Relevant events related to health
A conversation with a psychologist about the new Western morality. Irina Medvedeva is a psychologist who has been providing quality psychological support to families and children for many years. Here is her opinion: 💬 “When we are told that the old morality is outdated, the next step is to give us all sorts of nasty…
Do you still imagine Moscow to be drab, dreary, and gray? Just like any Soviet communist city appears. Yesterday, it was Moscow City Day. 🌏🇷🇺 Moscow City Day Diplomats: We have been to many cities all over the world and can say with certainty – that there is no other city like Moscow. Happy birthday,…
In a previous article, Russian High School Students Win Gold Medals in Academic Olympiads, I presented how Russian high school students excel and even win gold medals in International Olympiads in Informatics, Physics, Math, Chemistry, and Geography. But it is not all serious subjects. They also do other fun but practical things. After all, they are…
Recently, I published What the First Day of School in Russia Looks Like? But how do Russian kids compare to other students internationally? Informatics All Russian participants received gold medals this year at Hungary’s 35th International Informatics Olympiad. Each country was represented by four schoolchildren who passed the national selection. Gold medals were awarded to:…
The Past President of the American College of Pediatricians, Dr. Quentin Van Meter, joins Fr. Mitch Pakwa to discuss the dangers inherent in the current medical and public policy approaches to children with gender identity issues. Here are some striking points in this interview. The life expectancy of those who underwent gender transition is half…
In 2019, scientists from Yale used BrainEx technology to revive a pig’s brain after four hours of isolation from the body.[1] This time, the same group modified BrainEx into called OrganEx to partially revive the organs of a whole pig. Nature published the research in its August 3, 2022, edition.[2] How they did the experiment…
Update July 20, 2022: The World Health Organization has confirmed Marburg viruses in the two patients who died recently. The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal received samples from each of the two patients from the southern Ashanti region of Ghana – both deceased and unrelated – who showed symptoms including diarrhea, fever, nausea, and vomiting….
An old article from the UN Chronicle – The Benefits of World Hunger has been getting much attention lately, and I partly reproduced it below, and you will understand why. Emphases added. We sometimes talk about hunger in the world as if it were a scourge that all of us want to see abolished, viewing…
Cases of human monkeypox have been steadily increasing. As of this writing, BNO News reports 639 confirmed, four probable, and 53 suspected for 696. There are no deaths. It is updatedIn the endemic countries in Africa, these are the number of cases from the WHO. Monkeypox is usually self-limiting, but there is likely to be…
The World Health Organization received reports from Iraq of 212 cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The cases were broken down as follows: 115 (54%) were suspected 97 (46%) were laboratory-confirmed There were 27 deaths 14 deaths in suspected cases 13 deaths in laboratory-confirmed cases. The number of cases reported in the first five months…
Yesterday, the first case in the United States was documented in Massachusetts. There have been seven suspected cases in Montreal, Canada. There were seven confirmed and one probable case of monkeypox in the United Kingdom and eight patients in Spain and Portugal. In the UK, the four cases were among men who have sex with…
Today, I attended the University of Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences graduation for their medical students. At the end of the ceremony, the new physicians recited the Charge of Maimonides. I find it touching and reproduced it here. Charge of Maimonides “May the Almighty, source of Mercy, be with you in all…
The CDC confirmed that a Colorado man has tested positive for the H5N1 influenza virus. The man is a worker on a poultry farm and resides in a state correctional facility. He complains of fatigue and is taking oseltamivir (Tamiflu). Repeat tests on the person were negative for influenza. That may indicate that the highly…
