May 5, 2008 at 9:03 am · Filed under Ethics, Humanity, People and the Environment, Politics and Policy, Science and tagged: Medical Ethics, Science
A study just published in the British Medical Journal indicates that the number of cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has increased dramatically in recent years in the UK. While we here in the US might not care much, we should. It is only recently that the UK has become a center of immigration; we have accepted immigrants for years and so disease trends are likely now to be similar. Rises in MDR-TB in the UK moreover, mirror rises seen elsewhere even in more insulated countries. The take home lesson: we are bound to be hit, meaning that you should start being concerned now about your future health.
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May 2, 2008 at 9:21 am · Filed under People and the Environment, Politics and Policy, Science and tagged: Environment, Pulic Policy, Science
Several news sites as well as Science Daily are running articles describing new research from global climate scientists that indicates an increase in “oxygen depletion zones” in the world’s oceans. What’s an oxygen depletion zone and what’s it mean to you? Read on…
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May 1, 2008 at 10:00 am · Filed under People and the Environment, Science and tagged: Environment, Public Health, Science
A new arenavirus associated with hemorrhagic fever has been discovered deep in the foothills of the Andes in Bolivia, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t care. Hemorrhagic fever viruses are often lethal infections and quite a few new ones have been discovered in the past decade. The appearance of these viruses has important ramifications to public health biology for everyone around the world.
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