Archive for the 'Health' Category
“Catastrophic Sleep-Loss Epidemic”
September 24th, 2017Via: Independent: A “catastrophic sleep-loss epidemic” is causing a host of potentially fatal diseases, a leading expert has said. In an interview with the Guardian, Professor Matthew Walker, director of the Centre for Human Sleep Science at the University of California, Berkeley, said that sleep deprivation affected “every aspect of our biology” and was widespread […]
Scientists Edit Embryos’ Genes to Study Early Human Development
September 21st, 2017Via: Reuters: British scientists have used a genome editing tool known as CRISPR/Cas9 to knock out a gene in embryos just a few days old, testing the technique’s ability to decipher key gene functions in early human development. The researchers said their experiments, using a technology that is the subject of fierce international debate because […]
Air Force Planes to Spray Harris County with Dibrom
September 18th, 2017Via: AP: Harris County officials say Air Force Reserve cargo planes will be spraying much the county beginning Thursday to combat the mosquito threat left by Harvey’s heavy rains and floodwaters. Modified C-130 planes from Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio are to spray about 600,000 acres in roughly the northern and southern thirds […]
Merck’s Links to Biological Warfare
September 18th, 2017Via: YouTube:
Childhood Vaccines May Go Into One Jab
September 14th, 2017Via: BBC: A technology that could eventually see every childhood vaccine delivered in a single injection has been developed by US researchers. Their one-shot solution stores the vaccine in microscopic capsules that release the initial dose and then boosters at specific times. The approach has been shown to work in mouse studies, described in the […]
After 15 Die in Hepatitis Outbreak, San Diego Begins Sanitary Street Washing
September 12th, 2017Via: Los Angeles Times: Sanitary street washing will commence in downtown San Diego and will continue every other week to combat the city’s deadly hepatitis A outbreak, Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s office said Friday. The city responded to a letter sent by San Diego County Thursday, asking the city to move forward with a list of […]
New Zealand: Polluted Paradise
September 7th, 2017Update: Part 2: Government Backing Policies Destroying Water Resources — Via: Al Jazeera: I also discovered that the country is harbouring a disturbing secret, little known to the rest of the world: its freshwater is in severe crisis. Two-thirds of New Zealand’s rivers are too polluted to swim in and half its lakes are irreversibly […]
Plastic Fibres Found in Tap Water Around the World
September 6th, 2017The ground up plastic is turning up in sea salt that people are eating now. Via: Guardian: Microplastic contamination has been found in tap water in countries around the world, leading to calls from scientists for urgent research on the implications for health. Scores of tap water samples from more than a dozen nations were […]
Fleas Found to Carry the Plague in at Least 2 Arizona Counties
August 13th, 2017Really? In other news: Imagine the coincidence… A plague expert, with links to the DoD bioweapons milieu, is involved with a weird murder along with a foreign national, who happens to be from the same country where this happened several years ago: Britain: Scientists Reconstruct Black Death Plague with Genetic Material Taken from Ancient Corpses […]
Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions
August 9th, 2017#missionaccomplished Via: Bloomberg: Steady improvements in American life expectancy have stalled, and more Americans are dying at younger ages. But for companies straining under the burden of their pension obligations, the distressing trend could have a grim upside: If people don’t end up living as long as they were projected to just a few years […]
