Nothing Beats Bushmeat, Not Even the Risk of Disease
Freshly slaughtered bush meat is being consumed even though it may have health risks. By Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, May 18 2023 (IPS) Meat from wild animals is relished across Africa and widely traded, but scientists are warning that eating bush meat is a potential health risk, especially in the wake of pandemics like COVID-19. A study at the border settlements of Kenya and Tanzania has found that while people have been aware of the risks associated with eating bushmeat, especially after the COVID-19 outbreak, they don’t worry about hunting and eating wild animals that could transmit diseases. On the contrary, the demand for...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Biodiversity Editors' Choice Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Headlines Health Natural Resources IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

They moved to a Buddhist retreat in rural America. Have they found happiness?
Nestled in Arkansas, the Buddhist center is remote and summers are sweltering. I spent a week shadowing practitioners to learn whether it changed them in the ways they had hopedAni Wangmo and I are being tailgated. We ’re in a white pickup truck, and the man behind us is driving a mid-size silver Pontiac. There’s real risk: deer and armadillo are splattered all over the narrow, cliffside Ozark road. If we need to stop suddenly, there’s nowhere for the Pontiac to swerve. The car will drive into us, the oncom ing lane, or off the cliff.We ’re on the six-hour grocery run that Wangmo makes twice a month for the practit...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Elizabeth Weissberg with photographs by Terra Fondriest Tags: Arkansas Buddhism US news Religion Mental health Psychology Society Source Type: news

Fire breaks out at Shell ' s Deer Park chemical plant in Texas
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Who wore this ancient deer pendant? DNA reveals a Stone Age woman with surprising origins
Twenty thousand years ago, someone dropped a deer-tooth pendant in a cave in southwestern Siberia, where it lay until archaeologists excavated it in 2019. Now, researchers have caught a glimpse of its last wearer. After years of effort, Elena Essel, a graduate student at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (EVA), developed a way to extract DNA embedded in an artifact’s porous surface by sweat and skin cells. Her team’s analysis of the ornament, reported this week in Nature , shows it once adorned a woman whose ancestry lay far east of the cave. “It’s the first time to my knowledg...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 3, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

COVID detected in a California mule deer, first wildlife case in state
California wildlife officials have confirmed the state's first case of COVID-19 in a wild animal, detected in a mule deer killed in 2021 in El Dorado County.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - April 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Grace Toohey Source Type: news

Hidden details of world ’s most famous sled dog revealed in massive genomics project
In 1925, a sled dog named Balto made headlines around the world when he braved fierce winds, a raging blizzard, and splintering river ice to bring lifesaving serum to an isolated Alaskan town struck with diphtheria. (Although another sled dog, Togo, may deserve most of the credit .) Now, researchers have pieced together a fuller picture of the celebrated canine from DNA taken from the underbelly of his stuffed, faded carcass. Aided by hundreds of newly sequenced genomes and an extensive database of dog DNA, they were able to glean details about Balto’s size, appearance, and stamina not captured in historical photos...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Spring brings commerce, concerns for states along Mississippi River
DUBUQUE, Iowa — As Old Man River slowly awakens from its winter slumber, eagles work the edges of the opening channels and marina docks groan as the slow current wrestles the ice. Anglers — and an occasional whitetail deer — tread cautiously on the big river. Just like any other early spring on…#iowa #uppermississippi #mississippiriver #loudellorco #armycorpsofengineers #stlouisdistrict #mississippi #stpaul #minnesota #lakepepin
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme. Here ’ s What You Need to Know
Chris Rose lost ten years of his health—not to mention his gallbladder—to a single tick bite. The tick bit in 2010 and Rose, now a 50-year-old network engineer in Chapel Hill, N.C., thought little of it at the time. “It was one of those lone star ticks,” he says, “and I just picked it off me. It wasn’t a big deal.” Before long, however, Rose began developing crushing chest pains, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Doctors screened him for heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and gallstones, and even removed his gallbladder to see if that might ease the intesti...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

U.S. Launches Major Wildlife Corridor Project to Protect Animals From Busy Roads
(SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M.) — Native American tribes, as well as state and local governments will be able to tap into $350 million in infrastructure funds to build wildlife corridors along busy roads and add warning signs for drivers in what federal officials are billing as the first-of-its-kind pilot program to prevent collisions and improve habitat connectivity. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was expected to roll out more details about the program during a visit to Santa Ana Pueblo on Tuesday. Wildlife managers with the New Mexico tribe have documented recent mountain lion casualties along a busy federal...
Source: TIME: Science - April 4, 2023 Category: Science Authors: SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / AP Tags: Uncategorized animals climate change healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

Rat Infestations Are a Global Problem. Is Birth Control the Solution?
Not every politician is willing to admit they owe their election to rats. But Laura Mikulski, city councilwoman for Ferndale, Michigan isn’t shy about attributing her political career—literally—to skeevy, long-tailed rodents. Mikulski, who educated herself in all things rat control, is the co-founder of the Ferndale Rat Patrol. She created a citizens’ movement to accurately assess the local scope of its burgeoning rat problem, embrace less environmentally harmful methods of pest control, and even host a month-long census, called Traptoberfest, in which participants win gold-painted spring trap trop...
Source: TIME: Science - March 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Lisa Abend Tags: Uncategorized animals feature freelance Source Type: news

The ‘Deadliest Drug’ In America Explained: How Xylazine—An Animal Tranquilizer—Is Getting Mixed With Fentanyl
Xylazine is an FDA-approved veterinary tranquilizer used in large animals like horses and deer and is not approved for human consumption.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Arianna Johnson, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Trending Explainer Trending-Explainer Source Type: news

Retired optometrist says ‘out of control’ Gwyneth Paltrow crashed into him at upscale Deer Valley ski resort
Gwyneth Paltrow is scheduled to stand trial on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by a retired optometrist who said that the actress-turned-lifestyle influencer violently crashed into him in 2016 while skiing in Utah at one of the most upscale ski resorts in the United States. Terry Sanderson, 76, said…#gwynethpaltrow #utah #terrysanderson #deervalleyresort #parkcity #deervalley #shakespeareinlove #ironman #paltrow #sanderson
Source: Reuters: Health - March 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Today ’s Wordle #640 Hint, Clues And Answer For Tuesday, March 21st
Spring is here at last, which means rain and sleet and hail instead of just the white fluffy stuff. How lovely. Someday the sun will shine again. Birds will chirp. The snow will melt and fade into memory. Flowers will blossom. Deer and rabbits will prance through the forest and my dogs will give…#clue #wordlebot #dutch #dd #dungeonsdragons #irish #pvpwordle #1 #2 #3
Source: Reuters: Health - March 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘A wake-up call’: total weight of wild mammals less than 10% of humanity’s
From elephants to tigers, study reveals scale of damage to wildlife caused by transformation of wildernesses and human activityThe total weight of Earth ’s wild land mammals – from elephants to bisons and from deer to tigers – is now less than 10% of the combined tonnage of men, women and children living on the planet.A study by scientists at Israel ’s Weizmann Institute of Science, published this month, concludes that wild land mammals alive today have a total mass of 22m tonnes. By comparison, humanity now weighs in at a total of around 390m tonnes.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 18, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Science Editor Tags: Wildlife Biodiversity Science Environment World news Conservation Endangered habitats Source Type: news

Here ' s the average salary each generation says they need to feel ' financially healthy. ' Gen Z requires a whopping $171K/year
As the global COVID-19 pandemic rages on, another “health” crisis has been plaguing the U.S. Almost 4 in 10 Americans say they feel “financially unhealthy,” as prices remain high after a year of record-breaking inflation. However, how much you think you need to get financially well may depend more…#genz #personalcapital #harrispoll #craigbirk #pauldeer #deer #laceycobb #regardlessofnumber #nonerich
Source: Reuters: Health - March 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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