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

Fail Self-Promotion – Ebola sensitization is murderous…says Co-founder | Sierra Express Media

70-90% die – that’s a fact and any chance of surviving requires immediate treatment in hospital!

He warned health experts and the media to stop spreading the wrong message that Ebola is a death sentence, assuring that the disease is treatable.

Gabriel Pratt observed that since the outbreak of the dreaded disease in Guinea and, subsequently, in Sierra Leone, its killing potential has been exaggerated.

via Ebola sensitization is murderous…says Co-founder | Sierra Express Media.

US reports first locally acquired chikungunya cases | CIDRAP

A statement today from the CDC described the first of two local chikungunya cases reported in Florida, in a man who had not traveled outside the United States. The agency said it is working closely with the Florida Department of Health to explore how the patient got sick with the virus.

Meanwhile, the Florida Department of Health (FDH) said today it has detected two locally acquired cases, one in Miami–Dade County and the other in Palm Beach County. The counties are on Florida’s southern tip, about 70 miles apart: Palm Beach County to the west and Dade County to the east.

via US reports first locally acquired chikungunya cases | CIDRAP.

$ponsored research: Eating lean beef daily can help lower blood pressure, study suggests — ScienceDaily

The Beef Checkoff Program and the National Institutes of Health-supported Penn State General Clinical Research Center funded this research.

via Eating lean beef daily can help lower blood pressure, study suggests — ScienceDaily.

The Beef Checkoff Program is a producer-funded marketing and research program designed to increase domestic and/or international demand for beef. This can be done through promotion, research and new product development, and a variety of other marketing tools. The Cattlemen’s Beef Board and USDA oversee the collection and spending of checkoff funds.

Microsoft to Fire 14 Percent of Its Staff – The Wire

In a memo to employees sent this morning, CEO Satya Nadella said most of the cuts will come from the Nokia division. Roughly 12,500 of those employees will be shed, which is just under half of the 30,000 Nokia employees who joined Microsoft when the company was acquired last September.

via Microsoft to Fire 14 Percent of Its Staff – The Wire.