More than 200 million people in the world people have schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm that lodges itself in blood vessels, causes organ damage and diminishes learning ability if left untreated. Experts say 50 million young children are at risk, mostly in Africa. An effective treatment, a pill called praziquantel, is available to adults and school-aged children but has been complicated to dose for anyone younger. A version of the drug for preschoolers is in the works, but distributing it won’t be a straight-forward task. NPR has more.
#RFKJr was immediately scheduled for a procedure at Duke Medical Center by the same surgeon who had operated on his uncle….
While packing for the trip, he said, he received a call from a doctor at NY-Presbyterian Hospital who had a different opinion: #Kennedy, he believed, had a dead #parasite in his head.
The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my #brain & ate a portion of it & then died,” Kennedy said in the #deposition.
Je pensais ne jamais les voir, et je les ai finalement trouvés en photographiant un poliste: les strepsiptères forment l'ordre le plus cryptiques chez les insectes. https://www.myrmecofourmis.fr/Les-Strepsipteres-des-insectes-parasites-extremement-discrets
Parasites, leurs yeux sont uniques, les femelles n'ont pas d'ailes et leurs larves les mangent de l'intérieur.
South Korean police have launched an inquiry into the handling of late actor #LeeSunkyun's drug investigation following calls for transparency by filmmakers and actors, including '#Parasite' director #BongJoonho.
On sait que #OudeaCastera ment depuis le match au stade de France où elle avait répété les EL de Darmanin sur le nombre invraisemblablement élevé de faux billets
@Azen
Et il n'y en a évidemment pas un seul parmi ces crétins parasites, à qui viendrait l'idée de génie de tout faire ce qui est en leur pouvoir de député et de ministre directement responsable de l'EN, pour immédiatement et "généreusement" remplumer le service de l'enseignement public ? #Parasite, c'est #LaDroite
Since 2020, the combined wealth of the top five richest people in the world – Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg – have increased by $464bn, or 114%.
Remind me, is this what success - or failure - looks like?
Bong Joon-ho, who worked with Lee in the Cannes and Oscar-winning "#Parasite," was joined at the press conference by singer-songwriter Yoon Jong-shin, actor Kim Eui-seong, director Lee Won-tae, actor Choi Deok-moon and Choi Jeong-hwa
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Bong said in a faltering voice, "A single sentence that the police have announced -- ‘We have conducted the process in a legitimate manner' -- doesn't mean that they're free from responsibility."