Women Jailed for Refusing TB Treatment Gets Sent Home

The woman will be allowed to finish her treatment at home while under close supervision, which will include electronic monitoring and health department visits.
— Read on gizmodo.com/women-jailed-for-refusing-tb-treatment-gets-sent-home-1850587698

Wednesday wanderings in late June, 2023 | Filosofa’s Word

Our friend Keith went for a walk this morning! When he walks, he ponders and muses (his blog is, after all, titled ‘musingsofanoldfart’) and often the results are share-worthy, as they are today. He cuts through the rhetoric and gives a cogent summation of the person who seems likely to be the Republican nominee next year … and convincingly shows us just how foolish/dangerous it would be to allow that candidate to get a foot in the door! Thanks, Keith … you have a much more well-organized mind than most of us! Source: Wednesday wanderings in late June, 2023 | Filosofa’s Word

‘It gets worse every day’: why are sea lions and dolphins dying along California’s coast? | California | The Guardian

“The flood gates opened and it just gets worse every day. We’re getting 30 to 60 reports an hour and more than 300 reports a day,” said Ruth Dover, co-founder at Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI), the marine mammal rescue organization in Santa Barbara.  Source: ‘It gets worse every day’: why are sea lions and dolphins dying along California’s coast? | California | The Guardian

Avian Flu Diary: Florida Issues Statewide Mosquito-borne Illness Alert

…the Florida Health Department expanded that alert to cover the entire state.  While malaria is the current concern, other mosquito-borne illnesses – including West Nile Virus, Dengue and EEE – can also cause significant morbidity and mortality.

Source: Avian Flu Diary: Florida Issues Statewide Mosquito-borne Illness Alert