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Companies have been urged to put public health professionals on their boards and in their top executive ranks to manage a pandemic threat that could hang over businesses for years. Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA
Companies urged to appoint Covid-19 experts to boards
  • Work
  • August 16, 2020, 13:39

The dean of Harvard’s school of public health has called on companies to put public health professionals on their boards and in their top executive ra(...)

In 1980 Muhammad Ali fought Larry Holmes for the WBC belt in an attempt to win the heavyweight championship a fourth time at 38, but it was not to be. File photograph: The Irish Times
Comeback sporting trail littered with broken dreams

Well, ho hum, yes, it nearly is always the boxers isn’t it. Sugar Ray Leonard, who dominated four weight divisions and was king of comebacks, tried it(...)

Many people with anorexia see themselves as overweight, even though they are clearly underweight. Photograph: iStock
Winning the battle against Anorexia

Anorexia nervosa was first systematically described and named in 1873 by Sir William Gull, physician to Queen Victoria. It is a serious eating disorde(...)

Attendees take a break during the Apple Inc. World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco recently. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Apple allows digital currency apps

Apple will let software developers include virtual-currency transactions in their applications, paving the way for new forms of money to appear on iPh(...)

Keep muscles in good shape by adding resistance to your workout
Add some resistance to your workout
  • Health
  • October 22, 2013, 01:00

If the phrase “strength training” conjures up images of muscle-bound folk hauling massive weights, think again. You can keep those muscles in good sha(...)