Ars Technicaflipped into Ars TechnicaEnvironmental Health Researchers find just two plague strains wiped out 30%-60% of EuropeArs Technica - Jennifer Ouellette Scientists analyzed tooth samples taken from skeletal remains of medieval victims. The Black Death ravaged medieval Western Europe, wiping out roughly …
Burnout Burnout is a pandemic. Why don't we talk more about it?weforum.org - Gill Cassar Stress – from the Latin “stringere”, to squeeze tight, touch or injure – is not bad, per se. Positive stress and adrenaline in the right …
Euronewsflipped into NewsWorld News The world is not ready for pandemic flu, says WHO directorEuronews - By EuronewsThe world is not ready for a flu pandemic, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told Euronews' Nathalie Huet during the Sixth Replenishment Conference,
Newsmaxflipped into NewsmaxIcon version of the Flipboard logoConservative View Report: 621 US Computer Systems Seized in 'Hacker Pandemic'newsmax.com - Bill Hoffmann Hackers took over 621 government computer systems in the first 9 months of this year, crippling hospitals, transportation, and emergency medical …
American History Spanish Influenza in the President's Neighborhoodwhitehousehistory.org - www.whitehousehistory.org When Americans consider threats to democracy during President Woodrow Wilson’s administration, they usually think of the bloody world conflict that …
San Antonio, TX At Fortitude Ranch, the cabin is for vacationing. The shelters are for surviving.mysanantonio.com - Fredrick Kunkle, The Washington Post LOST CITY, W.Va. - Drew Miller, who heads a survivalist camp here, sometimes talks as if time is divided into two periods. There are the good days, …
Public Health Get your flu shot | Editorialinquirer.com - The Inquirer Editorial Board Our iPhones, social media, and laptops give us a sense of connection, but there’s nothing like an infectious disease, like the flu, to understand …
F. Dillflipped into 'RAVEN' ABOUT SCIENCEZika Virus Zika: Researchers Are Learning More About The Long-Term Consequences For ChildrenNPR - Pien HuangIn 2015, Zika virus swept through Brazil and the Americas. It was the first time a mosquito-borne virus was known to cause severe birth defects, and the World Health Organization declared it a "public
Euronewsflipped into NewsTuberculosis Global Fund conference aims to raise €12 billion for HIV, malaria and tuberculosisEuronews - By EuronewsA major European conference is seeking to raise money for the fight against AIDSt Tuberculosis and malaria — three major pandemics that kill approximately 2.5 million people every year. The Global Fund
RTÉ Student seeks damages over narcolepsy linked to vaccinerte.ie - Vivienne Traynor The High Court has begun hearing an action for damages by a student who claims she developed the sleep disorder narcolepsy after receiving a swine …
Long-form Journalism The Definitive History of the Flumedium.com - Tom Prince Champagne remedies, sneezing ferrets, and thousands of years of havoc This story is part of “The Elemental Guide to This Year’s Flu,” a multi-story …
News (South Africa) TUTU INTERNATIONAL PEACE LECTURE: ‘Africa needs more Zondo Commissions’: Zim billionaire Strive Masiyiwadailymaverick.co.za - www.dailymaverick.co.za Delivering the ninth annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture, Zimbabwe-born telecoms magnate Strive Masiyiwa termed corruption Africa’s …
QuartzPublic Health Ten years ago, H1N1 swine flu ushered in drug-store flu shotsQuartz - Katie PalmerTen years ago, the United States was in the middle of a particularly devastating flu season. A version of H1N1, the so-called swine flu, was circling the globe in 2009—a virulent strain that, uncharacteristically
HealthlineFlu It May Take 7 Years to Develop, but Here’s Why a Universal Flu Shot Is ImportantHealthline - Tony Hicks An optimist might look at the efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine and say, “That’s great news, a flu shot that can last for years!” A pessimist …
Viruses Where's the Best Place to Survive a Global Pandemic?weather.com - Jan Wesner Childs It's a doomsday scenario: Millions of people on Earth become infected by a deadly disease that races across the globe with unprecedented …
terrangreenflipped into Worth ReadingBoard Games The Best Cooperative Board Games - IGNIGN - Sam Desatoff Board games can be a competitive hobby that pits friend against friend in a ruthless contest for victory points and bragging rights. But sometimes …
New York Postflipped into LivingViruses Study reveals safest countries to survive an extreme global pandemicNew York Post - By Christopher Carbone If a pandemic were to sweep the globe, where would you want to be? Where would you be safe and uninfected and (worst-case scenario) un-chomped by …
Atoms Digitizable therapeutics for decentralized mitigation of global pandemnature.com - Adar Hacohen, Reuven Cohen, Sol Efroni, Baruch Barzel, Ido Bachelet Pastor-Satorras, R. & Vespignani, A. Epidemic Spreading in Scale-Free Networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3200–3203 (2001). Pastor-Satorras, R., Castellano, …
Flu How the influenza virus achieves efficient viral RNA replicationphys.org - Public Library of Science New insights on how subunits of the influenza virus polymerase co-evolve to ensure efficient viral RNA replication are provided by a study published …
Sal Mandrixflipped into Good To KnowAsteroids Scientists rank safest spots to flee to if apocalyptic outbreak begins to wipe out humanitythescottishsun.co.uk - Charlotte Edwards SCIENTISTS have worked out the safest places for you to be if a sudden global pandemic threatens to wipe out humanity. They focused on islands because …
ScienceAlertflipped into HealthHealth An Ancestral Genome of The Plague Has Been Traced Back to RussiaScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill The Black Death was only the beginning. Countless millions perished in this terrible early wave – an estimated 60 percent of Europe was wiped out – …
Android CentralAndroid News Everything you need to know about Disintegration, from the co-creator of Haloandroidcentral.com - Jennifer Locke Upon first glance, Disintegration may look like a Destiny wannabe, but it's trying to forge its own path instead of following in the footsteps of …
ScienceAlertflipped into ScienceAlertHumanity If an Extreme Global Pandemic Hits, These Are The Safest Places You Can BeScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill What's the ultimate exit strategy if the worst happens? Like a sudden global pandemic, or some other kind of existential crisis that threatens …
Russia Ancient DNA traces the Black Death to Russia’s Volga regionsciencemag.org - Ann Gibbons In the 14th century, the Black Death wiped out as much as 60% of the population of Europe, spreading rapidly from the shores of the Black Sea to …
Germany Tracing the history of the second plague pandemic through ancient DNAnature.com - Maria A. Spyrou Our paper published in Nature Communications can be found here: The second plague pandemic, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, began with the …
Passionfish12flipped into ALL THINGS ANCIENTArchaeology Ancient genomes provide insight into the genetic history of the second plague pandemicmpg.de Analysis of 34 ancient plague genomes from the Black Death and succeeding plague epidemics in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries, reveals how …
National GeographicFlu Inside the Swift, Deadly History of the Spanish Flu PandemicNational Geographic - Toby SaulOne hundred years ago, the virus infected a third of the world’s population, killing 195,000 Americans in October 1918 alone. Scientist Johan Hultin traveled to Brevig Mission, Alaska, a town of a few
South Philadelphia ‘Spit Spreads Death’: A mournful march commemorates 1918 flu that killed 20,000 in Phillyinquirer.com - Jeff Gammage On that late September day in 1918, with the city in the grip of a powerful flu, thousands of Philadelphians jammed the sidewalks along Broad Street …
ABC NewsFlu From parade to pandemic: Museum looks at 1918's deadly fluABC News - The Associated Press On Sept. 28, 1918, in the waning days of World War I, over 200,000 people gathered along Broad Street in Philadelphia for a parade meant to raise …
Flu Mütter Museum is reviving a 1918 Philly parade that sparked a killer flu outbreakwhyy.org - Ximena Conde Saturday evening, hundreds of people are slated to march from South Philly to City Hall tracing a four-mile route some 200,000 people marched on …
