Health authorities in the United States are issuing warnings and closing public parks due to a occasional but potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease. This week, a resident of the US state of Fresh Hampshire he died after being hospitalized for Eastern encephalomyelitis. Cases have also been detected in other states. But what is eastern equine encephalitis? […]
In July, health officials made a disturbing discovery in Gaza: the polio virus, a global scourge, had been found in sewage samples. This month, the news got even worse. A 10-month-old baby has contracted polio and is now paralyzed in one leg. It is the first confirmed case of polio in Gaza in 25 years. […]
Erik Vance, who writes and edits articles about fitness (among other things), replaces Jancee Dunn today. I’ve noticed that I’m becoming less resilient as I get older. Whereas insults used to bounce off me; I could move to a modern city in the blink of an eye, now I spend days on end being haunted […]
The mega-event continues to shine in Paris, where the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games are already underway. Some 4,400 athletes will take to the world stage to compete in 22 different sports. The Paralympic Games in Paris attracted a phenomenal level of interest – more than two million tickets have already been sold. Some are now […]
Puberty blockers are drugs that stop the body from producing estrogen and testosterone. In the clinic, they are called gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRHa). If teens take these medications during puberty, the physical changes associated with puberty are prevented. If these medications are stopped, the physical changes return. Puberty blockers were used since the beginning of […]
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of the MPox outbreak, say they lack even the most basic tools needed to contain and treat the virus. The country has constrained capacity to diagnose mpox cases, even as transmission and presentation of the disease change. That complicates efforts to trace contacts and determine […]
Summer is coming to an end, but mosquitoes will still be… will still be in full force early autumn. In most cases, insect bites are nothing more than a nuisance that goes away after a few days. However, mosquitoes can carry pathogens that cause diseases, including West Nile virus and, in very uncommon cases, a […]
On July 26, 2024, I exported all of the “toxic” and “potentially toxic” backlinks to three of our blog posts from a well-known SEO tool. There were a total of 129 URLs that I disowned in Google Search Console. After being rejected, traffic (according to GSC data) fell by 7.1%: A side note. Google began […]
The language of indigent mental health is inescapable. Diagnostic terms like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) permeate popular culture and the online world. They are the currency of countless news and awareness campaigns. Growth diagnostic labels could be celebrated. This suggests that public awareness of mental health is increasing, and the stigma associated with […]
One person felt a sense of “slowly floating” as images flashed around. Another recalled “the deepest sense of love and peace” unlike anything she had experienced before. Consciousness became a “foreign entity” to another, whose “all sense of reality disappeared.” Here are some of the personal accounts of people who participated in a study among […]