Tag: Disease

In Gaza, more Palestinians will be killed by starvation and disease than those killed by bombs

We are told that the high intensity phase of Israel’s war in Gaza is coming to an end. As world leaders contemplate new wars and a compliant media gets busy with freshly minted threats, there are fewer stories on Gaza. Let us not be lulled into believing that, for those besieged in Gaza, the worst

In Gaza, more Palestinians will be killed by starvation and disease than those killed by bombs

Coronavirus crisis elicits fresh look at the future of diseases, medicine and climate change – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Picture of a globe with a thermometer in it's mouth and a hot looking background.

via Coronavirus crisis elicits fresh look at the future of diseases, medicine and climate change – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Ancient Viruses Trapped in Glaciers for Thousands of Years Could Be Released By Climate Crisis: Study | Common Dreams News

Glaciers like the Sawyer Glacier in Alaska, pictured here in July 2016, are melting around the world—possibly releasing viruses and microbes into the air.

via Ancient Viruses Trapped in Glaciers for Thousands of Years Could Be Released By Climate Crisis: Study | Common Dreams News

If Donald Trump Is the Symptom… Then What’s the Disease? | The Smirking Chimp

Here, then, is the question of the day, the sort you’d ask about any patient with a rising temperature: If Donald Trump is only the symptom, what’s the disease?

via If Donald Trump Is the Symptom… Then What’s the Disease? | The Smirking Chimp

What lies beneath: As earth warms, diseases within permafrost become a bigger worry – Salon.com

Scientists are witnessing the theoretical turning into reality: infectious microbes emerging from a deep freeze

Source: What lies beneath: As earth warms, diseases within permafrost become a bigger worry – Salon.com