On February 24, 1582 the Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. In what year was it adopted in Britain – supposedly resulting in public uproar over 11 lost days? (See at the bottom for the Trivia answer.) World news: Bird flu kills school girl in Cambodia Scientists testing a dozen people for avianContinue reading “The Telegraph for the sabbath of 2023 February 24-25”
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Still no vaccine to protect against HIV
Johnson and Johnson becomes the latest pharmaceutical firm to withdraw a possible contender. “We hope to have a vaccine ready for testing in about two years. Yet another terrible disease is about to yield to patience, persistence and outright genius.” So said Margaret Heckler, US Secretary of Health, on the HIV epidemic in 1984. YetContinue reading “Still no vaccine to protect against HIV”
How better animal welfare could stop millions of people dying
Preventing increasing rates of outbreaks of viruses, is feasible, especially if “primordial prevention issues, rather than just preparedness and rapid response” are addressed
Some View on the World 