Trench Fever Appears In Colorado, How It Spreads Via Human Body Lice
Trench fever may sound like a strong desire to live in trenches. But it isn't. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 21, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science Editors' Pick editors-pick business pharma Source Type: news

Ministers have struggled to wear a mask. Do they think it makes them look weak? | Catherine Bennett
The chancellor missed an opportunity to deliver a life-saving message along with Wagamama ’s chickenWhatever he has done to Wagamama ’s previously enviable reputation, Rishi Sunak has demonstrated that, even in one of those countries where the leadership is also a recognised disease vector, somehygiene failures can stillshock.We might be resigned to a clammy-looking Boris Johnson transmitting virus between hand, home and lectern; to a health secretary who, also ignoring his own advice, sneaks up behind colleagues in his deadly pink tie; or to a chief adviser who seems positively inspired by the plague-spreading achieve...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 12, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Catherine Bennett Tags: Coronavirus outbreak UK news Rishi Sunak Politics Hygiene Health Society Infectious diseases Science Epidemics World news Source Type: news

Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Now?
WHO delivered medical supplies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Congo in April 2020. Credit: World Health Organization (WHO)By Lawrence SurendraBANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 4 2020 (IPS) In the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, the much-anticipated 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) of the WHO concluded without any major controversies or disagreements. The landmark WHA resolution to bring the world together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, co-sponsored by more than 130 countries, and adopted by consensus, called for the intensification of efforts to control the pandemic, and for equitable access to and fair distribut...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lawrence Surendra Tags: Aid Climate Change Development & Aid Environment Featured Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

Parasite Drug Shows Early Promise Against COVID-19 Parasite Drug Shows Early Promise Against COVID-19
In a lab setting, the anthelmintic ivermectin, a drug used for decades to treat head lice, scabies, and other parasitic infections, killed the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in less than 48 hours.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 8, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Parasite Drug Shows Early Promise Against COVID-19 in Vitro Parasite Drug Shows Early Promise Against COVID-19 in Vitro
In a lab setting, the anthelmintic ivermectin, a drug used for decades to treat head lice, scabies, and other parasitic infections, killed the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in less than 48 hours.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - April 8, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Parasite Drug Shows Early Promise Against COVID-19
Doctors also prescribe it to treat head lice, scabies, and other infections caused by parasites. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can my head lice save us all? | Stewart Lee
At a time when we can feel sympathy even for Boris Johnson, my collection of toxin-resistant nits should give us hope“Am I right in remembering you cultivate a colony of head lice in your cellar, Lee?” Nicola Bridgens, former artist in residence at London Zoo, for whom I once provided the voice of a depressed black widow in an insect house installation, called me, coveting myPediculihumanuscapitis.Ten years ago, my little boy had nits. But if Paley ’s divine watchmaker exists, my precocious son argued, then he engineered lice to live in human hair. They were merely following their natures, so we should not exterminat...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Stewart Lee Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Stewart Lee Culture Comedy Boris Johnson Michael Gove Science Source Type: news

Lessons From the Future: Advice From People Who Have Been Living With the Threat of COVID-19 for Weeks
Before COVID-19 swept across western Europe and caused schools and bars to close across the United States, it threatened East and Southeast Asia. Millions of Americans and Europeans are now learning to cope with changes to their daily lives brought on by coronavirus precautions—changes that have been a reality since January or February across mainland China and in places like Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. For weeks, in many places across Asia, children have been home from school, employees have been working from home and people have been learning to conduct their lives amid the outbreak. With that in mind, here ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hillary Leung / Hong Kong Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 overnight Source Type: news

Bedbugs (Bed Bugs) vs. Lice
Title: Bedbugs (Bed Bugs) vs. LiceCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 2/18/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/18/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - February 18, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news

Lice vs. Fleas
Title: Lice vs. FleasCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 1/29/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/29/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - January 29, 2020 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news

Traditional Chinese medicinal plant yields new insecticide compounds
(American Chemical Society) For hundreds of years, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have used an herb called Stemona sessilifolia as a remedy for parasitic infections, such as those caused by pinworms and lice. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have identified 10 compounds that might be responsible for the herb's effectiveness. But there's a twist: The insecticides are produced by symbiotic microbes that live within the plant's cells -- not by S. sessilifolia itself. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 29, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Women may be put off by beards out of fear of LICE and fleas, study claims
Women in the US were quizzed on their facial hair preferences and those who were squeamish about hair-borne pests were least keen on beards, the University of Queensland study found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Women repulsed by lice and fleas less likely to find beards attractive - study
Whether facial hair boosts men ’s pulling power or is a turnoff has long been a matter of contentionPrince Harry sports one, Justin Trudeauhas recently grown one, and Brian Blessed ’s is almost its own being. But are beards attractive? As the old adage goes: “Depends on the man, depends on the beard.”Now researchers have found there might be another factor: whether a potential partner fears there might be something living in it.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 15, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Men's facial hair Science UK news Fashion Source Type: news

Scientists cite parasite factor in beard attractiveness debate
Scientists say women who are more repulsed by lice are less likely to find beards attractivePrince Harry sports one, Justin Trudeauhas recently grown one, and Brian Blessed ’s is almost its own being. But are beards attractive? As the old adage goes: “Depends on the man, depends on the beard.”Now researchers have found there might be another factor: whether a potential partner fears there might be something living in it.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 15, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Men's facial hair Science UK news Fashion Source Type: news

Long-Term Insecticide Exposure Tied to Heart Disease
Pyrethroids, found in mosquito repellents, pet sprays and lice shampoos, may increase cardiovascular risks. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Tags: Heart Pesticides Smoking and Tobacco Deaths (Fatalities) Source Type: news