‘The Last Of Us’ Zombie Infection Is Real—Here’s What Scientists Say About The Threat To Humans
The zombifying fungal infection that wiped out humanity in The Last of Us is based on a very real set of parasitic fungi that hijack insects and compel them to pass the infection on. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Hart, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Games /games Hollywood & Entertainment /hollywood-entertainment Healthcare /healthcare Science /science Breaking breaking-news Source Type: news
‘The silent disease’: Chagas is a killer. Now carriers want their voices heard
The parasite-borne disease is classed as ‘neglected’ yet causes 12,000 deaths a year, mostly in Latin America. Can the world really wipe it out by 2030?The first time Elvira Idalia Hern ández Cuevas heard of Chagas was when her then 18-year-old daughter tested positive.Hern ández’s daughter, Idalia, had donated blood in her home town, near the city of Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico. When her sample was screened, she was told she was a carrier of the neglected tropical disease.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 16, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Johnson Tags: Global health Global development Infectious diseases Bolivia Americas Mexico Brazil Medical research Source Type: news
‘Decision To Leave’ Director Park Chan-Wook Explains How Less Is Much More When It Comes To Creating Tension: “That’s The Purest Form Of Cinema”
Bong Joon-ho may be the national hero for bringing home the Oscar for Parasite, but it was Park Chan-wook who first blazed the trail for Korean cinema. After two false starts, his international career began in earnest in 2000 with Berlinale hit Joint Security Area (J.S.A), a military thriller set…#oldboy #decisiontoleave #handmaiden #blurrysilhouette #jointsecurityarea #mossad #koreans #jsa #cannes #parkhaeils (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
International Feature Focus: Why Irish Film ‘The Quiet Girl’ Is Making Noise In The Oscar Race
For the last three years, the winner of the International Oscar has pretty much been a given: First came Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, then Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, and then Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car — all anointed by Cannes and eased to the finish line after prominent festival play in…#bongjoonhosparasite #clairekeegan #quietgirl #audienceawards #quietgirls #moroccos #ryusukehamaguchis #irish #belgium #berlinale (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Who Will Save Us From Ourselves? | ZeroHedge
Who Will Save Us From Ourselves? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, We have the capacity to learn from previous civilization's errors - rising inequality, hubris, over-reach, decay of production and trade, parasitic elites, and so on - yet we go right ahead and repeat those same…#martiancentralbank #tommy #kondratieff #earthling #tommycarrigan #creatingjobs #traumatizedworld #charleshughsmith #pdf #selfreliance (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kissing Bug Confidential: Priorities for Managing Chagas Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Kissing bug. Cone-nosed bug. Vinchuca. Chipo. Barbeiro.
These English, Spanish, and Portuguese names are local sobriquets for nocturnal, blood-sucking insects that transmit a zoonotic parasite native to Latin America. In recent... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 8, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Antimalarial Drug Resistance On the Rise in Africa
[DW] Artemisinin is the most important component in antimalarial drugs, but an increasing number of parasites in Africa are now resistant to it. If action isn't taken swiftly, the consequences could be disastrous. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - January 7, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
10 Ways the World Got Better In 2022
Over the past year, the headlines have been dominated by alarming events: the Russian invasion of Ukraine, high inflation, supply chain shortages, and the threat of food insecurity for many nations. But 2022 was also a year of milestones toward a better future, scientific breakthroughs, and stories of hope. Here’s a look at 10 stories of human progress from the last 12 months.
1. We found out that civilization reached peak agricultural land
For nearly all of human history, producing more food required more land. But starting in the early 1900s, and continuing through the next 100 years, four powerful forces—syn...
Source: TIME: Health - December 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tony Morley Tags: Uncategorized climate change freelance global health Health Care healthscienceclimate Londontime Source Type: news
String stability of automated vehicles based on experimental analysis of feedback delay and parasitic lag - Ma K, Wang H, Zuo Z, Hou Y, Li X, Jiang R.
Recent literature shows that automated vehicle (AV) significantly impacts traffic flow stability. However, as a widely used longitudinal AV technology, the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system still has several unknown features that lack field data for mod... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
The child sexual abuse diagnosis from the medico-legal point of view and contributing role of clinical parasitology - Nada Khalifa F, A. El Saftawy E, A. A. Al. Abdul Latif A, F Hussein R, Abdo Abdel Razik H.
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is defined as forcing, coercing or persuading a child to engage in any type of sexual act and it is very important issue to be discussed. It has a profound impact on physical and mental health. As well as causing physical injury, i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Declares DR Congo Free of Guinea-worm Disease Transmission
[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) is proud to announce that it has certified the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as free of transmission of Dracunculus medinensis, the parasite that causes dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
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Source: WormBase - December 12, 2022 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Ranjana Kishore Tags: news ParaSite Wormbase Parasite Source Type: news
Indian man, 26, told he has worms 'dancing' in his scrotum
Doctors in New Delhi, India, said there were dozens of 'linear structures' in a tube above the testicles, which were quickly diagnosed as parasitic worms. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News at a glance: Snags in emissions monitoring, negotiations on biodiversity, and a drug for sleeping sickness
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Volcano and NASA deliver blows to climate monitoring
Efforts to monitor global greenhouse gas emissions suffered two setbacks last week—one by chance, one by choice. In Hawaii, the first eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano since 1984 has cut off road access and power to a famed summit lab that has monitored atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO
2
) levels since 1958. Although lava flows have so far spared the lab, which is run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), measurements are unlikely to resume for several months. That means tracking data will have to...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 8, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Two Veterinary Meds Show Promise Against a Tough Foe: Bed Bugs
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 -- Two common drugs that veterinarians use to kill parasites on pets could be the solution to getting rid of bed bugs.
Both fluralaner and ivermectin, which are used to kill fleas and ticks on household pets, could also kill... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
