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International health authorities are meeting in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation. While the semantics over whether the West Texas outbreak ended in 2025 or simply moved to other states, experts agree: the U.S. has a measles problem. Read more from @AssociatedPress
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#Measles #Health #Disease #Texas #Outbreak #US

AP News

The US is on the verge of losing its measles elimination status. Here's why that matters

International health officials will meet in a few months to reevaluate the United States’ measles-free status.

Flipboard News Desk

@NewsDesk@flipboard.social · 2 hours ago

AP News

The US is on the verge of losing its measles elimination status. Here's why that matters

International health officials will meet in a few months to reevaluate the United States’ measles-free status.

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · last week

'The answer cannot be nothing': The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c623r47d67lo

#HackerNews #Canada #Brain #Disease #Mystery #Health #News #Science #Investigation

The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease

A small Canadian province feared it had a mystery neurological illness on its hands. The search for answers set off a battle for the truth.

Lisa Melton boosted

AI6YR Ben

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · 2 months ago

Whee! Perfect timing for bird flu! We have the most competent federal government and CDC now! /s

ABC News: 1st US human bird flu case in 9 months confirmed with strain only seen in animals before

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/suspected-human-bird-flu-case-1st-us-9/story?id=127519769

#birdflu #health #disease

AI6YR Ben

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · 2 months ago

Whee! Perfect timing for bird flu! We have the most competent federal government and CDC now! /s

ABC News: 1st US human bird flu case in 9 months confirmed with strain only seen in animals before

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/suspected-human-bird-flu-case-1st-us-9/story?id=127519769

#birdflu #health #disease

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Ticker: Don't Die of Heart Disease

https://myticker.com/

#HackerNews #Ticker #Die #of #Heart #Disease #health #awareness #heart #disease #prevention #ticker #news

AI6YR Ben

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · 3 months ago

"...In the Facebook post, her daughter Robyn Thomson said the family "is still processing this unimaginable loss".

"She was scratched very slightly by a puppy in Morocco in February," she wrote.

"At the time, she did not think any harm would come of it and didn't think much of it.

She continued: "Two weeks ago she became ill, starting with a headache and resulted in her losing her ability to walk, talk, sleep, swallow. Resulting in her passing."..."

#rabies

AI6YR Ben

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org replied · 3 months ago

People: Virginia Woman Dies From Rabies After Doctors Misdiagnose Her with Anxiety (Published on January 7, 2019 05:34AM EST)

The woman was bitten by a puppy on a yoga retreat and then tragically sent home twice by doctors who did not realize she had the deadly virus

"...The unidentified 65-year-old woman began experiencing pain in her right arm while gardening on May 3, 2017, more than a month after returning home from her seven-week-long trip to the South Asian country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ..."

https://people.com/health/virginia-woman-dies-rabies-puppy-bite-india-yoga-retreat/

#rabies #puppies #disease

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GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:

@GrrlScientist@mstdn.science · 3 months ago

Why Are London’s Iconic Sparrows Disappearing?

"London’s house sparrow population has declined by an astonishing 71% over just 24 years, and a new study suggests that avian malaria may be the cause."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#sparrows #birds #ornithology #birding #London #population #disease #AvianMalaria #parasites https://medium.com/grrlscientist/why-are-londons-iconic-sparrows-disappearing-f7b879274f70

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 3 months ago

“These are what I would call silent #genocides — there are no TV crews, no #journalists. But they are happening, & they’re happening now,” said Fiona Watson, Survival’s research & advocacy director, who has worked on #IndigenousRights for >3 decades.

The issue often receives little priority from governments, which critics say see uncontacted #IndigenousPeoples as politically marginal because they don’t vote & their territories are often coveted for #logging, #mining & #oil extraction.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 3 months ago

Public debate is also shaped by #stereotypes — some romanticize them as “lost tribes,” while others view them as barriers to #development.

Survival’s research concludes that half of these groups “could be wiped out within 10 years if governments & companies do not act.”

#UncontactedIndigenous peoples are not “lost tribes” frozen in time, Watson said. They are contemporary societies that deliberately avoid outsiders after generations of #violence, #slavery & #disease.

#IndigenousRights

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:

@GrrlScientist@mstdn.science · 3 months ago

Why Are London’s Iconic Sparrows Disappearing?

"London’s house sparrow population has declined by an astonishing 71% over just 24 years, and a new study suggests that avian malaria may be the cause."

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#sparrows #birds #ornithology #birding #London #population #disease #AvianMalaria #parasites https://medium.com/grrlscientist/why-are-londons-iconic-sparrows-disappearing-f7b879274f70

ProPublica

@ProPublica@newsie.social · 5 months ago

For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism.

Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #RFKJr #Vaccines #Autism #Environment #Research #Science

Richard Michael Blaber

@rmblaber1956@mastodon.social replied · 5 months ago

@ProPublica#Autism is NOT a #disease, & does NOT require a #cure, thanks awfully. #Actuallyautistic people like me would be VERY grateful if neurotypicals stopped treating us as untermenschen.