Archive for August, 2018
Rohingya survivors tell their stories as the genocide continues…..
Thursday, August 16th, 2018‘….. “The U.N. and policymakers around the globe are fully aware that the persecution of the Rohingya will eventually be classified legally as a genocide,” says Azeem Ibrahim, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Policy in Washington and author of The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Hidden Genocide. “Just like Rwanda, the international community will hem and haw until the removal of the Rohingya from Myanmar has been completed and action is no longer necessary. We are then likely to see some low-level military commanders carted off to The Hague as scapegoats to be tried for the crimes against humanity of an entire society.”…..’
Ecuador: At least 24 were killed and another 19 injured when a bus careened into another vehicle at high speed and overturned on a highway near Quito.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
Pennsylvania: “…. it started as a fight at the cash register between two customers……[A] man grabbed a gun out of a woman’s wristband and began shooting. Police say at least 10 shots were fired…..[A]t least 5 wounded….”
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
London: A silver Ford speeds down the road, hits a group of cyclists, injures 3, jumps the sidewalk and then smashes into the heavy metal security barrier.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018“…..there were no life threatening injuries. That’s probably because of special anti-terrorist barriers erected at strategic locations after last year’s car ramming on Westminster Bridge which killed five people……”
“This is what we know so far…
- A silver Ford Fiesta crashed into anti-terror barriers outside the Houses of Parliament at 7.37am mowing down pedestrians and cyclists
- Three people were hurt – including a man and a woman who were taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries who have since been discharged
- The 29-year-old driver, named by locals as Brit national Salih Khater, originally from Sudan, has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences and attempted murder
- The suspect left Birmingham late on Monday night and drove around London for several hours before the rampage
- Terror cops have carried out raids at two addresses in Birmingham, including the suspect’s home, and one in Nottingham as part of their investigation
- Experts are investigating whether it was a copycat of the previous Westminster attack in March last year
- Extra cops will now be stationed at key transport hubs across the country
- Theresa May has praised medics and police for their quick response to the “attack”“
8/14/2003: A major outage knocked out power across the eastern United States and parts of Canada.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018Vigo, Spain: Hundreds of people were injured when a pier collapsed during an oceanside music festival
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018DRC: The EBV outbreak total has risen to 52 cases, reflecting 25 confirmed and 27 probable cases.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018Dimanche 12 août 2018
- Au total, 52 cas de fièvre hémorragique ont été signalés dans la région, dont 25 confirmés et 27 probables.
- 48 cas suspects sont en cours d’investigation.
- 3 nouveaux cas confirmés, dont 1 à Béni et 2 à Mangina (y compris un personnel de santé du Centre de Santé de Référence de Mangina)
- 1 décès d’un cas confirmé à Mabalako
- Des alertes avaient été notifiées dans la zone de santé d’Idjwi, dans la Province du Sud-Kivu. Les échantillons prélevés ont été analysés au laboratoire mobile de Goma et les tests se sont révélés négatifs.
The Junior Disease Detectives: Operation Outbreak Graphic Novel
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018The Junior Disease Detectives: Operation Outbreak Graphic Novel
Download the Graphic Novel
CDC has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and 4-H to develop “The Junior Disease Detectives: Operation Outbreak,” a graphic novel intended to educate youth audiences about variant flu and the real disease detective work conducted by public and animal health experts when outbreaks of infectious diseases occur.
This graphic novel follows a group of teenage 4-H members who participate in a state agricultural fair and later attend CDC’s Disease Detective Camp in Atlanta. When one of the boys becomes sick following the fair, the rest of the group use their newly-acquired disease detective knowledge to help a team of public and animal health experts solve the mystery of how their friend became ill.
Educational Activities for the Classroom
CDC has partnered with teachers participating in its Science Ambassador Fellowship to develop educational activities to accompany the graphic novel for use in middle and high school science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classrooms. The activities highlight themes in the graphic novel to teach youth about public health science, epidemiology, biology, outbreak investigations and associated career skills. The graphic novel and its associated educational activities are part of a broader CDC initiative with USDA and other agricultural partners to raise awareness, knowledge and understanding of a One Health approach to zoonotic disease prevention and response. The activities below are available for free download and use, and additional classroom activities will be developed and posted to this site throughout the 2018-2019 school year.
- Educational Overview (COMING SOON): This document describes the learning objectives associated with the graphic novel and also topics related to influenza (flu) epidemiology, flu biology, zoonotic diseases, variant flu, novel flu and pandemic flu.
- Activity 1 – The Operation Outbreak Team (COMING SOON): In this activity, students learn the various roles and responsibilities of the professionals involved in an outbreak response.
- Additional classroom activities will be in the summer and fall of 2018