#Disease
Information for Bird Owners
Biosecurity Guidelines to Prevent Exotic Newcastle Disease
#Birds and contaminated materials can spread Exotic Newcastle #Disease (END) virus. Birds do not have to look sick to spread disease. Keep in mind that bird swap meets, flea markets, bird marts, bird shows, aviaries, feed stores, pet shops and neighbors with birds are all potential sites where exposure to bird diseases may occur.
How scientists are tracking mosquitoes that could be carrying deadly diseases.
ABC News reports: "More than 1 million people worldwide die from mosquito-borne diseases every year."
#Mosquito #Insects #Entomology #Disease #PublicHealth #Malaria #Science
Ask Hackaday: Could Rating Airlines Stop Flights From Spreading Diseases? https://hackaday.com/2023/12/06/ask-hackaday-could-rating-airlines-stop-flights-from-spreading-diseases/ #infectiousdiseases #flightsfromhell #datacollection #OriginalArt #airtravel #Featured #Interest #airline #Disease #flights #website #Rants
Wir sind Partner im Projekt Screen4Care. Screen4Care konzentriert sich auf über 7000 seltene Krankheiten, die 36 Millionen Menschen in der EU betreffen. Ziel ist es, die Zeit bis zur Diagnose seltener Krankheiten zu verkürzen, indem Methoden wie Gen- und Genom-Tests sowie #KI zum Symptomvergleich verwendet werden. Wir tragen dazu bei, dass dabei höchste ethische, rechtliche und Sicherheits-Standards eingehalten werden.
https://researchinstitute.at/screen4care-projekt-updates-2023/
2023 4 décembre
🤒 J'ai été malade ces quatre derniers jours. Ce soir je me sens mieux.
⚡ Comme j'avais du mal à me concentrer sur quoi que ce soit, j'ai repensé complètement mes cartes #anki. Les furigana reflèteront désormais la prononciation du kanji : on'yomi en katakana et kun'yomi en hiragana.
📚 Ce soir je vais enfin pouvoir lire avant de dormir.
'The study gives an inside look at how a “medieval benefits system” operated, and the kinds of people prioritized for help.' https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/after-the-plague #foodhistory #nutrition #Medieval #PostBlackDeath #disease #lifespans #osteobiographies
'The study gives an inside look at how a “medieval benefits system” operated, and the kinds of people prioritized for help.' https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/after-the-plague #foodhistory #nutrition #Medieval #PostBlackDeath #disease #lifespans #osteobiographies
Dear friends, not long ago, you helped our close friends in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Halyna, and her son, Vitaliy, get enough money for their medical treatment. It was incredible!
Unfortunately, another member of their family, Inga, was recently diagnosed with a rare autoimmune #disease, Graves' Disease. And now they, once again, need our #help to get enough #money for #surgery.
Any #donation or a #boost of this message are greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!
#Pakistan #confirmed a new case of #poliovirus in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, raising this year's tally of the #disease-infected cases to six, the country's Ministry of National Health Services Regulations & Coordination said.
The #virus was found in a nine-month-old #baby in #Orakzai district of the province when he was brought to #hospital, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
https://english.news.cn/20231203/f04377ae94004637bf0f284947047962/c.html
#Polio #RotaryInternational #GetVaccinated #PolioNotEradicated #Medical
#Iowa deer hunters note: DNR asks for help researching chronic wasting #disease in #deer
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/dnr-asks-for-help-researching-chronic-wasting-disease-in-deer/ar-AA1kQnIM https://med-mastodon.com/@kateiacy/111512516501737179
WHO: "rising temperatures have triggered the establishment of malaria that didn’t previously harbour the disease." #climate #malaria #disease https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/climate-change-malaria-surge-world-health-organization/
Huanglongbing (HLB) detected in San Diego, triggering quarantine. #virus #disease #citrus #agriculture https://www.countynewscenter.com/state-declares-citrus-quarantine-in-valley-center/
Reuters: Taiwan urges elderly, young to avoid China visits due to respiratory illnesses #China #respiratoryillness #disease #outbreaks https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-urges-elderly-young-avoid-china-visits-due-respiratory-illnesses-2023-11-30/
#CameronDiaz Talks Her Early #AIDS #Activism and #Cousin’s #Death From #Disease at #LosAngeles #LGBTCenter #Event
Diaz says she jumped into helping people with #HIV/#AIDS after watching a #familymember #die from the #disease.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Allies #Health #HIV #AIDS #Representation #Culture
https://variety.com/2023/scene/news/cameron-diaz-gwyneth-paltrow-lgbtq-1235813485/
Yet Dr. Restak ventures beyond this familiar territory, considering every facet of memory — how memory is connected to creative thinking, technology’s impact on memory, how memory shapes identity. “The point of the book is to overcome the everyday problems of memory,” Dr. Restak said.
#BrainScience #neurobiology #neurology #psychiatry #pathology #dementia #Alzheimers #disease #aging https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/well/mind/memory-loss-prevention.html
#Organoids: The New Frontier --
Explore the latest in #organoid production for studying development, #disease, and #drugscreening.
https://www.the-scientist.com/infographics/organoids-the-new-frontier-71517
With the quickly growing new #pandemic in #China and with the #CPP refusing to cooperate with the #WHO and trying to cover up the extent and facts of the #disease. It's time for the rest of the world to close their borders to all #chinese until they cooperate and truthfully work with the WHO and other health care organizations. We can't let them inflict another #Covid level #pandemic on the #world. Demand your #government protect you and your family. This time we know that China is obstructing the WHO and thousands of #children a day are being seen by their #hospitals, don't let it be your #child dying in #ICU!
I put a content warning on this pos, saying it's controversial. It shouldn't be!
With the quickly growing new #pandemic in #China and with the #CPP refusing to cooperate with the #WHO and trying to cover up the extent and facts of the #disease. It's time for the rest of the world to close their borders to all #chinese until they cooperate and truthfully work with the WHO and other health care organizations. We can't let them inflict another #Covid level #pandemic on the #world. Demand your #government protect you and your family. This time we know that China is obstructing the WHO and thousands of #children a day are being seen by their #hospitals, don't let it be your #child dying in #ICU!
#Gaza #doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly #disease #outbreak as aid teams race to deliver https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/11/1144032 #war #WarOnGaza
Revolutionizing #plant #disease diagnosis: Pre-trained models outperform traditional methods.
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-revolutionizing-disease-diagnosis-pre-trained-outperform.html
How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China?
#FearOfRain, 2021, #DirectedBy #CastilleLandon, on #Hulu, does a good job of making us feel as unsure and unsettled as the protagonist, but I don't know how well it portrays #schizophrenia.
It tries to be a #psychological #thriller with #horror, which I don't think is an accurate depiction of the experience of the #disease.
If it is, at least somewhat, then I would rate it as ok/3 stars, even with its clunky and formulaic ending otherwise, don't bother, despite some good scenes and twists.
A #researcher at #VancouverIslandUniversity is #investigating how #microbes could protect spotted #frogs from a deadly disease & breed improved disease resistance into the Pacific #oyster.
The work is being carried out by #VIU #microbiology professor Andrew Loudon, whose research focuses on the relationship between animals & microbes and how #bacteria affect an animal’s ability to fight #disease or deal with #environmental challenges caused by #climateChange.
#Systems designed to support #biodiversity do not drive monocultural #landscapes. #Regenerative systems prevent #nonnativespecies from skewing the balance of #ecological communities. They do not deteriorate terrestrial or #marine areas that #nativespecies depend on.
A #biodiverse #ecosystem provides #water, #food, #cleanair, #carbonstorage, #temperature regulation, #biodegradation, and #stormwater mgmt while buffering against #disease transmission and #climate extremes.
#hunger
#disease
#cleanwater
Will show to NM?
Celine @healingfromlc wrote:
"We noted gray matter alterations in both patients with long-COVID and those unimpaired after a COVID-19 infection," said Rau. "Interestingly, we not only noted widespread microstructural alterations in patients with #LongCOVID, but also in those unimpaired after having contracted #COVID-19.
It is very concerning that people who didn’t develop Long COVID after a COVID infection ALSO showed widespread microstructural gray matter alterations. This means that the majority of the human population may now have a serious and potentially unnoticed #brain #disease."
John Oliver (and writing staff) have an incredible way of taking very important issues and making them entertaining and interesting while maintaining a certain level of horror too. If you live in the USA and eat, you should watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za45bT41sXg
#foodSafety #comedy #food #ecoli #disease #government #FDA
#Measles deaths jumped over 40% from 2021 to 2022, CDC reports. Declines in measles #vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic have been tied to an uptick in measles cases, deaths, and major outbreaks worldwide. #disease #PublicHealth
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/measles-deaths-jumped-over-40-from-2021-to-2022-cdc-reports
UNMC Global Center for Health Security newsletter is always fun to read (mystery outbreaks, disease, etc. etc.). Not for hypochondriacs, LOL. Still following this since they were one of the first to start following COVID-19 when it was first detected. #infectious #disease #outbreaks https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/
Lovely. "mystery child pneumonia" in China. #disease #outbreak https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/11/22/mystery-child-pneumonia-outbreak-reported-in-china-hospitals/
A sharp increase in the number of measles in UK as vaccination rates for those aged under 5 fall to their lowest level in a decade
The "find-out" phase
Marlene Cimons: The terrifying, true tale of ‘zombie ants,’ and what it teaches: #Parasites exact a huge #disease burden, so unlocking their secrets is important
Two-color coincidence single-#molecule pulldown for the specific detection of #disease-associated #protein #aggregates | Science Advances https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adi7359
Vaccine denial and anti-science misinformation is infecting the fight against disease.
Please contact your elected officials and insist that public health funding not be drastically cut.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/osterholm-update/id1504360345?i=1000635049962
'World Must Act': #Gaza Faces #Starvation, #Disease, and #Genocide
One group said the U.S. and "the broader international community must demand an immediate cease-fire and end to Israel's genocidal campaign."
As United Nations officials and medical groups on Friday reiterated the harrowing conditions in the Gaza Strip due to Israel's war on Hamas, a U.S. advocacy organization demanded international action to prevent starvation, disease, and genocide.
Cholera Monument in Eyemouth, Scotland
A watchhouse that is made a tombstones, to make way for a burial pit, for victims succumbing to a deadly disease.#bodysnatching #medicine #disasters #monuments #disease #section-Atlas
Cholera Monument
It’s not just extreme weather: "Climate-sensitive" diseases are spreading through the U.S.
@grist reports: "A federal report shows climate change is pushing ticks, mosquitoes, and other carriers of disease into new regions."
#ClimateChange #Climate #Disease #Environment #GlobalWarming
Thirsty children in Gaza celebrated rain after Israel left them without water for weeks. But the storms are also flooding tents and spreading disease where hundreds of thousands of homeless Palestinians are sheltering.
#News
#Gaza
#Palestinian
#Israel
#Palestine
#Rain
#GazaUnderAttack
#Disease
The #mdcBerlin also congratulates Nikolaus Rajewsky, who joins Clarivate's #HighlyCited2023 list. He wants to identify the first cellular changes that indicate #disease and steer the molecular networks back toward a healthy equilibrium: https://mdc-berlin.de/news/news/visionary
Turbo Cancer: Ages 22 to 35 – COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Turbo Cancer Melanomas Are Resistant to All New Treatments
https://www.globalresearch.ca/turbo-cancer-ages-22-35-covid-19-mrna-vaccine-turbo-cancer-melanomas-resistant-all-new-treatments/5839734
#news #covid #vaccine #vax #shot #jab #health #publichealth #cancer #turbocancer #crime #deaths #medicine #mrna #booster #disease
The webpage that provides #information about the Repurposing Of All Drugs, Mapping All Paths #ROADMAP #project The project is a #collaboration between the #CastlemanDisease Collaborative Network #CDCN, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and #EveryCure. The goal of the project is to create a resource that would provide guidance and support to #rare #disease #organizations seeking to pursue #drug #repurposing based on real-world experiences …
Why Does Climate Change? : Medium
#Euclid #Telescope: First images revealed from 'dark Universe' mission : BBC
The night #Owl’s #Disease problem : Harvard
Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks
His Rare #Disease's Cure Was Sitting on the Pharmacy Shelf https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997734?src=soc_tw_share via @Medscape
[News] #COVID19—an infectious #disease in the top five causes of #death in #Australia https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(23)00428-9/fulltext?rss=yes
FAO: Key hidden costs of #foodsystems arise from #diets that lead to #disease & lower labor productivity. #Environment costs constitute 20% (equivalent to 1/3 of agricultural value added); they are mostly linked to #nitrogen & GHG emissions: https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc7724en #emissions (2/n)
"Is a Common Bacteria a Trigger For Multiple Sclerosis?"
https://neurosciencenews.com/multiple-sclerosis-micobe-25150/
"Researchers have discovered a potential link between the microbe C. perfringens and the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS).
The study suggests that an epsilon toxin from the bacteria might degrade the blood-brain barrier, initiating the debilitating symptoms of MS. This breakthrough sheds light on the potential environmental trigger of MS and paves the way for therapeutic innovations."
Cancer has many faces: 5 counterintuitive ways scientists are approaching disease research to improve treatment and prevention.
#Roundup #herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic #kidney #disease
A study conducted by Duke University researchers suggests that #glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, may be a potential cause of the mysterious kidney disease# CKDu that has affected rural communities in Sri Lanka and similar regions around the world.
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-roundup-herbicide-ingredient-epidemic-chronic.html
EU: Eating red #meat is a key cause of burden of #disease & environment degradation. Policymakers need evidence on #diets' impact. Study shows positive #health, economic, #environment & social impacts for replacing #beef with pulses: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.347 #sustainability (1/2)
Study: Mainstream Media Undermines Conservation By Promoting Fear Of Bats | out of HELSINKISUS & UABBarcelona, published by EcoHealth
#SciComm #bats #conservation #newsmedia #disease #agriculture #insects #Halloween https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/10/31/mainstream-media-undermines-conservation-by-promoting-fear-of-bats/
It looks like scientists might have just cured sickle cell disease.
"A landmark gene-editing treatment for sickle cell #disease moves closer to reality"
From the Law & Political Economy blog. Today's must read:
"Fredric Jameson once noted that 'it is easier to imagine the end of the #world than the end of #capitalism.'
That’s the famous version. What Jameson wrote in context is, 'Someone once said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. We can now revise that and witness the attempt to imagine capitalism by way of imagining the end of the world.'
#ClimateChange offers a vivid illustration of Jameson’s point. Through climate change, the end of the world as #humans have known it is now imaginable to an unprecedented degree. And capitalism, viewed through the lens of climate change, appears to some observers to be a terminal #planetary #disease."
https://lpeproject.org/blog/climate-change-and-the-neoliberal-imagination/
I'd welcome your input please - wondering which colour photography accounts I should follow that are exploring any/all of;
Subjects around; illness, disease, isolation, health
Or more broadly: art documentary, conceptual and abstract, environmental portraits
Many thanks, and please forgive me if I don't follow all suggestions - I'm honing my influences and inspiration for a specific project.
Thanks!
Andrew
#photography #abstract #documentary #illness #disease #health
Dang, there goes my favourite 'coupling' 😬
“The bottom line,” said Small, who also directs Yale’s newly formed division of nutritional psychiatry, “is that, at least in small quantities, individuals can safely drink a diet soda, but they shouldn’t add French fries.”
“This is an important information, particularly for people with diabetes who shouldn’t consume sugars,” Small said.
[ Dana Small at Yale did lots of Pepsi-funded research on sweeteners. When she published it all and said, look, I'm a bit worried about this, Pepsi stopped funding her. ]
Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped dead
In 2020, 350 elephants mysteriously died in Botswana, with a further 35 dying in similar circumstances in Zimbabwe. Now scientists think they may have found the reason why
At the time, the deaths in Botswana were attributed to an unspecified cyanobacterial toxin, government officials said, and no further details were published.
Ahh... great. Stocking up on mosquito repellent, then. LAIst: "First Case In California Of Mosquito-Borne Dengue Not Related To Travel Reported In LA County " #mosquito #dengue #infection #disease https://laist.com/news/health/first-case-of-mosquito-spread-dengue-not-related-to-travel-reported-in-la-county
Kitten with new strain of rabies found in Nebraska. 😬 #rabies #disease #kittens https://ieji.de/@DeniseGutzmer/111257155628615215
If you have any interest in #science #medicine #biology #disease #cancer you have probably seen news articles about Gene Editing aka Cas9 or CRISPR
Most of those articles talk about the revolutionary potential of Cas9, solve cancer, etc
Now it is 100% true that Cas9 is amazing
However, for many clinical applications, such as gene editing, it isn't clear yet if Cas9 will be broadly useful, as shown by the article below
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276523007013
#Influenza-infected cells that produce the most viral #RNA often aren’t the ones that produce the most #virions. #Genetics #Microbiology #Disease https://elifesciences.org/articles/86852?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
Measles in Cook County, Illinois. #measles #disease #IL https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/measles-case-identified-in-cook-county-a-first-in-illinois-since-2019/
It's October (Halloween Month), so found this CDC treasure comparing zombies and rabies (and arguing for using zombies as a way to extend public health outreach, LOL). #zombies #rabies #disease #health #cdc #PublicHealth https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/5/ad-1905_article
If neither cancer nor an accident kills you, you'll probably die because of thymic involution (i.e. degeneration of the thymus; the gland in which T cells differentiate, develop, and mature). Even if you die of cancer, it might be the consequence of immunosenescence due to thymic involution.
So, why isn't there more research into thymic rejuvenation?
#thymus #aging #cancer #disease #death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymic_involution
"Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO's chief scientist said...as warmer temps create the conditions for the #mosquitoes carrying the infection to spread...
Rates of the #disease have already risen eight-fold globally since 2000, driven largely by #climatechange as well as increased [#migration] of people and #urbanization."
#publichealth #climate #globalwarming
(HT @WWBugs)
The difference between what some adults say about themselves & what they do (a language > < behaviour misalignment)
Many adults *want* (want) to buy plastic products even though they have heard that plastic pollution is harming #wildlife & habitats in general.
Environmental apathy & dishonesty because ecological degradation is being caused by the activities that they enjoy participating in (e.g., shopping)
#MeadowSpittlebug's record-breaking diet also makes it a top #disease carrier for plants
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-meadow-spittlebug-record-breaking-diet-disease.html
The most polyphagous insect #herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, #Philaenus spumarius https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
"New #research fueled in part by #CitizenScientists reveals that the meadow #spittlebug—known for the foamy, spit-like urine released by its nymphs—can feed on at least 1,300 species of host #plants, more than twice the number of any other #insect."
NZ #Measles case means there is community spread, as we don't know how this latest case got infected.
More places of possible infection listed
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/133078727/measles-case-could-mean-wider-transmission-possible-as-contact-events-listed
I highly recommend today's The Daily (podcast). It features Stephanie Nolen, who's been doing some fantastic reporting on mosquitoes in the New York Times. The episode gives a great introduction to "Steve" (Anopheles stephensi) and her role in the resurgence of malaria. #malaria #mosquitoes #disease #africa #insects #evolution #pesticides https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/podcasts/the-daily/mosquitos-malaria.html
@ProPublica This ties in with some recent videos I've been watching from the Vlog Brothers.
There's tractable progress.
Open letter to J&J: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5SW0h4
Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC06P9A5W4
Danaher accedes to price reduction, zero-profit in developing nations, third-party verification, and improved maintenance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiflu3nL7Zw
This is huge.
Podcast: The Ark of Citrus
Must-read essay on the financial costs of #dementia, in this case #LewyBody #dementia, and the utter cruelty and absurdity of #Medicare defining #dementia like this: “We don’t consider dementia a medical issue." Tell that to the person suffering with the #disease; tell that to the caregiver.
#WorldAlzheimer'sMonth
#EndAlz
Another Nipah outbreak in India: What do we know about this virus and how to stop it?
NPR reports: https://flip.it/rtbnND
Not sure whether this is a 👀 or 🙄 #disease #outbreak https://scicomm.xyz/@HelenBranswell/111078142345335306
From last week: NYTimes: Why Are So Many Players Getting Sick at the U.S. Open? "It is unclear whether all of the players have the same illness, or whether their cases are connected, but something has been going around the U.S. Open... with players no longer required to test for Covid-19, it is difficult to determine the cause of the illnesses among them." 🤔 🙄 #mystery #disease #outbreak #tennis (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/sports/tennis/us-open-players-sick.html?unlocked_article_code=kN0v4qB9MSkhArNFFfqY2hpADTVuOTR4jHCQvHqAcEVHc3zENtOonAyl0aqcNhGepKP_utzfxFPCc4MuuvTcGitJuYgMy7keI0BirTC6pT4sBlZJGnXco7oYhF2bb8TJgupbgvyOMxJLbNQVGehL6VINrosMXO65LvyT1gjHM82S0XlPTNboiNGf09uDXHdnoJnN9lmCypieWQnBSAptMdEzORM29cKa2oUDhjWx3bu7x5RGrY1rcJo29q8j10LlnKvQrA5UxugamJN23A4rHvpf0dV4DRMlAMnj6nHA6lceD0HskLf5mDJW-ReSx3VAETzN4KciSeZfayOnBBHq-3EZzgo&smid=url-share
Today (9/7) is the last day for comments on expanding #wastewater surveillance of #COVID19 and other infectious diseases. Right now there are only FIVE comments.
Please, please comment - This is the only way we can monitor #disease threats in this podunk mess of a nation. #Covid #pandemic will not be the last and we need tools.
#CDC comment form: https://www.regulations.gov/document/CDC-2023-0055-0001
More info: https://peoplescdc.substack.com/p/we-must-expand-covid-wastewater-collection
The SARS-CoV-2 #virus #mutates much faster than our #science and #medical #infrastructure can adapt and respond, especially with the strong—and criminally negligent—#government resistance to adopting and maintaining serious, ongoing risk mitigation policies against the #disease.
The next #vaccine should be available soon, but may only be very effective for those like me who are 65+ and/or have #medical conditions
cc @clayrivers
Sadly, this country is sliding into the #fascist cesspool the right wing has been embracing for a while now. It's a slow motion trainwreck.
The Allied forces may have won WWII, but #fascism and #hate were never defeated. Instead, these toxic and violent ideologies were driven underground and spread quietly throughout the US until recent.
The American-brand of fascism is just a different strain of the same toxic sociopolitical #disease which plagued Germany and Italy last century.
Fascism infects society just like HIV infects the body; the #American brand of #Christofascism is an evolved strain of the same disease.
The right wing endorses violence because they lack power and only know cruel oppression. They align themselves with the real owners of this country (billionaires and #corporations for their own self interests.
We cannot and must not grow numb to this, nor is there room to be afraid. Fascism occurs because #democracy is weak.
Recent extensive evidence indicates that #AirPollution, in addition to causing respiratory (e.g., #asthma) & cardiovascular diseases (e.g., #HeartAttacks), may also negatively affect the brain & contribute to central nervous system diseases (e.g., #Alzheimer's & #Parkinson's #disease) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2020.107523
#science #medical #NeuroInflammation #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #NeurodevelopmentalDisorders #Neurotoxicity #BrainDamage #death
#AirPollution has sent many people to an early grave
To paraphrase "Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP), coal & wood smoke pollution is ubiquitous in today’s cities, towns & villages
& a major public health concern
resulting in premature death
& a wide spectrum of global diseases" https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819136-1.00003-6
'the invisible killer' https://theecologist.org/2018/nov/27/air-pollution-invisible-killer
#science #health #ClimateChange #TrafficPollution #FossilFuels #WoodSmoke #disease #money #greenwash
How We Used Machine Learning to Investigate Where #Ebola May Strike
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ProPublica spent months teaching a computer to analyze past Ebola #outbreaks linked to #deforestation.
What we found reveals a weakness in the way that governments and #PublicHealth experts are preparing for future #pandemics.
#MachineLearning #Disease #Outbreak #Pandemic #Nigeria #Africa #Spillover #News #Research
Who is replacing Dr. Anthony Fauci as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)?
Vox profiles Jeanne Marrazzo, a leading researcher of sexually transmitted infections.
"Leprosy — also known as Hansen's disease — is becoming endemic in the southeastern United States, rising evidence from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. A recently published research letter from the CDC says Central Florida accounted for 81% of cases reported in Florida and almost one-fifth of cases reported across the U.S." #Florida #leprosy #disease https://www.cbsnews.com/news/leprosy-endemic-central-florida-cdc-what-to-know-disease/
Future of the human climate niche
and
Quantifying the human cost of global warming
Future of the human climate niche
"All species have an environmental niche, and despite technological advances, humans are unlikely to be an exception. Here, we demonstrate that for millennia, human populations have resided in the same narrow part of the climatic envelope available on the globe, characterized by a major mode around ∼11 °C to 15 °C mean annual temperature (MAT). "
"We show that in a business-as-usual climate change scenario, the geographical position of this temperature niche is projected to shift more over the coming 50 y than it has moved since 6000 BP."
"Global warming will affect ecosystems as well as human health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, and economic growth in many ways."
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1910114117
Quantifying the human cost of global warming
"The costs of climate change are often estimated in monetary terms, but this raises ethical issues. Here we express them in terms of numbers of people left outside the ‘human climate niche’—defined as the historically highly conserved distribution of relative human population density with respect to mean annual temperature. We show that climate change has already put ~9% of people (>600 million) outside this niche."
"The worst-case scenarios of ~3.6 °C or even ~4.4 °C global warming could put half of the world population outside the historical climate niche, posing an existential risk"
"The ~2.7 °C global warming expected under current policies puts around a third of the world population outside the niche."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01132-6
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Bird flu remains a serious threat, with over half a billion birds dying globally in the last two years.
Vox answers 13 questions about the disease: https://flip.it/TACHkb
"#Florida's #orange trees have suffered from #hurricane winds and a mounting epidemic of #disease this year.
This year’s dismal harvest probably will make already #expensive orange juice even more so. A gallon has climbed above $10."
#ClimateInflation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/17/florida-oranges-shortage/
Aspartame could cause cancer. Diet Coke and Snapple drinks have this chemical.
#Coke #Soda #Softdrinks #CocaCola #Aspartame #Sweetener #Sugar #Cancer #Disease #Health #Drinks #Rappler #CarbonatedDrinks #Cola
https://www.rappler.com/business/consumers-food-makers-face-choice-aspartame-possible-carcinogen/
Breaking today: #ASHRAE Approves Groundbreaking Standard to Reduce the #Risk of #Disease #Transmission in Indoor Spaces