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As more people work temporary gigs with little protection or fear layoffs in an unstable economy, job insecurity is on the rise. These stresses understandably contribute to poor mental health and feelings of anxiety. But given gender disparities in the workforce – women are more likely to work temporary jobs and receive lower pay – researchers were curious whether job insecurity affected men and women differently.   A study published in  Frontiers in Sociology  analyzed data from the European Working Conditions Survey, looking at results from 2005, 2010, and 2015. The survey asked people to what extent they thought they might lose their job in the next six months and whether they had experienced anxiety over the last 12 months.   The study found that, in Europe, men and women actually reacted to job insecurity fairly similarly. Female workers reported similar rates of anxiety due to an insecure job to their male counterparts. According to Dr. Egidio Riva, a co-author...

More than 5.10 million  coronavirus cases, including 332,924 deaths, have been recorded globally this morning. India cases surge past 1.18226 lakh. As per UK official sources, it has 250,908 positive cases and 36042 deaths. India has recorded 6,088 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours – the biggest single-day jump in numbers – Health Ministry data showed this morning, with 148 deaths reported in the same period. This takes the total number of cases to 1.18 lakhs and total deaths to 3,583. There are 66,330 active COVID-19 cases in the country. The Latin American countries have shown an increasing trend in the spread of the virus.virus. The region reported more new cases than the US or Europe for three days in a row, driven by high numbers in Brazil, Peru, and Mexico. Similarly the CDC, in the US, estimates, 35% of coronavirus infections are asymptomatic and 0.4% of cases will die. Brazil has reported 1188 deaths in the last 24 hours and its death toll has ...

By Neeraj Bajpai  More than 4.99 million  coronavirus cases, including 328,115 deaths, have been recorded globally this morning with Brazil reporting 1,179 deaths in the last 24 hours and India cases surge past 1.12 lakh. There is still a long way to go in battling the pandemic, according to director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tedros. “It assigns responsibilities for both the  WHO  [World Health Organization] and its member States, and captures the comprehensive whole of government and whole of society approach we have been calling for since the beginning of the outbreak”, he said. He pointed out that in the last 24 hours, WHO had received reports of 106,000 cases, “the most in a single day since the outbreak began”, with nearly two-thirds in just four countries. “We’re very concerned about the rising numbers of cases in low and middle-income countries”, flagged the WHO chief. Some new hot spots like Belarus, South Africa, and a steep spike ...