Nigeria: Malaria - Abuja Community Receives Free Medical Services, Counselling
[Premium Times] Malaria, a disease caused by a parasite spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, kills more than 400,000 people yearly, mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 19, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Cannes: Kim Jee-woon ’s ‘Cobweb’ Sells Wide (Exclusive)
South Korean director Kim Jee-woon’s much anticipated period comedy drama Cobweb has kicked off the Cannes market with a slew of international sales. Set to premiere in Cannes in an out-of-competition slot on May 25, Cobweb stars Song Kang-ho (Parasite) as a filmmaker frantically trying to finish…#southkorean #kimjeewoon #cobweb #cannes #songkangho #seoul #barunsonea #taiwan #hongkongmacau #edkofilms (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Massive Caribbean sea urchin die-off caused by parasite
Scientists have discovered that a parasite is behind a severe die-off of long-spined sea urchins across the Caribbean Sea, which has had devastating consequences for coral reefs and surrounding marine ecosystems. The long-spined sea urchins, Diadema … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - May 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news

‘ What Price Was My Father ’ s Life Worth? ’ Right-Wing Doctors Are Still Peddling Dubious COVID Drugs
Julie Moore keeps an orange plastic bottle on her desk in Gas City, Indiana, with 14 round white pills. The other 21, she says, killed her father. Moore remembers laughing when she first heard on the news that people were taking ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug commonly used as a livestock dewormer, to treat COVID-19. She never expected her father, a career pharmacist, to become one of them. Over the course of the pandemic, Moore’s father started watching online videos of doctors in white coats who claimed that alternative COVID treatments were being used effectively in India. He told his skeptical children that th...
Source: TIME: Health - May 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Vera Bergengruen Tags: Uncategorized feature Misinformation & Disinformation uspoliticspolicy Source Type: news

New Mosquito Species Could Derail Fight Against Malaria
Stagnant water in one of Nairobi’s residential areas. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPSBy Wilson OdhiamboNAIROBI, May 8 2023 (IPS) ‘Urban’ Kenya has been alerted because new mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, threatens to derail decades of effort made in the fight against malaria. According to a report by experts from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), the species was first noted during routine mosquito surveillance in Saku and Laisamis villages in Marsabit County. The report states that, unlike the traditional mosquito vector, the Anopheles stephensi can adapt to man-made habitats that include plastic cont...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wilson Odhiambo Tags: Africa Climate Change Development & Aid Environment Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Kenya Source Type: news

‘Lost’ microbial genes found in dental plaque of ancient humans
About 19,000 years ago, a woman died in northern Spain. Her body was deliberately buried with pieces of the natural pigment ochre and placed behind a block of limestone in a cave known as El Mirón. When her ochre-dyed bones were unearthed in 2010, archaeologists dubbed her the Red Lady. The careful treatment of her body provided scientists with insights into how people from the time buried their dead. Now, thanks to the poor oral hygiene of that period, her teeth are helping illuminate a vanished world of bacteria and their chemical creations. From dental calculus, the rock-hard plaque that accumulates on teet...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 4, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Are you still hungry after a meal? Five signs you could have intestinal parasites
Having intestinal parasites can lead to chronic health conditions if not treated as soon as possible, a gastroenterologist warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Policies need to address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance
Today, the House Energy& Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will be holding a hearing on the growing public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites develop the ability to survive against the drugs designed to kill them. Recognized by theWorld Health Organization (WHO) as “one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development today,” AMR is a growing crisis that has resulted in nearly 50,000 U.S. deaths each year and1.27 million globally on an annual basis – higher than HIV/AIDS and malari...
Source: The Catalyst - April 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jocelyn Ulrich Tags: Research and Development Policy Solutions Antimicrobial Resistance Source Type: news

Consumer Health: What do you know about malaria?
World Malaria Day will be observed Tuesday, April 25, which makes this a good time to learn more about this potentially fatal disease. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells. This is when people typically develop malaria symptoms. Because the parasites… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 25, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Who Are the Wealth Destroyers, Politicians or Billionaires?
Politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are demanding that successful entrepreneurs be taxed into oblivion. The real parasites are the politicians who destroy wealth instead of creating it. Original Article: "Who…#elizabethwarren #christophercondon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ghana: Health Alert - New Deadly Mosquito Found... Transmits Malaria Parasites That Pose Greatest Risk of Severe Illness and Death - Ghs
[Ghanaian Times] A new invasive mosquito species said to be deadlier than the traditional anopheles mosquitoes which transmits malaria has been identified in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 14, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Cameroon: River Blindness Still a Major Health Issue, Hospitals Say
[VOA] Sa'a, Cameroon -- Hospitals in Cameroon are reporting an increase in cases of river blindness, a parasitic disease caused by bites from infected blackflies. Hundreds of aid workers have been dispatched to remote, riverside villages to encourage those infected to seek treatment. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 13, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Grim images show parasitic worms crawling underneath Vietnamese woman's skin
The woman, from An Binh commune in the suburbs of Hanoi, was taken to Dang Van Ngu Hospital after suffering from extreme headaches and falling over at home. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Doctors find parasitic TICK feasting on eyeball of man who went to hospital complaining of itchy eye
The patient, who has not been named and is reportedly in his 70s, went to hospital complaining that his eye was 'itchy' and bloodshot. Doctors found the tiny blood-sucking, eight-legged creature. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Finger-prick test can diagnose 'most common STI you've never heard of' in just 5 minutes
The little-known infection, caused by a parasite, strikes millions every year and is more rife than chlamydia and gonorrhoea in some parts of the world. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news