This season, I caught both a cold in February 2016 and the Flu in June 2016. I conclude, the strains have changed because, they were both devastating and I seem to catch them every two years or so. The Flu had me at home for two weeks. I had majority of the symptoms and my nights … Continue reading Tips for Cold and Flu Season: What Is the Difference between Mucus and Phlegm
This season, I caught both a cold in February 2016 and the Flu in June 2016. I conclude, the strains have changed because, they were both devastating and I seem to catch them every two years or so. The Flu had me at home for two weeks. I had majority of the symptoms and my nights … Continue reading Tips for Cold and Flu Season: What the Colour of Your Mucus Means
This season, I caught both a cold in February 2016 and the Flu in June 2016. I conclude that the strains have changed because, they were both devastating. The Flu had me at home for two weeks. I had majority of the symptoms and my nights were beyond miserable. In the final week, I was … Continue reading Tips for Cold and Flu Season: What Is Phlegm or Mucus
This season, I caught both a cold in February 2016 and the Flu in June 2016. I conclude that the strains have changed because, they were both devastating. The Flu had me at home for two weeks. I had majority of the symptoms and my nights were beyond miserable. In the final week, I was … Continue reading Tips for Cold and Flu Season
Doctor warns virus might thrive in municipality "I say to you, if you have a house in Portmore, sell it!" These are the words of a medical doctor with a grave concern for residents of Portmore, St Catherine, who believes the impending Zika virus could gradually wipe out the population. Dr Jephthah Ford said Jamaica … Continue reading Zik V could destroy Portmore, Jamaica – Doctor warns virus might thrive in municipality
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Experts say the world cannot ease up on efforts to fully develop Ebola vaccines. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) this week ended the global health emergency over Ebola, the world cannot ease up on efforts to maximize development of Ebola vaccines and prepare for the next outbreak, according to an expert panel. A report … Continue reading Expert panel urges no letup on Ebola vaccine progress
Mo is an Ebola survivor who is slowly going blind. (Emily Baumgaertner) Mo scratches at his eyes, his burning photophobia triggered in the sunlight. My instinct is to bat his hand away, to warn him, “You’ll scratch your cornea!”, but I bite my tongue. A corneal abrasion would hardly exacerbate the fact that he … Continue reading Ebola ravaged countries like Sierra Leone, needs Ophthalmologists, eye doctors for Epidemic’s Survivors
Some West Africans who have beat the deadly disease are now going blind—and doctors, unsure if treatment would unleash the virus back into the population, are powerless to help them. Ebola Virus Hiding in the Eyes of Survivors Exactly one year after the physician and Ebola survivor Ian Crozier woke from his coma, I met … Continue reading Ebola Virus Hiding in the Eyes of Survivors
Short memories and shorter media cycles mean that the West African Ebola crisis is now considered ‘fixed’. Several countries have been now declared free of the disease. But the recent outbreak of Zika provides a reminder of the cost of major outbreaks of serious infectious diseases. First, the direct costs of containing and controlling the … Continue reading How the Cost of Ebola Damaged the Entire African Economy
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