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Public Health @baraza.africa Mwalimu @baraza.africa Cerebrospinal Fluid "Brain Washing" During Sleep | The Brink | Boston University
www.bu.edu Are We “Brain Washed” during Sleep?A new study from Boston University is the first to illustrate that the brain’s cerebrospinal fluid pulses during sleep, and that these motions are closely tied with brain wave activity and blood flow. It may confirm the hypothesis that CSF flow and slow-wave activity both help flush toxic, memory-im...
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Public Health @baraza.africa Mwalimu @baraza.africa Don’t be fooled, the biodiversity crisis is a global security crisis
africanarguments.org Don't be fooled, the biodiversity crisis is a global security crisis | African ArgumentsEnvironmental degradation is a key driver of insecurity. To achieve peace, we must protect the planet and finance these efforts accordingly. Earlier this week, nine philanthropic organisations launched the “Protecting Our Planet Challenge” and pledged $5 billion to protect and conserve 30% of the pl...
It is no coincidence that 6 of the 10 largest UN-led peacekeeping operations currently exist in areas highly exposed to the impact of climate change; Mali, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to name a few. Environmental degradation and subsequent biodiversity loss lead directly to a collapse in food and water supplies, increased spread of diseases, reduced air quality, and a dramatic reduction in quality of life – which in turn significantly exacerbate security risks including violent conflict.
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Public Health @baraza.africa mtumishi @baraza.africa 
www.aljazeera.com WHO approves emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccineSinopharm could now be included in the UN-backed COVAX programme distributing COVID jabs to lower income countries.
“This afternoon, WHO gave emergency use listing to sign off on Beijing’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhahom Ghebreyesus said.
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Public Health @baraza.africa halo @lemmy.ml 
www.cdc.gov Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)CDC provides credible COVID-19 health information to the U.S.
current knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 transmission and reformatted to be more concise. that airborne virus can be inhaled even when one is more than six feet away from an infected individual. Although how we understand transmission occurs has shifted, the ways to prevent infection with this virus have not.
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Public Health @baraza.africa Mwalimu @baraza.africa War-rooms and oxygen: India's IT companies scramble to handle COVID-19 surge
www.reuters.com War-rooms and oxygen: India’s IT companies scramble to handle COVID-19 surgeIndia's giant IT firms in Bengaluru and other cities have set up COVID-19 "war-rooms" as they scramble to source oxygen, medicine and hospital beds for infected workers and maintain backroom operations for the world's biggest financial firms.
All 15 of the large companies Reuters spoke to this week said that they now had vaccination schemes in place. Several outlined COVID-19 "war-rooms" they had launched to support staff and secure oxygen and other supplies.
Initially, managers outside India had not wanted their companies' Indian operations to be seen to be jumping the queue for vaccines, says a senior manager who runs a workforce of more than 600 staff at a global bank in Bengaluru, asking not to be identified.
"The India CEO and others here said: we don't care what it looks like, people are dying."
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Public Health @baraza.africa Mwalimu @baraza.africa 
www.aljazeera.com Photos: Mass funeral pyres reflect India’s COVID tragedyIndia’s unfolding coronavirus crisis is most visceral in its overwhelmed crematoriums and graveyards.
At the city’s Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat crematorium, workers said they cremated more than 110 people on Saturday, even as government figures in the city of 1.8 million put the total number of virus deaths at just 10.
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Public Health @baraza.africa Mwalimu @baraza.africa 
africanarguments.org Exhumed Bodies: Reburials and Cultural Resistance in Covid Times | African ArgumentsPolitics of burial during Covid-19 in South Africa
"Nolusapho, Thembisile’s widow, said that within weeks of the funeral, family members started to see Thembisile appearing in their dreams complaining of suffocation caused by the plastic wraps around his body."
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Public Health @baraza.africa Mwalimu @baraza.africa Infected after holiday to Europe, pregnant Singapore mum gives birth to baby with Covid-19 antibodies
www.straitstimes.com Infected after holiday to Europe, pregnant S'pore mum gives birth to baby with Covid-19 antibodies"I feel relieved my Covid-19 journey is finally over now," said Celine Ng-Chan. Read more at straitstimes.com.
"My doctor suspects I have transferred my Covid-19 antibodies to him during my pregnancy."
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Public Health @baraza.africa Mwalimu @baraza.africa 
www.reuters.com Denmark plans to cull its mink population after coronavirus mutation spreads to humansDenmark will cull its mink population of up to 17 million after a mutation of the coronavirus found in the animals spread to humans, the prime minister said on Wednesday.
Health authorities found virus strains in humans and in mink which showed decreased sensitivity against antibodies, potentially lowering the efficacy of future vaccines, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. ... The head of the WHO’s emergencies programme, Mike Ryan, called on Friday for full-scale scientific investigations of the complex issue of humans - outside China - infecting mink which in turn transmitted the virus back to humans.