The Mosquito Population In The San Gabriel Valley Is Up (Gulp) 500% | LAist

Back in 2010 a new invasive mosquito series made its way to Southern California. Called the Aedes mosquito, it first showed up in El Monte in 2010. By 2018, it was prevalent enough that my colleague Emily Guerin investigated. She reported:

… it’s been spreading all throughout Southern California. And it’s way more vicious than our native mosquito, the Culex.

Unlike the Culex, Aedes mosquitoes bite during the day. And they go for the legs and ankles, instead of buzzing around your ears, so you can’t hear them coming.

And they need much less water to breed.

That’s one key difference between the invasive Aedes and native Culex mosquitoes. Culex prefer to lay their eggs in big sources of water, like swimming pools, but the Aedes mosquitoes hardly need any water at all. Both mosquitoes, however, can carry diseases: Culex has successfully transmitted West Nile to six people in L.A. County already this year, while Aedes can transmit Zika virus and dengue fever, although that hasn’t happened yet.

Source: The Mosquito Population In The San Gabriel Valley Is Up (Gulp) 500% | LAist

Violência Contra a Mulher

Violence Against Women

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Vocês sabem o que mais causa morte de mulheres no nosso país? O inconformismo. Sim! O inconformismo a liberdade de expressão, a locomoção e a escolha dessa mulher.
O Brasil tem uma estatística vergonhosa em relação ao feminicídio, por exemplo. Mulheres que morrem pela condição do gênero feminino. Essas vítimas, elas têm uma relação de afeto com o seu agressor ou ” futuro assassino “. É triste dizer isso, mas é assim que acontece.
Não falar, não dá voz a mulher que é vítima de violência, é sim, uma forma de querer abafar, calar-nos diante de nossos direitos. É preciso falar, é portanto, denunciar!

Mulheres falem!…

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Ontario declares state of emergency in response to convoy protests | CBC News

…At a press conference Friday, Ford said he will convene cabinet and “urgently enact orders that will make crystal clear it is illegal and punishable to block and impede the movement of goods, people and services along critical infrastructure.

“This will include protecting international border crossings, 400-series highways, airports, ports, bridges and railways. It will also include protecting the safe and essential movement of ambulatory and medical services, public transit, municipal and provincial roadways, as well as pedestrian walkways,” Ford said.

“Fines for non-compliance will be severe, with a maximum penalty of $100,000 and up to a year imprisonment. We will also provide additional authority to consider taking away the personal and commercial licences of anyone who doesn’t comply with these orders…”

Source: Ontario declares state of emergency in response to convoy protests | CBC News

Eagerly awaited COVID lifesavers molnupiravir, Paxlovid now wait for patients | CIDRAP

Two oral COVID-19 antiviral medications, molnupiravir (Merck) and Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, Pfizer), have been proven to be safe, effective, and convenient treatments to take at home.

However, patients have to surmount several hurdles to get them—including recognizing that they have symptoms of COVID-19, getting a COVID-19 test, having a positive test, securing a doctor’s appointment, getting a prescription, and finding a pharmacy with a supply—and they have to do all of this quickly. Antivirals need to be started within the first 5 days of COVID-19 symptom onset in order to produce a benefit.

“High-risk patients in the first few days after diagnosis don’t realize how much sicker they’re going to get, so they miss the opportunity to get better faster—and by the time they actually do, it’s too late,” said Bryan Jarabek MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer and hospitalist at M Health Fairview in Minneapolis.

Source: Eagerly awaited COVID lifesavers molnupiravir, Paxlovid now wait for patients | CIDRAP