Pious Parasites: Medieval Monks Battled Nasty Gut Germs
FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 -- Medieval monks were much more wormy than average folks, a new archaeological analysis has revealed.
Those living in medieval Cambridge were nearly twice as likely to be infected by intestinal parasites as city dwellers,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 19, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Africa: Millions More Children to Benefit From Malaria Vaccine
[Foroyaa] With malaria as one of the biggest killers of children under 5, the world's first vaccine against the malaria parasite is a major breakthrough for child health, and UNICEF has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of a malaria vaccine to GSK, valued at more nearly USD 170 million. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - August 19, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
DIY fertiliser may be behind monks ’ parasite torment, say archaeologists
Study of graves in Cambridge finds nearly twice as many monks died with worms compared with poorer folkMedieval clergy were more likely to suffer from intestinal parasites than the poorer public despite having better sanitation, research has found.Experts say those who dwelt in monasteries could have been at greater risk of such infections because they grew their own produce and may have used fresh human faeces as manure.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 19, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Archaeology Science UK news University of Cambridge Source Type: news
Africa: Millions More Children to Benefit From Malaria Vaccine As UNICEF Secures Supply
[Unicef] New York/Copenhagen -- With malaria one of the biggest killers of children under 5, the world's first vaccine against a parasite is a major breakthrough for child health (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 17, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Seoul vows to move families from'Parasite'-style basement homes after flooding deaths
Seoul has vowed to move some of the city's poorest families out of underground and semi-subterranean homes after 13 people were killed in flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall this week,... #rainfall #basementhomes #flooding #seoul (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Seoul Will Ban'Parasite' Basement Apartments After Drowning Deaths in Biblical Flooding
South Korea’s capital has seen 11 people left dead or missing in historic rains this week. #rains (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health Highlights: Aug. 4, 2022
Monoclonal antibody might help prevent malaria. An easily injected lab-engineered antibody protected most participants from infection with the malaria parasite, new research finds. Read more
CDC may ease COVID guidance soon. In a new advisory that... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Neon Exploring Sale As It Taps Merchant Bank Raine
Neon, the independent film distributor founded by Tom Quinn and Tim League and which broke through at the 2020 Oscars with Parasite, the first foreign-language title to win Best Picture, is looking… #neonexploringsale #merchantbank #timleague #filmdistributor #oscars #tomquinn (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What the Tick! Here ’s How You Can Avoid & Treat Tick Bites
If you ever walk your dog in the park, garden in your backyard, or go hiking in a wooded area, you more than likely have been around or come across a tick. They are little parasites that like to feed on warm-blooded animals like dogs and birds as well as people. If you come across a tick bite on yourself, a loved one, or your pet, here’s what you should do:
Use a fine-tipped, pointed tweezer to grasp the tick at the head as close to the skin as possible.
Pull upward slowly without twisting until the tick releases its hold.
Wash the area with soap and warm water.
Apply an antibiotic wound ointment, cream or gel as long a...
Source: Red Cross Chat - August 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Health & Safety american red cross first aid pet safety safety tips Tick bites Treating tick bites wilderness safety Source Type: news
The Virus Hunters Trying to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Nobody saw SARS-CoV-2 coming. In the early days of the pandemic, researchers were scrambling to collect samples from people who had mysteriously developed fevers, coughs, and breathing problems. Pretty soon, they realized that the disease-causing culprit was a new virus humans hadn’t seen before.
And the world, lacking a coordinated global response, was unprepared. Some countries acted quickly to develop tests for the novel coronavirus, while others with fewer resources were left behind. With a virus oblivious to national borders, and with travel between countries and continents more common than it had been in previo...
Source: TIME: Health - August 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park and Video by Andrew D. Johnson Tags: Uncategorized Disease Frontiers of Medicine 2022 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Google ’s AI Lab, DeepMind, Offers ‘Gift to Humanity’ with Protein Structure Solution
Matt Higgins and his team of researchers at the University of Oxford had a problem.
For years, they had been studying the parasite that spreads malaria, a disease that still kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. They had identified an important protein on the surface of the parasite as a focal point for a potential future vaccine. They knew its underlying chemical code. But the protein’s all-important 3D structure was eluding them. That shape was the key to developing the right vaccine to slide in and block the parasite from infecting human cells.
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Source: TIME: Science - July 28, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Billy Perrigo Tags: Uncategorized Artificial Intelligence biztech2030 Source Type: news
3 Reasons to Avoid Farmed Salmon
Not so long ago, Atlantic salmon was an abundant wild species. Born in the rivers of northeastern United States and Canada, after a couple years in freshwater they embarked on an epic migration, navigating 2,000 miles across the Atlantic to feed and mature off western Greenland. Millions of salmon travelled up to 60 miles a day, fending off predators and feeding on zooplankton and small fish. When the time came, instinct and the earth’s magnetic fields led these magnificent fish back to spawn in the precise rivers of their birth.
Today, wild salmon are an endangered species, gone from most rivers in the U.S. There ar...
Source: TIME: Health - July 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins Tags: Uncategorized freelance Sustainability Source Type: news
Malarial Host-Parasite Clash Causes Deadly Blood Sugar Drop
Scientists say they have finally figured out why some people with severe malaria end up with dangerous hypoglycemia—a condition that starves the parasite into changing tactics from virulence to transmission. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - July 18, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
Public Health Surveillance and Reporting for Human Toxoplasmosis - Six States, 2021
This report describes inconsistencies in the surveillance of the parasitic disease toxoplasmosis. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - July 14, 2022 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Parasitic Diseases Pesticide Illness Surveillance Public Health Toxoplasmosis Source Type: news
Why have Australian honeybees been put into lockdown? Podcast
The varroa mite, a deadly honeybee parasite, has finally found its way into Australia.Varroa destructoraffects every other major beekeeping area in the world, damaging honeybees and transmitting viruses across hives. Now, in a fight to contain the mite, the state of New South Wales has destroyed 1,533 infected hives and implemented a statewide standstill on bee movement. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Cooper Schouten, a beekeper and researcher, about why the mite poses such a threat to honeybees, what it means to put bees into lockdown, and what impacts this biosecurity breech could have.Archive: 7News Australia, WSPA 7News...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay with additional production by Anand Jagatia, sound design by Rudi Zygadlo, and the executive producer was Lorna Stewart Tags: Science Environment Bees Insects Wildlife Australia news Source Type: news
