Category Archives: Pandemic
Is Zika Adapting To Humans In Isolated Cases?
Now there is female to male sexual transmission: Zika virus is known to be sexually transmitted, but until now, all reported cases were of men passing it on to their female or male partners. Today (July 15), the US Centers … Continue reading
Drug Resistant Gonorrhea On The Move
The world is naturally biased against r: Antibiotic-resistant cases of the sexually transmitted illness gonorrhea have more than quadrupled in the United States. This new data, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, should serve as a warning … Continue reading
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Turning Up In Refugees
Not good for those whose behavior predisposes to infection: Six refugees in Wisconsin were diagnosed with multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) in 2014 and 2015, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. As Breitbart News reported previously, twenty-one additional … Continue reading
The Pandemic Apocalypse Approaches Closer Still
Tuberculosis still coming in on refugees: That brings the total of refugees the Vermont Department of Health now admits have been diagnosed with active TB between 2003 and June 30, 2016 to seventeen… Between 2003 and 2015, the state has … Continue reading
Vault-Co Right About An Ice Age?
More evidence coming in: Five-day average of Antarctic sea ice extent exceeded 20 million square kilometers for first time since 1979. Red line shows average maximum extent from 1979-2014. (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio/Cindy Starr) An Antarctic sea ice study has … Continue reading
Study Finds LGBT’s Less Healthy
Not surprising: Gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals reported more health problems than straight men and women, in a large U.S. survey. With nearly 69,000 participants, the survey revealed that lesbian, gay and bisexual adults “were more likely to report impaired … Continue reading
Vermont Gets An Amygdala Jolt
This is betrayal, pure and simple: Vermont citizens, who are not happy that they were blindsided by their mayor who quietly invited 100 Syrians to resettle in the small city, have succeeded in getting enough signatures on a petition to … Continue reading
Zika Syndrome Includes Musculo-Skeletal and Neurological Disorders
The costs of these handicaps could be devastating: Brazilian researchers followed 83 infants born since August 2015 to mothers believed to have been infected with Zika. The study included families from eight states, mostly in Brazil’s northeast, where birth defects … Continue reading
Zika Spreading Fast In Puerto Rico
This would be fast: About 1.1% of blood donors in Puerto Rico are testing positive for the Zika virus. The blood screening suggests that about 25% of the island’s population will catch Zika this year. The Zika virus is spreading … Continue reading
Diseases Of the Apocalypse?
An interesting article here covering several different diseases, two of which follow: Ulcers form on the mouth, slowly eating away at the flesh until only yellowing teeth and jaw bone is visible. This is… a condition called noma which still … Continue reading