South Africa: Fresh Signs of Mosquito Insecticide Resistance in South Africa
[The Conversation Africa] Most South Africans aren't worried about malaria even though the disease is endemic in the country. Four of the country's nine provinces carry malaria risk while 10% of the population is at risk of contracting malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - April 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
The Key Policy We Need to End the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Being Ignored
The goal is clearly articulated in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address: Test to Treat. He challenged America to “get back to work and fill our great downtowns again.” He was no longer declaring independence from the virus, adding, “I cannot promise you a new variant won’t come. But I can promise you we’ll do everything within our power to be ready if it does.”
The opportunity to fulfill that promise is here. Weeks later, in the shadow of the BA.2 variant, the country is still averaging an unacceptable 600 daily COVID-19 deaths, 1,500 new hospitalizations, and 2,000 pat...
Source: TIME: Health - April 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Steven Phillips and Michael Mina Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Malawi Counts Success of Polio Vaccination Drive after Detecting First Case in 30 Years
A child is vaccinated against the poliovirus. Malawi detected a single case and embarked on a mass vaccination programme against the disease which causes paralysis. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPSBy Charles MpakaBlantyre, Malawi, Apr 18 2022 (IPS) One polio case is one too many, global health experts say.
And when Malawi announced in February this year that it had detected a polio case in the country’s capital Lilongwe, the alarm was significant, and the response from both the government and global health partners was swift, if not frantic.
Detected on a 3-year-old child, the poliovirus is described by experts as a significan...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charles Mpaka Tags: Africa Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Malawi Polio WHO Source Type: news
If we can farm metal from plants, what else can we learn from life on Earth? | James Bridle
There is so much intelligence on this planet other than ours. Realising that will be key to adapting to climate breakdownFor the past couple of years, I ’ve been working with researchers in northern Greece who are farming metal. In a remote, beautiful field, high in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, they are experimenting with a trio of shrubs known to scientists as “hyperaccumulators”: plants which have evolved the capacity to thrive in natural ly metal-rich soils that are toxic to most other kinds of life. They do this by drawing the metal out of the ground and storing it in their leaves and stems, where it can be ha...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 15, 2022 Category: Science Authors: James Bridle Tags: Plants Wildlife Animals World news Environment Science Biology Climate crisis Source Type: news
Sunscreen chemicals accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, finds study
UV filters absorbed by Posidonia oceanica may have damaging effects on ecosystems, scientists warnChemicals found in sunscreen lotions are accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, a study has found.Scientists discovered ultraviolet filters in the stems of Posidonia oceanica, a seagrass species found on the coast of Mallorca and endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Safi Bugel Tags: Oceans Environment Plants Pollution Science Source Type: news
