices of different sizes…

  • London athletes prove their fitness in Crossfit Games Open

    London athletes prove their fitness in Crossfit Games Open

    3, 2, 1, GO! With that enthusiastic countdown, the first heat of Crossfit athletes got down to work at Hybrid Fitness Centre. Their grunts and cries of exhaustion were barely audible over the shouts of support from the athletes waiting on the sidelines. This will be the scene at the London gym for the next…