Archive for July, 2019
The first Rohingya refugees could be relocated to an island in the next few months under controversial plans drawn up by the Bangladesh government
Monday, July 22nd, 2019Polio is making a dangerous comeback in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Sunday, July 21st, 2019“……The global drive to eliminate polio, which has gone on for 31 years and consumed over $16 billion, has been set back again by a surge of new cases in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
As of July 10, there were a total of 42 polio paralysis cases in the two countries. ……..
Pakistan had 32 of the cases, compared to only three by the same date last year, and the situation is expected to get worse because hot summer weather favors the virus. There were only 12 cases in the country in 2018 and eight in 2017.
For each paralyzed victim — usually a child below age 5 — there are about 200 others who are infected and shedding the virus in their stool…….”
Hurricane Florence–Related Emergency Department Visits — North Carolina, 2018
Sunday, July 21st, 2019Tanz LJ, Hoffman MN, Dandeneau D, et al. Notes from the Field: Hurricane Florence–Related Emergency Department Visits — North Carolina, 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:631–632. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6828a3external icon
Hurricane-related emergency department (ED) visits before, during, and after* Hurricane Florence — North Carolina, September 7–28, 2018
Interviewing Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, MD about female genital schistosomiasis
Sunday, July 21st, 2019“…..More than 220 million people worldwide suffer from schistosomiasis, and the infection is well known in the global health community. But a subset of infected people – women who carry schisto in their genital organs – get little attention……Female genital schistosomiasis can bring a slew of serious problems including pain, bloody discharges, infertility, incontinence, ulcers, pregnancy problems and tumors…….“
7/20/2019: James Holmes started a mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, a Denver suburb, killing 12 and injuring at least 70 others.
Saturday, July 20th, 2019A 5.3M earthquake hit Friday near Athens, Greece
Friday, July 19th, 2019
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“The two powerful earthquakes that rocked the Mojave Desert this month were part of a swarm of thousands of other earthquakes, many too weak to be felt, that continue to hit the area every few minutes…..”
Friday, July 19th, 2019“….The 6.4-magnitude earthquake on July 4 was a precursor, or foreshock, to the much larger 7.1-magnitude quake the next evening, which released about 11 times more energy than the first…..”
Is there an “epidemic” of sexual harassment and violence against women in Indonesia?
Friday, July 19th, 2019Guardian
“…….Data from the national commission in 2018 showed the highest number of cases of violence against women occurred within households, with a rising trend of marital rape, in part, the commission believes, because more women are coming forward.
Separately, results from a survey released by a coalition of women’s rights groups on Wednesday showed that Indonesian women also face frequent sexual harassment in public spaces, including in the street and on public transport, and at the workplace and educational institutes.
The survey, which included 62,000 respondents from across 34 provinces, revealed that more than 60% of women in Indonesia had experienced verbal sexual harassment, and more than half before the age of 16……”
The Trump administration has quietly dismantled or cut back multiple programs that were created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to help detect and prevent terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction
Friday, July 19th, 2019
“…….For the first time in years, Homeland Security did not send a unit to protect the NCAA Final Four college basketball championship in April in Minneapolis or to an annual hot air balloon festival last fall in Albuquerque.
Homeland Security also has halted work to update a formal “strategic, integrated” assessment of chemical, biological and nuclear-related risks…..”