In the last few decades, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has received increasing attention from the international scientific community, political institutions, and environmental governances for improving the comfort, health, and wellbeing of building occupants. Several studies on this topic have shown both qualitative and quantitative IAQ variations through the years, underlining an increase in pollutants and [...]
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Dhaka has reported a dramatic increase in dengue fever in June–1713 cases, up from 193 cases in May. This is much more cases that were reported in the month of June in recent years–2018 (295), 2017 (267) and 2016 (254). Since June 1 through July 4, more than 2,000 [...]
Introduction Indoor environments contribute significantly to total human exposure to air pollutants, as people spend most of their time indoors. Indoor air quality is influenced by: penetrating outdoor air; specific indoor pollution sources; interactions between building system/construction techniques; and occupants. Some pollutants may be 2–5-fold more concentrated inside than outside buildings. Indoor pollutants may have [...]
Highlights • Stormwater has been considered as an alternative water source. • Microbial contamination hinders stormwater reuse. • WSUD is effective in removing pathogens but requires more validation. • QMRA analysis can facilitate decision making and risk management efforts. Read more… The post A review on microbial contaminants in stormwater [...]
Abstract Objective To examine whether sleep traits have a causal effect on risk of breast cancer. Design Mendelian randomisation study. Setting UK Biobank prospective cohort study and Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) case-control genome-wide association study. Participants 156 848 women in the multivariable regression and one sample mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis in UK Biobank (7784 with a breast cancer diagnosis) [...]
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have studied which genes are expressed in overactive immune cells in mice with asthma-like inflammation of the airways. Their results, which are published in the journal Immunity, suggest that the synthesis and breakdown of fats plays an important part in the process. The job of the human immune system is to [...]
An international collaboration of infectious disease experts has identified a large group of people who appear to have naturally mounted an immune response to TB, a bacterial infection that is the leading cause of infectious disease death worldwide. Nearly 200 people from 2500 households with active TB were clearly exposed to TB for more than [...]
It’s no secret that the landscape for developing new antibiotics poses many obstacles for drug companies, both scientific and financial. To begin with, finding substances with novel mechanisms to combat bacterial pathogens is challenging and expensive. When scientists do identify a promising antibacterial candidate, the subsequent path to regulatory approval of new drugs is long [...]
Over the weekend and through today, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) ministry of health recorded 41 more cases of the deadly disease, including another case detected in a vaccinated health worker. The continued spread of the outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces has been marked in recent days by increased cases in [...]
Uganda has called for the support of WHO and partners and together they have trained more than 16000 community leaders and volunteers KAMPALA, Uganda, June 26, 2019/APO Group/ — As Uganda steps up its response to its first confirmed Ebola cases, preparations made since the outbreak began in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo [...]
