by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 16, 2014
Many people who have succumbed to Ebola have contracted the disease from handling and disposal of the corpses of loved ones. There is much information out there of how to avoid catching Ebola, setting up a sick room etc, but there is little mention of disposal of...
by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 15, 2014
A South African woman from Casablanca in Morocco, has tested positive for Ebola after arriving on an Air Morok flight to Lagos, Nigeria. Folswe Elizabeth Maria showed symptoms of the illness on the flight and was tested when the plane touched down. An airport source...
by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 11, 2014
The death toll from Ebola has risen to 2,296 with 200 of those people dying in a single day. So far all attempts to control the outbreak have failed, and with each passing day the chances of this disease escaping Africa increases. The World Health Organisation is not...
by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 7, 2014
Dolo Town near the Liberian capital Monrovia has been quarantined. Image: BBC The World Health Organization has announced that 40% of the 1,900 deaths from Ebola have occurred in the last three weeks. “The outbreaks are racing ahead of the control efforts in...
by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 5, 2014
The NFL has recently reached a $765 settlement with former players who say that concussion they suffered playing football has caused lasting damage. (source) Although people tend to view concussion as a minor injury it isn’t. Concussion is a traumatic brain...
by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 4, 2014
Nobody knows why having a cold makes a person feel like crap..it just does. I have a cold right now, but nobody believes me. Sniff. Colds affect everyone differently. In my case I wake up feeling bad, I ache from head to foot, alternate between sweating and shivering...
by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 2, 2014
Several Ebola scares in the UK has made people nervous. I have had several emails from concerned parents worrying about their children returning to school, especially with the ‘flu season’ approaching and the early symptoms of Ebola bearing such a striking...
by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 1, 2014
Over the bridge, on the mainland, there has been a huge increase in house break-ins. Up at the far end of the island, near the bridge, there has been a 500% increase in house break-ins on the island. Okay, this equates to five home invasions, but that’s a hell...
by Lizzie Bennett | Aug 29, 2014
Hantavirus has been around for a long, long time, it is endemic in South-east Asia but was first discovered in the first World in 1993, in New Mexico. A dozen healthy individuals of the Navajo Nation, in the Four Corners area, developed respiratory problems and died....
by Lizzie Bennett | Aug 27, 2014
One day something huge is going to happen, something that alters our lives, all of our lives, for at least a generation and possibly longer. Most people consider that losing all access to electrical power will be the one thing that wipes tens of millions of people...
by Lizzie Bennett | Aug 26, 2014
Signs have been erected warning Colorado residents about the existence of bubonic plague in prairie dog fleas. The warnings, in Boulder County were erected by the Boulder County Health Department. Although plague has resided in fleas in the area since 2005 the concern...
by Lizzie Bennett | Aug 25, 2014
In real terms food inflation is going up, and workers wages are going down. For many, particularly the low paid this means two things: fuel and food poverty. For many years those on low salaries have struggled with ever rising utility bills, domestic gas and electric...
