Sickly sweet: how our sugar-coated cells helped humanity turn illness into evolution
The molecules that cover our cells have interacted over the ages with our environment and the diseases that plague us – and in the process shaped our progressAccording to the latest estimates, Covid-19 may be responsible for more than18 million deaths worldwide. While infectious diseases like this have devastated humanity, it may be wrong to assume they are always antithetical to our survival and flourishing as a species. Otherwise, why would ancient pathogens such as malaria (of thefalciparumtype), cholera, typhoid, measles and influenza A persist as human-only diseases – and why have we not evolved immunity to them?T...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Mark Honigsbaum Tags: Immunology Biochemistry and molecular biology Medical research Science Evolution Source Type: news
Google ’s NotebookLM Aims to Be the Ultimate Writing Assistant
Steven Johnson has written 13 books, on topics ranging from a London cholera outbreak to the value of video games. He’s been a television presenter and a podcast host. He’s a keynote speaker who doesn’t have to call himself that in his LinkedIn profile. And for over a year now, he’s been a…#stevenjohnson #linkedin #google #hypercard #apple #scrivener #openai #gpt3 #googlelabs #starline (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Suspected Case of Cholera Flagged in Nelson Mandela Bay
[Daily Maverick] The Eastern Cape Health Department said it appeared to be an isolated case, but outbreak teams were conducting contact tracing as the woman had attended a funeral before falling ill. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Records 53 Cholera Deaths As Confirmed Cases Rise
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE has recorded a cumulative 9 895 suspected cases of cholera, 9 466 recoveries and 53 confirmed deaths, the cabinet has announced. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 7, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
NCDs Are Killing the Caribbean – PODCAST
By Marty LoganKATHMANDU, Dec 5 2023 (IPS) If I asked you to name the world’s most deadly diseases I’m guessing that you might say HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, cholera, maybe even COVID-19. In fact, those have all been major killers throughout human history – and some like TB continue to be so, especially in low-income countries.
But there is one group of diseases that is responsible for the deaths of more than two-thirds of people on earth. Let that sink in for moment. For every three people who die, two are killed by these illnesses, which are known as non-communicable diseases, or NCDs.
You probably know about many of...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marty Logan Tags: Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Multimedia Podcast TerraViva United Nations Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Source Type: news
Tanzania: Four People Have Died of Cholera in Missenyi District
[Daily News] Kagera -- KAGERA: KAGERA Regional Commissioner (RC), Ms Fatma Mwassa has said that the Cholera has been confirmed to have hit Missenyi District in the region with four deaths confirmed so far. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 5, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Cholera Outbreak - Kuwadzana Residents Want Council to Deliver Water in Bowsers, Approach High Court
[New Zimbabwe] RESIDENTS in Kuwadzana have approached the High Court seeking an order directing Harare City Council to supply them with water through bowsers after constantly failing to adequately provide it via its pipes. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 1, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zambia: CPHIA23 - Zambia Seeks to Host Cholera Vaccine Production Hub
[Premium Times] The Africa-CDC DG, Mr Kaseya, has said less than 1 per cent of vaccines, 5 per cent of diagnostics and 30 per cent of therapeutics used in Africa are currently manufactured in Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zambia Source Type: news
Somalia: WHO Scales up Cholera Response in Somalia As Death Toll Hits 42
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday it's ramping up response to prevent cholera transmission in Somalia as flash floods from heavy downpours intensify across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Somalia Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: 205 New Cholera Cases Reported
[The Herald] Zimbabwe yesterday reported a total of 205 new suspected cases of cholera with Harare's suburbs carrying the bulk of new infections. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 23, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Sudan: 1.5 Million Cholera Vaccines Rolled Out in Sudan's El Gedaref
[Dabanga] El Dawim / El Gedaref -- El Dawim Emergency Room in White Nile state recorded one death and six new cases of cholera on Monday, bringing the cumulative number of deaths to 16 and cases to 163 in the state, as El Gedaref launched an oral cholera vaccination campaign. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 22, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 and is leaving many terrified
A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is suspected of killing more than 150 people and infecting more than 8,000 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: More Cholera Cases Spark State of Emergency in Zimbabwe's Capital
[allAfrica] Harare -- A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe prompted the government to declare a state of emergency in Harare, BBC reports. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 17, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Environment Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Mozambique: Cholera Causes at Least 150 Deaths in Two Months
[AIM] Maputo -- - TANZANIAN COMPANY SPILLS FUEL IN BEIRA PORT Maputo, 15 Nov (AIM) - The Tanzanian oil and gas company Lake Oil has spilled 90 litres of fuel in the central Mozambican port of Beira, during transhipment, according to the National Environmental Quality Control Agency (AQUA). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 15, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Mozambique Southern Africa Source Type: news
Scaling up infection prevention and control capacities in fragile, conflict-affected and ...
25 Oct 2023, Field visit to the very well-equipped central sterile services department (CSSD) at Zarqa Hospital, Jordan.
The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region is at a critical juncture to capitalize on the momentum from the COVID-19 response. Turning temporarily scaled-up capacity in countries and territories into permanent capacities, agendas and networks will strengthen health security and systems for the future.
Infection prevention and control (IPC) is an area in which the Region made substantial gains during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Region has also historically been vulnerable to the emergence and rapid transmissio...
Source: WHO EMRO News - November 13, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
