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4th Nipah outbreak in Kerala since 2018: Origin of virus & why it strikes southern state so often

Nipah is a zoonotic virus (transmitted from animals to humans) but can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people.

During the first recognised outbreak in Malaysia, which also affected Singapore, most human infections resulted from direct contact with sick pigs or their contaminated tissues. Transmission is believed to have occurred via unprotected exposure to secretions from the pigs, or unprotected contact with the tissue of a sick animal.

Source: 4th Nipah outbreak in Kerala since 2018: Origin of virus & why it strikes southern state so often

Climate Change Sends Most Indicators of Earth’s Health Into Danger Zone: Study

“This does not mean that we are pushing the planet across an irreversible collapse,” said Johan Rockström, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a co-author of the paper. “But it means we’re losing resilience — we are putting the stability of the Earth system at risk, and the buffering capacity of the Earth system to buffer stress and shocks at risk.”

Scientists have spent decades analyzing how climate change, driven by human-made greenhouse gas emissions, impacts every aspect of life on Earth. But understanding how different indicators interact with each other, and the planet’s climate and ecosystem as a whole, requires deploying comprehensive computer models and simulations. The framework of “planetary boundaries” dates to 2009, and researchers at the Stockholm Resilience Center in Sweden have spent almost 15 years studying them and refining their calculations. This is the first major update published since 2015…

Source: Climate Change Sends Most Indicators of Earth’s Health Into Danger Zone: Study

Ohio COVID-19 cases spike to highest level since mid-January; Sept. 14 update – cleveland.com

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio climbed again, increasing from 8,607 last week to 9,690 this week – the highest point since Jan. 12. Cases have now risen for 10 weeks in a row.

The number of cases reported weekly has been going up since there were just 1,286 new cases reported on July 6.

Source: Ohio COVID-19 cases spike to highest level since mid-January; Sept. 14 update – cleveland.com

घालमेल / Mixed Up

तुम आए और चले गए,लेकिन कुछ घालमेल हो गया,तुम कुछ मेरा ले गएऔर कुछ अपना छोड़ गए… 👥👥👥👥👥👥 You arrived and departed,but something got mixed up,you …

घालमेल / Mixed Up

You arrived and departed,
but something got mixed up,
you took something of mine
and left something of yours…


–Kaushal Kishore