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Singer/ Songwriter/ Folklorist Translate this page | Irka Mateoled

Irka Mateo is a Dominican cultural treasure. Irka’s roots are as an indigenous Taino woman. She sings and writes songs inspired in the Taino/Afro/European folk of her native Dominican Republic while incorporating the wider influences of her multicultural background. Her trailblazing work includes prolific output as an artist and folklorist. Her love for the Dominican peasant population, bearers of the most ancient culture, led her to travel ten years in the rural areas of her country documenting more that thirteen genres of folk musical traditions and Taino culture. Her extensive field research of Dominican folk music was recognized by the Grammy Foundation and brought to life in her critically acclaimed record, Anacaona. As a singer/songwriter she has created her original music inspired in the Dominican folklore and has played with her band in  venues and festivals around the Americas. Her current work, including the single “Vamo a Goza,” showcases the contagious accordion music from the Dominican Republic and Latin America. With an amazing voice, colorful songs, and outstanding performance, Irka Mateo fills the dance floors with her joyful music.

via Singer/ Songwriter/ Folklorist Translate this page | Irka Mateoled.

MRSA epidemic increases antibiotic resistance

Health professionals recently reported that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which is the form of Staphylococcus aureus that is antibiotic resistant and widespread throughout healthcare facilities in the U.S., livestock, communities and environments, is increasing the severity of antibiotic-resistant illnesses.

The current rates of MRSA invasive infections have decreased in healthcare facilities, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that it is because the CDC has tracked only invasive MRSA infections. This means that the true rates of MRSA infections are significantly under-reported. Additionally, community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infection rates are neither tracked nor reported and are rising.

A 2013 USA Today investigation showed that the 80,500 invasive MRSA cases reported by the CDC in 2011 vastly underrepresented the diseases; approximately six times (460,000) as many hospitalizations actually involve MRSA. In 2011, approximately 23,000 people died from MRSA.

CA-MRSA infections have steadily risen. More than 50 percent of skin infections within the U.S. are caused by MRSA. There has not been surveillance or reporting of CA-MRSA, and MRSA continues to be an epidemic.

“The ongoing MRSA epidemic is fueling antibiotic resistance globally as antibiotics are used indiscriminately in humans and in livestock,” Jeanine Thomas, founder of MRSA Survivors Network, said. “Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a current and dangerous public health crisis.”

MRSA epidemic increases antibiotic resistance | Vaccine News

CA-MRSA infections have steadily risen. More than 50 percent of skin infections within the U.S. are caused by MRSA. There has not been surveillance or reporting of CA-MRSA, and MRSA continues to be an epidemic.

“The ongoing MRSA epidemic is fueling antibiotic resistance globally as antibiotics are used indiscriminately in humans and in livestock,” Jeanine Thomas, founder of MRSA Survivors Network, said. “Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a current and dangerous public health crisis.”

via MRSA epidemic increases antibiotic resistance | Vaccine News.

String of Nighttime Fires Hit Predominately Black Churches in Four Southern States | Hatewatch

“From slavery and the days of Jim Crow through the civil rights movement and beyond, white supremacists have targeted the Black church because of its importance as a pillar of the Black community, the center for leadership and institution building, education, social and political development and organizing to fight oppression,” Love wrote.

“Strike at the Black church, and you strike at the heart of Black American life,” the writer added.

The most recent fires occurred early today at the Glover Grover Baptist Church, in Warrenville, S.C., and at the Greater Miracle Apostolic Holiness Church in Tallahassee, Fla.

Federal agents have been brought in to assist local officials in determining the unknown cause of the fire at the Glover Grove Baptist church. In Tallahassee, fire officials say the fire that totally destroyed the Apostolic Holiness Church may have been caused by a tree limb falling on overhead electrical lines.

via String of Nighttime Fires Hit Predominately Black Churches in Four Southern States | Hatewatch.