Dark Ages Palace Uncovered At Site Closely Linked To The Legend Of King Arthur
An ancient palace was discovered at a site closely associated with the legend of King Arthur, and it’s shedding new light on life in Britain’s Dark Ages. It may even help play a role in determining if there’s any truth to the legend.
Four trenches dug at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall revealed the walls of buried buildings, including the thick walls of what is believed to have been a palace built between the 5th and 7th centuries.
According to the “History of the Kings of Britain,” written in the 12th century by Geoffrey of Monmouth, that’s when and where Arthur was conceived.
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Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 4, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Discovery's Edge: Rise of the Microbiome
This article originally appeared on the Discovery's Edge blog. ______________________ As a species, we have a love-hate relationship with microbes. For centuries, we didn’t even know they existed. Then came the microscope and Louis Pasteur’s germ theory, and suddenly we could see that microorganisms were the cause of deathly diseases like bubonic plague, smallpox, and tuberculosis. The [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - June 6, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
South Africa: Evidence of Plague Found in Rat in Tembisa Rubbish Dump
[GroundUp] The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it is taking measures to prevent the outbreak of bubonic plague in humans after a rat, found in an informal settlement in Mayibuye in Tembisa, tested positive for plague antibodies on 16 March. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 5, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Evidence of Plague Found in Dead Rat in Tembisa Rubbish Dump
[GroundUp] The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it is taking measures to prevent the outbreak of bubonic plague in humans after a dead rat, found in an informal settlement in Mayibuye in Tembisa, tested positive for plague antibodies on 16 March. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 5, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Key step in process of Shigella infection identified
Researchers have discovered a key mechanism used by Shigella to delivery proteins into target host cells. Their findings may apply to additional bacterial species, including those responsible for typhoid fever, bubonic plague and many hospital-acquired pneumonias. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 9, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Mass. General research team identifies key step in process of Shigella infection
(Massachusetts General Hospital) Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Infectious Diseases have discovered a key mechanism used by Shigella to delivery proteins into target host cells. Their findings may apply to additional bacterial species, including those responsible for typhoid fever, bubonic plague and many hospital-acquired pneumonias. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Natural Remedies that Are Better Than a Flu Shot
Welcome to the flu season. You’re smack in the middle of it. You’ve probably seen the signs offering free flu shots outside your local pharmacies.
Between October and May each year, the myth about the effectiveness of the flu vaccine is hyped to a fevered pitch (pardon the pun).
I’ve never had a flu shot in my life.
Unlike many alternative health doctors, I’m not against vaccines as a rule. Vaccines have knocked out many of the ancient scourges — like bubonic plague, small pox and polio. But flu shots are different.
First of all, I don’t believe the flu vaccine is effective — given the risk you must take. An...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - January 27, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Natural Cures flu flu shot immune system vaccine Source Type: news
South Africa: MPs Urged to Take Part in Global Efforts to Fight TB
[Parliament of South Africa] In the past 200 years TB killed more people than small pox, malaria, bubonic plague, cholera, influenza, ebola and HIV. But despite that, TB has not brought in as much urgency among health activists, scientists, politicians and many world leaders, the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi told Members of the National Assembly (NA) in Parliament yesterday during a debate on the statement made by Dr Motsoaledi on the 2nd Global Tuberculosis Caucus of Parliamentarians. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - November 26, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Bubonic Plague Found in Oregon Teenager
The girl is believed to have contracted the disease from a flea bite. Officials have noted a puzzling rise in plague cases across the United States. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CHRISTINE HAUSER Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Plague Bubonic Plague Oregon Source Type: news
Bubonic plague confirmed in Oregon teen
A teenage girl in Crook County, Oregon is in the ICU recovering from a case of bubonic plague, according to the Oregon Health Authority and the Crook County Public Health Department.
Health officials believe she contracted the bacteria from an infect... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Teenage girl in Oregon hospitalized with bubonic plague
(Reuters) - A teenage girl in Oregon has tested positive for bubonic plague, state health officials said on Thursday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Teen girl in Oregon has bubonic plague, health officials say
Eastern Oregon girl is believed to have acquired the disease from a flea bite during a hunting trip, officials say (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Plague has infected humans since Bronze Age, DNA study shows
Disease has been present for twice as long as previously thought, and was originally spread by human-to-human contact, not fleas, says new study Plague has been a human scourge for more than twice as long as had previously been thought, new research suggests. Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 23, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Infectious diseases Science Microbiology Bubonic plague University of Cambridge Source Type: news
CDC: 15 cases of human plague reported this year
Fifteen people have been infected with bubonic plague so far this year in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN. Four of those cases were fatal. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - October 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Matter: In Ancient DNA, Evidence of Plague Much Earlier Than Previously Known
A new study suggests that Yersinia pestis, which causes plague, infected people as long as 5,000 years ago. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CARL ZIMMER Tags: Genetics and Heredity DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Russia Willerslev, Eske Siberia Plague Poland Europe Bubonic Plague Current Biology (Journal) Source Type: news
