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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

HPV vaccine: How it protects against cervical cancer and who can get it – BBC News

Studies have shown that the vaccine protects against HPV infection for at least 10 years, although experts expect protection to last much longer.

The first major study suggests it is very effective, cutting cases of cervical cancer by nearly 90%.

Published in the Lancet, it looked at what happened after the vaccine was introduced for girls in England in 2008.

Source: HPV vaccine: How it protects against cervical cancer and who can get it – BBC News

WHO grants emergency approval to India’s COVID-19 vaccine – UPI.com

“This emergency use listing expands the availability of vaccines, the most effective medical tools we have to end the pandemic,” Dr. Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant-director general for Access to Medicines and Health Products, said in a statement. “But we must keep up the pressure to meet the needs of all populations, giving priority to the at-risk groups who are still waiting for their first dose, before we can start declaring victory.”

The vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech, was found to have a 78% efficacy rate, the WHO said, adding its two doses are to be administered four weeks apart.

Source: WHO grants emergency approval to India’s COVID-19 vaccine – UPI.com

WHO says Europe, Central Asia again at ‘epicenter’ of COVID-19 crisis – UPI.com

Nearly 2 million new cases and 24,000 additional deaths were reported in the regions in the past week.

Europe now has 78 million total cases, which is more than in Southeast Asia, the eastern Mediterranean, western Pacific and Africa combined.

Kluge said older people account for three-quarters of their coronavirus deaths, and noted that hospitalizations more than doubled in just one week. He added that another half-million patients in Europe and Central Asia could die by February if nothing changes, and that insufficient vaccination and lifting pandemic restrictions are chief contributing factors.

Source: WHO says Europe, Central Asia again at ‘epicenter’ of COVID-19 crisis – UPI.com

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

First: the Amazon is now a net carbon source, mainly because of humans setting it on fire. Second: even subtracting emissions caused by fires, the southeastern Amazon is now a net carbon emitter.

That part of the Amazon—the heart of cattle country in Brazil, the world’s biggest producer and exporter of beef and soy—no longer needs our help to spew carbon into the air. It has started doing so all by itself.

An employee of the Sao Felix do Xingu environment department talks to a farmer to find out who is behind an illegal fire in a ne
An employee of the Sao Felix do Xingu environment department talks to a farmer to find out who is behind an illegal fire in a nearby area of Amazon rainforest.

“We’re killing the Amazon. And that’s not something our climate models have taken into account. As bad as the predictions are, they’re actually optimistic,” says Gatti.

“The Amazon has become a carbon source way sooner than anyone thought. That means we’re going to reach the horror-show scenario way sooner, too.”

Source: Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan – Slashdot (Me: customers get some information but no share of the million$, billion$ that the firm may make off of their data…)

company is collaborating on clinical trials for one compound (and nearing trials for another) that could be used for what’s known as immuno-oncology, treatments that attempt to harness the body’s complex immune system to beat cancer. 23andMe says it’s also exploring drugs with potential use in treatments for neurological, cardiovascular, and other conditions, though it declined to specify them. Last month the company bought Lemonaid Health, a telehealth and drug delivery startup that offers treatment and prescriptions for a select group of conditions, including depression, anxiety, and STDs. Source: All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan – Slashdot

Greta Thunberg, at COP26, Says Talks Are Becoming a ‘Greenwash Campaign’ – The New York Times

Speaking on the sidelines of the summit meeting, known as COP26, the 18-year-old Ms. Thunberg said the event was “sort of turning into a greenwash campaign, a P.R. campaign,” for business leaders and politicians.

“Since we are so far from what actually we needed, I think what would be considered a success would be if people realize what a failure this COP is,” Ms. Thunberg said.

Porodica kupusa – Cabbage family

Myrela

Crveni kupus: agensi koji daju ovom kupusu crvenoljubičastu nijansu najjači su pigmenti koji se bore protiv bolesti. Sumpor u kupusu nosi fitohemikalije iz ovih pigmenata u jetru s velikom lakoćom, zbog čega je crveni kupus jedna od najboljih namirnica za jetru. Štaviše, crveni kupus može da pomogne da se uspori stvaranje ožiljaka na jetri i iscijele postojeći.

Kelj: kada je vezivno tkivo pod napadom virusa, upaljeno, veoma osjetljivo i/ili slabo, to je jedan od najbržih puteva ka hroničnoj bolesti. Za osobu koja ima problem sa vezivnim tkivom, bolove ili upale zglobova, kelj je tajno oružje koje zadaje dvostruki udarac; dok njegova antiupalna jedinjenja pomažu u uništenju virusa, njegove bioraspoložive fitohemikalije stimulišu rast ćelija i proizvodnju zdravog, novog vezivnog tkiva.

Raštan: ovo povrće ima hranljive materije koje posjeduju antibakterijska dejstva. Kad skuvate raštan na pari ili ga dodate u supu, time izvlačite njegova ljekovita dejstva, tako da vam…

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On the Edge

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

After leaf fall abrupt emptiness of Taughannock Falls is visible from the south rim. Beyond, you can just make out the enormous carved limestone slabs that protect visitors from the constant infall from the gorge walls allowing them to approach the falls.

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