New Delhi, November 5, 2012. Dengue is fast spreading in the capital with 39 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease on Monday, taking the total number of cases to over 1,200. While 37 cases were reported from three municipal corporations, two cases were reported from VVIP areas in the capital. A total of 1,211 … Read More
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BBC – Indoor laundry drying ‘poses a health risk’, Why not Move it Outdoors
Drying laundry in the home poses a health risk to those prone to asthma, hay fever and other allergies, according to new research. A study carried out by the Mackintosh School of Architecture found that many homes had too much moisture indoors. Up to a third of this moisture was attributed to drying laundry. The … Read More
Northern Ireland not Immune to Schmallenberg Virus
I have no idea why the farmers of Northern or Southern Ireland thought that they would be left immune to the Schmallenberg Virus? According to Wikipedia The ‘Schmallenberg virus is the informal name given to an orthobunyavirus, which has not been given a formal name as of January 2012, initially reported in November 2011 to … Read More
Washing Lines or Tendederos De Pared
Using Google Insights I looked up the level of search that was being done on Washing lines or Tendederos De Pared as they are called in Spain. To my surprise and delight it appears that in Spain people are searching for washing lines or Tendederos right the way through the year and curiously enough it … Read More
Dengue Fever spreads East, West and North
36 more cases of Dengue Fever have been reported this month, nudging the total number to 985 cases reported in Delhi, India this year. Like Malaria, Dengue which also goes by its less well known name of Breakbone Fever, is a vector-borne disease which is transmitted when Aedes aegypti mosquitos which are already carrying the … Read More
Thailand batting against Drug-Resistant Malaria
According to The Nation, one of Thailand’s multimedia channels, there are an increasing number of patients ‘for whom the most recent drug against the malaria parasite – Artemisinin – has failed. Artemisinin is usually used in combination with other anti-malarial drugs, such as mafloquine’. It would appear that the main factors contributing to the increase … Read More
WHO and WMO launch new Atlas of Health and Climate Change
News release: WHO, 29 October 2012 | Geneva – As the world’s climate continues to change, hazards to human health are increasing. The Atlas of health and climate, published today jointly by WHO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), illustrates some of the most pressing current and emerging challenges. Droughts, floods and cyclones affect the … Read More
MP Visited Ghana and caught Malaria
MP Eric Joyce has been hospitalised after catching malaria. He was on a business trip to Ghana and didn’t take his medication! Despite the warnings from GPs, the various travel sites, and the high profile Malaria No More campaign, people continue to travel to Sub Saharan Africa without taking the basic precautions! On a recent … Read More
While Greek economy is stabilising Health System struggling to contain Malaria outbreak
Source: NPR by MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFF, October 26, 201211:32 AM After a 40-year hiatus, malaria is returning to Greece. Some 70 cases have been reported there this year, and at least 12 people appear to have been infected in the country. (The others picked up the disease elsewhere.) That’s a concern for health workers because it … Read More
Did I really just read about ‘Shopkeepers Dispensing Malaria Drugs’
The charity Oxfam has cast doubt on an international scheme that aims to boost the provision of the most effective treatment for malaria. Oxfam says there is no evidence the programme has saved the lives of the most vulnerable people. The UK government has contributed £70m to the Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm). The … Read More