Parasitic Diseases

Your Sushi May Serve Up Parasitic Worms | Health News - U.S. News & World Report Your Sushi May Serve Up Parasitic Worms | Health News - U.S. News & World Report Lawn conversion therapy - Online Athens Tapeworm Interview: Binding of Isaac Creator Talks New Card Game, Art, and Themes - Game Rant Your Sushi May Serve Up Parasitic Worms | Health News - U.S. News & World Report Posted: 13 Apr 2020 12:00 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Your Sushi May Serve Up Parasitic Worms | Health News    U.S. News & World Report Lawn conversion therapy - Online Athens Posted: 24 Apr 2020 07:02 AM PDT If you are lucky enough to have some land at your disposal, chances are you have been turning it over in your mind. Stuck at home, deprived of natural light, with grocery shopping less carefree than ever, it's no wonder we start eyeing sections of lawn the way a hungry coyote might look a...

10 Infectious Diseases That Are Spread Through Water - World Atlas 10 Infectious Diseases That Are Spread Through Water - World Atlas Posted: 29 Apr 2020 09:41 PM PDT Society Deadly disease can spread through contaminated water. Having access to clean water is thus essential to survival. A researcher collecting sample of contaminated water for inspection of its quality in the lab. Image credit: kosmos111/Shutterstock.com Water is a basic element of life. Without water, an organism on Earth cannot survive. But sometimes, water can contain dangerous pathogens that can infect people to cause lethal diseases. And every year, millions of people around the world are killed by these illnesses, often because they do not have access to safe and clean water, proper sanitation and good hygiene. Here are 10 infectious diseases that are spread through water:  1. Salmonellosis Electron microscope showing Salmonella typhimurium(red) invad...

Protect yourself and your pets: CDC says keep animals 6 feet apart - KGW.com Protect yourself and your pets: CDC says keep animals 6 feet apart - KGW.com Posted: 29 Apr 2020 05:25 PM PDT PORTLAND, Ore — Editor's note: The video above is from April 7, 2020.  When you take your dog on a walk, don't let your social distancing guard down. The same goes for your indoor/outdoor cat.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's best to take precautions and keep your pets away from other people and animals at this time. Not only should you maintain a physical distance of at least 6 feet from others, but the CDC now says your animals should maintain that distance as well. In the U.S. multiple animals, including a family's pug in North Carolina , two pet cats, and five tigers and three lions at the Bronx Zoo in New York   have tested positive for COVID-19. Two pet dogs and a pet cat in Hong Kong also...

Offspring may inherit legacy of their father's Toxoplasma infection - Science Daily Offspring may inherit legacy of their father's Toxoplasma infection - Science Daily 'Scoop the poop' – Fort Carson Mountaineer - fortcarsonmountaineer.com Improving the treatment of periodontitis - Science Daily Offspring may inherit legacy of their father's Toxoplasma infection - Science Daily Posted: 29 Apr 2020 11:59 AM PDT Australian researchers have revealed for the first time that males infected with the Toxoplasma parasite can impact their offspring's brain health and behaviour. Studying mice infected with the common parasite Toxoplasma , the team discovered that sperm of infected fathers carried an altered 'epigenetic' signature which impacted the brains of resulting offspring. Molecules in the sperm called 'small RNA' appeared to influence the offspring's brai...

Kickstarter for Tapeworm Game Smashes Goal At Launch - The Nerd Stash Kickstarter for Tapeworm Game Smashes Goal At Launch - The Nerd Stash Posted: 29 Apr 2020 12:04 AM PDT Share The Nerdy News!               Tapeworm is the newest effort from Edmund McMillen, the indie game designer, and the artist is best known for The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy . A thirty-day Kickstarter funding campaign for the game has just launched and sold out multiple tiers in minutes. We doubled our goal in the first 12 min! shit be crazy! this is going to be a wild ride dudes, please keep telling everyone about the kickstarter! the more backers we get the more wacky shit we can add an unlock! https://t.co/TIQQyaBxuC — Edmund McMillen (@edmundmcmillen) April 28, 2020 In a break from McMillen's previous games which have mostly been video games, Tapeworm would be a tabletop card game for two to four players if ...