Bioterrorism: 10 facts about sarin gas

Conditions and Diseases
April 8, 2017

As the civil war in Syria shows no signs of de-escalating, worrisome evidence points towards the deployment of chemical warfare with banned agents recently, resulting in almost a hundred deaths with more than a quarter of them children. Chlorine and Sarin gas are primarily being implicated. Here are ten facts to know about Sarin gas and how it works.

1. Historically, Sarin was used for bioterrorism by members of Aum Shinrikyo, …

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Bioterrorism: 10 facts about sarin gas

Why you should care about the Syrian refugee health crisis

Physician
March 4, 2016

“We are witnessing a paradigm change, an unchecked slide into an era in which the scale of global forced displacement as well as the response required is now clearly dwarfing anything seen before.”
– Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The global political upheaval caused by the Syrian refugee crisis could potentially mask a critical issue that has all the signs of a catastrophic public health disaster — the health of …

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Why you should care about the Syrian refugee health crisis

10 simple facts about Zika virus

Conditions and Diseases
February 23, 2016

1. Zika is an infectious disease caused by a virus and transmitted by mosquitoes. It is one of four worrisome viral infections that have spread rapidly across the world recently including dengue, chikungunya, and West Nile virus, all of which are transmitted by mosquitoes or ticks. The most dangerous mosquito type is the one that spreads yellow fever (Aedes).

2. Though Zika is mostly spread by mosquito bites, there is emerging …

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10 simple facts about Zika virus