Social network research may boost prairie dog conservation efforts
(North Carolina State University) Researchers using statistical tools to map social connections in prairie dogs have uncovered relationships that escaped traditional observational techniques, shedding light on prairie dog communities that may help limit the spread of bubonic plague and guide future conservation efforts. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 28, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Quarantine lifted after bubonic plague death
More than 150 people were under observation after coming in contact with a man who died from bubonic plague (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 24, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
China quarantines area after bubonic plague death
Plague, spread by rodents like marmots, reportedly kills a man and prompts quarantine in part of northern Chinese city (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quarantine over China plague death
Part of a city in north-west China is sealed off and dozens of people placed in quarantine after a man died of bubonic plague, state media say. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
World Briefing: China: Plague Isolates Parts of City
China has sealed off parts of its northwestern city of Yumen after a resident died of bubonic plague last week, the state news media reported on Tuesday. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By REUTERS Tags: Gansu Province (China) Deaths (Fatalities) Bubonic Plague Source Type: news
Parts of Chinese city in quarantine after plague death: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sealed off parts of its northwestern city of Yumen after a resident died of bubonic plague last week, state media reported on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 22, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Why Punishing Yourself Doesn’t Mean You’re Crazy
Self-punishment: Is there a method to the madness? read more (Source: Psychology Today Depression Center)
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - July 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Guy Winch, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Race and Ethnicity Stress apologies black death bubonic plague community effective apologiy Emotional First Aid emotional plain emotional wound entitlement failure family Forgive Source Type: news
Don't despair: dementia will be cured
Two Cambridge professors explain the evolution of dementia - "a modern day plague" - and offer hope for the future (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - May 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: elderly health bubonic plague dementia the plague alzeihmers dementia cures Source Type: news
New study sheds light on survivors of the Black Death
(University of South Carolina) A new study in the journal PLOS ONE suggests that people who survived the medieval mass-killing plague known as the Black Death lived significantly longer and were healthier than people who lived before the epidemic struck in 1347.It provides the first look at how the plague, called bubonic plague today, shaped population demographics and health for generations. The findings have significant implications for understanding emerging diseases today. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 7, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Solving the Mystery Flu That Killed 50 Million People
MoreCalifornia Bill Banning ‘Affluenza’ Defense Is Nixed7 Ebola Patients in Guinea Fight Off the Disease4 Diseases Making a Comeback Thanks to Anti-VaxxersYears ago the environmental historian Alfred Crosby was at Washington State University, where he was teaching at the time, when on a whim he decided to pick up an old almanac from 1917. (This is apparently the kind of thing historians like to do in their spare time.) He looked up the U.S. life expectancy in that year—it was about 51 years. He turned to the 1919 almanac, and found about the same figure. Then Crosby picked up the almanac from 1918. The U.S. l...
Source: TIME: Top Science and Health Stories - April 29, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Bryan Walsh Tags: Uncategorized 1918 pandemic avian flu bird flu death rates H1N1 H5N1 H7N9 health immune system influenza Spanish flu Source Type: news
New strains of the Black Death could emerge
Conclusion
This study improves the understanding of the family tree of the plague-causing bacteria Yersinia pestis. It indicated the first plague pandemic was caused by a strain of Y. pestis distinct from the histories of all modern strains of the bacteria, and of the bacteria that caused two subsequent plague pandemics. This type of genetic evidence is persuasive so the conclusions are likely to be reliable.
There are two main interpretations of the results. First, the bacteria that caused the Plague of Justinian came into existence then died out. Second, the bacteria strain that caused the Plague of Justinian remains in ...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 28, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics/stem cells Medical practice Source Type: news
Global Health: No Longer Leading Killer, Plague Still Raises Fears
History tells us that the Plague of Justinian and the Black Death each took a large fraction of the earth’s population. Science tells us that the plague is still out there. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - January 27, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Madagascar Bubonic Plague Source Type: news
Escape the Guilt Trap
Do you feel burdened by too much guilt? Dr. Russ Grieger tells how to break free from your guilt trap.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - January 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Bill Knaus, Ed.D. Tags: Anxiety Happiness Self-Help Stress acceptance acceptance of responsibility accepting errors acknowledging errors Albert Ellis awfulizing bubonic plague child abuse depression embarrassment erma bombeck exaggerations fear of Source Type: news
Facebook will lose 80% of users by 2017, say Princeton researchers
Forecast of social network's impending doom comes from comparing its growth curve to that of an infectious diseaseFacebook has spread like an infectious disease but we are slowly becoming immune to its attractions, and the platform will be largely abandoned by 2017, say researchers at Princeton University.The forecast of Facebook's impending doom was made by comparing the growth curve of epidemics to those of online social networks. Scientists argue that, like bubonic plague, Facebook will eventually die out.The social network, which celebrates its 10th birthday on 4 February, has survived longer than rivals such as Myspac...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 22, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Juliette Garside Tags: The Guardian United States Facebook World news Infectious diseases Media Social networking Technology Internet Science Source Type: news
Madagascar: Plague in Madagascar
[IRIN]Antandrohomby -The bubonic plague season arrived in Madagascar earlier than usual in 2013, and with it an apparently greater prevalence of a more deadly strain of the disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 20, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
