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Coronavirus and Our sense of Religiosity

Posted by Dr G [GNN] on Saturday, March 14, 2020, In : Health & Medical

FYI: This articled was originally written by Ambassador Kenneth Nwachukwu and is being shared with permission.

CORONAVIRUS AND OUR SENSE OF RELIGIOSITY

Coronavirus, the lung-eating virus which made an insidious appearance in China a little more than two months ago is described as the worst challenge to the global order for more than two decades. Although its putative birthplace is in the bat-eating community of China, the offspring are all over the world. At the beginning the world paid little...

Zika Virus - What is it? Another danger to human health

Posted by Dr G [GNN] on Friday, February 5, 2016, In : Health & Medical

By Matt McMillen

Reviewed by Hansa D. Bhargava, MD

Birth defects linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus represent an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared.

“There is an urgent need to do a lot more work,” said Margaret Chan, MD, director-general of the WHO. “We need a coordinated international response to make sure we get to the bottom of this.”