"Egypt- the country that has been on the top of my "places to see" list since I started writing a list (since I was in primary school). Over time the list has changed a bit, but Egypt has always held it's top place. "To explore Egypt, I did a 15 day budget tour with 23...
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" West Nile cases on rise in Southern California Gerhard Goedhart, district manager of the Orange County Vector Control District, holds a jar of mosquitoes and larvae at a news conference Tuesday in Garden Grove....
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"Umph, umph, umph" - not the sound of a grumpy old man but baby crocodiles talking to each other from inside their eggs - more evidence that I wasn't that mad when talking to my unborn children - if it works for...
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Lyle Petersen, director of the division of vector borne diseases at the CEnters for Disease Control and Prevention, was infected with West Nile virus while collecting his mail. As one of the world's most preeminent experts on the virus, he had a suspicion that the...
Darfur's government is saying that the attack earlier today in a suburb of Khartoum by Sudanese troops was defeated."It was the first time fighting had reached the city in decades of conflict between the...
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The map of the world may have to be redrawn. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and various scientists around the world, sea levels could rise 1.5 meters by the end of this...
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An economic and political crisis is building in Egypt. MSNBC reports that rioters are setting buildings on fire.The banned group Muslim Brotherhood is taking full advantage to literally set fire to the streets. The Brotherhood is a jihadist organization that declares "Jihad...
"Revised guidelines for the use of horse vaccines in the United States have named tetanus, rabies, West Nile virus, and Eastern/Western encephalomyelitis as key diseases against which horses should be inoculated.
The Infectious Disease Committee of the American Association of...
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Not a new article and deal but an interesting one. See my posts. From mining to diamonds to fish it is all the same story for Africa. Treat causes not symptoms. Follow the money to decision makers. and those...
A minibus fell off of a ferry as it boarded, sixteen of its passengers drowning before a successful rescue attempt could be carried out. At last report, rescue workers were still searching for survivors. The driver of the bus is in police custody."At least 16 people have died...
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Swampy swimming pools all over the country — a legacy of the foreclosure crisis — are becoming breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes.
The problem is particularly acute in warm climates like Florida and California, where officials are concerned about the...
"CAIRO (AFP) - Ranked one of the most polluted cities in the world, Cairo is once again under the shadow of a highly toxic black cloud which mysteriously settles above the huge city every autumn. Exhaust...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBefore you head to your "Dale Gribble" (King of the Hill) style underground bunker and don a flak jacket while you peer suspiciously at your next door...
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"Kenyan researchers have hailed a humble fish as the latest weapon in the battle to curb the spread of malaria.
Nile tilapia, a fish more usually seen on Kenyan dinner tables, was introduced to several abandoned fishponds in the west of the country.
By consuming mosquito...
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"In Nubia, Northern Sudan, there is growing anxiety about the planned construction of three dams on the Nile. The Sudanese government refuses to reveal the plans and claims that nothing has been decided upon as yet. But Nubians fear the dams will inundate most of their...