Increased West Nile Virus Cases, Including Death, Confirmed – Wyoming Department of Health
Increased West Nile Virus Cases, Including Death, Confirmed September 11, 2023 As Wyoming experiences more West Nile virus (WNV) activity this season than over the past decade or so, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is emphasizing mosquito bite prevention. There have been 20 cases reported, including a death in an older adult Fremont County […]
New Study Reveals Why Infectious Diseases Are Spreading More Rapidly
More than half of all human infectious diseases in recorded history — Lyme, West Nile, hantavirus, typhoid, HIV and influenza, to name a few — have been exacerbated by the mounting impacts of greenhouse gas-driven climate change. That is the sobering conclusion of a new, first-of-its-kind paper that combed through more than 70,000 scientific studies […]
Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Fauci Death Threats
A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to making death threats against Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and his family, and against other federal health officials, including former NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, and HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, MD. Thomas Patrick Connally, Jr., […]
Climate scientists reconsider the meaning and implications of drought in light of a changing world
Maps of the American West have featured ever darker shades of red over the past two decades. The colors illustrate the unprecedented drought blighting the region. In some areas, conditions have blown past severe and extreme drought into exceptional drought. But rather than add more superlatives to our descriptions, one group of scientists believes it’s […]
Study of Antarctic ice’s deep past shows it could be more vulnerable to warming
Insights into how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet responded to a warmer climate millions of years ago could improve predictions of its future. The new study, led by Imperial College London scientists, examined the status of Antarctic ice sheets during the Early Miocene, around 18-16 million years ago, which experienced both warm and cold periods. […]
Can You Survive West Nile Virus? Symptoms, Prevention
Most people infected with the West Nile virus do not feel sick (70-90% remain asymptomatic), and less than 1% of people become severely ill. Fortunately, most people infected with the West Nile virus do not feel sick (about 70 to 80 percent of infections are asymptomatic). Only one in five infected people have a fever […]
Africa’s ‘Green Wall’ also makes economic sense
The Sahel extends south of the Sahara from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east of Africa. Vast areas of the formerly fertile region are now virtually uncultivated. Reasons are droughts, poor agricultural cultivation methods as well as overuse due to the growing demand for food and firewood. The “Great Green Wall” initiative […]
Trump Jabs At Kanye’s Mental Health In Interview
Donald Trump said in a recent interview that Kanye West has “loony tendencies.” The pair appeared to be pals when the rapper made a much publicized visit to the Oval Office in 2018, and Trump capitalized on it in a bid to boost his largely non-existent support from Black voters. Advertisement Trump had invited West […]
West Nile Virus Infection Symptoms, Treatment, Definition & Transmission
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