New Bird Flu Strain Kills 38% of Those It Infects

Prof. Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer for England with special responsibility for pandemic planning, told the Daily Telegraph that H7N9, a flu virus circulating in poultry in China could be “the cause of the next pandemic.” Some 1,625 people in China are known to have been infected with the H7N9 virus, 623 of whom have died. Most of those infected have been been in close contact with poultry; currently, the disease cannot spread from human to human, but experiments have shown it is just three mutations away from being able to do so. Source: New Bird Flu Strain Kills 38% of Those It Infects

♫ Overjoyed ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

I figure that since last night I played Fire for Clive, tonight I get to treat myself to … wait for it … some Stevie Wonder!!! Overjoyed is a hit single written and performed by American R&B singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on the Tamla (Motown) label from his 1985 album In Square Circle. The song was written first for the 1979 album […]

♫ Overjoyed ♫ (Redux) — Filosofa’s Word

Now We Finally Know: Notorious Kremlin-Linked Oligarch Paid For Giuliani’s Trips – TPM – Talking Points Memo

Rudy Giuliani had his travel expenses covered by an indicted Ukrainian oligarch’s company as he sought dirt on President Biden, the New York Times reported this…
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Why Putting Solar Canopies on Parking Lots Is a Smart Green Move – Yale E360

Solar farms are proliferating on undeveloped land, often harming ecosystems. But placing solar canopies on large parking lots offers a host of advantages — making use of land that is already cleared, producing electricity close to those who need it, and even shading cars.
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