West Africa may even reach 1,000 deaths from Ebola this weekend. Thatâs just a guess, but not a bad guess, considering the Olympic record of this hemorrhagic virus. At the beginning of July nearly 500 people had died from the disease; two weeks later, the numbers had increased by 20%,; and the most recent confirmed figure,
Everyoneâs thinking about the U.S. government shutdown. American media have chosen to dramatize a health officialâs suggestion that children with cancer will not be able to receive advanced clinical treatments because funds are unavailable. But the kids with cancer are only a sideshow. The most frightening health effects concern the entire nation, and by extension,
Reposted from Examiner.com: A new stomach bug has arrived in the USA â but it might already be on its way out. As of Friday afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had received notifications of 285 cases of Cyclospora infection â about twice our annual average â in residents of 11 states, mainly in
Itâs time for us to start changing the way we think about âfattiesâ â especially because so many of us now fit into that category. At its recent annual meeting in Chicago (June 16-19, 2013), the nationâs largest physician group, the American Medical Association, officially recognized obesity as a disease â in fact, as a
A form of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been identified as the likely cause of death in two mountain gorillas, an infant and adult female, following an outbreak of respiratory disease that hit Rwanda in 2009. The source of the virus is unknown and an unknown number of other gorillas may be carrying the virus. Due to the genetic compatibility of humans and gorillas, wildlife biologists have long feared and predicted the spread of human diseases into this critically endangered population. Now, it appears, their worst fears may have come true.
Farming near a river bed is a great idea until it floods. Soil near riverbeds tends to be more fertile, producing more abundant crops. But when the river beds flood and drench contiguous farm land, the water can drag unwanted contaminants to the farmland, exposing health risks to anyone eating the crops from the flooded
