American cities that closed streets during the pandemic to give residents additional outdoor space for recreation have returned most of them to drivers.

Those reopenings are a missed opportunity to improve health if the prognosis from an ongoing experiment in urban redesign in Barcelona, ​​Spain, is any indication.

POLITICO’s Helen Collis reports that Barcelona has seen promising results from a decade-old project to close large sections of three neighborhoods to traffic.

A survey of people living in the repurposed areas found they reported better rest, increased socialization and

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By Martin Quin Pollard and Laurie Chen

BEIJING (Reuters) – Hundreds of retirees took to the streets in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian on Wednesday to protest cuts to medical benefits, according to residents and social media posts, following widespread demonstrations last year over COVID curbs.

In the central city of Wuhan, hundreds of mainly elderly people could be seen outside the city’s central Zhongshan Park in video clips posted on social media.

One video from Wuhan verified by Reuters showed pushing and shoving between protestors and uniformed security personnel. Reuters could

Experts are seeing a new symptom emerging from the latest COVID-19 subvariant: conjunctivitis, also known as “pink eye.”

As the symptoms of COVID-19 changed over time with each new variant emerging, common complaints became suspicious. Just as a runny nose can no longer be immediately dismissed as “just a cold” or allergies, now red and itchy eyes, especially in babies and young children, may not be caused by cold viruses — instead, it could be a symptom of XBB .1.16, an omicron subvariant now being closely monitored across the world.

XBB. 1.16 More Likely to Cause Fever and Pink Eye

The brain is the most complex organ of the human body. It’s also a very hungry organ. The brain gobbles up about 20 percent of your daily calorie intake. And research shows that the food we eat directly affects the structure and function of our brain.

But can certain foods actually improve memory, help us concentrate, make us more intelligent, and help us think more clearly?

Research says positively yes.

We can make our brains work better simply by feeding them the right foods. Here, some smart foods to add to your meals this week.

The Brain Diet

Fruits

Fruit