More plague. :-(

2 cats dead due to plague in Elmore County

A second cat has died due to plague in Elmore County, according to a Central District Health Department release.

The first cat to succumb to plague in the county in 2016 had apparently had contact with ground squirrels before becoming ill in early June. CDHD had released information May 27 about plague spreading through the ground squirrel population in an area southeast of Boise and surrounding the Mountain Home area.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article83020837.html

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Scientists reportedly find super bacteria in several Rio Olympic venues
Athletes, fans and health officials are already concerned about a possible Zika virus outbreak stemming from the upcoming Rio Olympics, and now might have to face another big problem.

Reuters reported Saturday scientists have found dangerous drug-resistant “super bacteria” off beaches in Rio de Janeiro that will host swimming events and in a lagoon where rowing and canoe events are scheduled to take place starting Aug. 5.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/06/11/scientists-reportedly-find-super-bacteria-in-several-rio-olympic-venues.html

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https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Outsmarting-Mosquitoes-Prosper-Chaki-Mosquito-Week

Viruses like Ebola and Zika can be predicted, says new study



Outbreaks of deadly viruses like Ebola and Zika can be predicted by looking at environmental changes, according to a new study.

Scientists say a model that predicts outbreaks of zoonotic diseases - those originating in livestock or wildlife - can be used to work out when they will strike again.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/12/viruses-like-ebola-and-zika-can-be-predicted-says-new-study/

Janne, thanks for the graph you posted.

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Scary.

'It smells so bad you can taste it': bats plague Australian tourist town

Batemans Bay is a picturesque coastal town known as a tourist destination on the south coast of New South Wales. But tens of thousands of visitors of another kind have more than outstayed their welcome — large bats.

The houses are covered in guano and those who venture outside soon feel a disgusting “sprinkle of something”.

Then there’s the early-morning screeching, so excruciating that resident Danielle Smith said it compelled her to go on anti-depressants.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/11/it-smells-so-bad-you-can-taste-it-bats-plague-australian-tourist-town

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Spread of human disease from animals mapped

Scientists say they have developed a better way to predict how animal diseases can spill over into humans.

Their model for Lassa fever, which is spread by rats, predicts that there will be twice as many human cases of the disease in Africa by 2070.

The method can be applied to other disease threats such as Ebola and Zika, they say.

Like the Ebola virus, the Lassa virus causes haemorrhagic fever and can be fatal.

Lassa fever virus currently affects between 100,000 and one million people a year in western sub-Saharan Africa.

A rat found in parts of the continent can pass the virus to people.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36480021

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U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Rise as Foreign-Born Patients Triple 1986 Caseload Percentage

Two-thirds of contagious tuberculosis carriers in the United States during 2015 were born overseas, up from one-fifth in 1986.

The government’s increased inflow of tuberculosis-carrying migrants appears to have reversed a 23-year decline of contagious tuberculosis cases inside the United States.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/09/tuberculosis-foreign-born-tb-tripled-us-percentage-total-three-decades/

WCG has recently started "Help Stop TB", so if anyone wants to donate some CPU power there...he/she is more than welcome to join!

Link is on image of my signature... ;)

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non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU

https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Outsmarting-Mosquitoes-Prosper-Chaki-Mosquito-Week

would like to see how much in % of Mosquito illness we have on: Zika, Ebola, Dengue, etc.
;)

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non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU

https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Outsmarting-Mosquitoes-Prosper-Chaki-Mosquito-Week

would like to see how much in % of Mosquito illness we have on: Zika, Ebola, Dengue, etc.
;)

Isn't Zika, Dengue and Malaria illness all 100% Mosquito related?
Ebola however...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLwlhIAdiYQ
Seems to be human related to me...

Scary.

'It smells so bad you can taste it': bats plague Australian tourist town

Batemans Bay is a picturesque coastal town known as a tourist destination on the south coast of New South Wales. But tens of thousands of visitors of another kind have more than outstayed their welcome — large bats.

The houses are covered in guano and those who venture outside soon feel a disgusting “sprinkle of something”.

Then there’s the early-morning screeching, so excruciating that resident Danielle Smith said it compelled her to go on anti-depressants.

Not so much scary as annoying and very smelly and loud . And there a protected species too . There not so small some of them , you can here there wings flap as they fly over you or near you from about 50 meters away .And they don't bite humans and make you turn into a vampire :-) (fruit bats)

Batemans Bay is south of me about 200klm a nice place to visit so long as you don't go near the bat population

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It is now official the Australian scientist that has engineered the stop of both Zika and Dengue fever have now completed and there has been no new cases of Zika or Dengue in the favelas of Rio or in the north of Australia in Queensland where Dengue was spreading . Qld was where the first trills started some 12-18 months ago and no new cases since that time .

They are now releasing both adults and lave into as many favelas as they can breed .

Even the locals are now helping to distribute the Ozzie mozzie as it's being called .

However it will take approx. 2 years to cover all of Rio . It is also being released in other South American country's .

So America if your worried about the spread of Dengue or Zika get your polly's to start allowing the Ozzie mozzie to be released before there is a problem in your country and don't hold it up with red tape

Actually they use local Mozzies from the country and they are not imported from Australia .

What the Australian scientist has done in introduce a bacteria called Wolbachia into the mozzie and this stops both Dengue and Zika from spreading so the crisis with both Dengue and Zika may be all over before it starts thanks to Wolbechia bacteria.

If your going to Rio for the Olympics thou still take precautions as many places will still have both Zika and Dengue

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Scary.

'It smells so bad you can taste it': bats plague Australian tourist town

Batemans Bay is a picturesque coastal town known as a tourist destination on the south coast of New South Wales. But tens of thousands of visitors of another kind have more than outstayed their welcome — large bats.

The houses are covered in guano and those who venture outside soon feel a disgusting “sprinkle of something”.

Then there’s the early-morning screeching, so excruciating that resident Danielle Smith said it compelled her to go on anti-depressants.

Not so much scary as annoying and very smelly and loud . And there a protected species too . There not so small some of them , you can here there wings flap as they fly over you or near you from about 50 meters away .And they don't bite humans and make you turn into a vampire :-) (fruit bats)

Batemans Bay is south of me about 200klm a nice place to visit so long as you don't go near the bat population

My GF had once an close encounter with a fruit bat.
I think it was in Sri Lanka.
She was lying in the bed when it fell into her face:)

here is a link to the Sunday show about what is happening in Rio and the ozzie mozzie Aired only this Sunday gone

https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/a/31792707/full-story-australia-could-hold-solution-to-the-zika-virus/

I'm not shore you can watch the vid but you can read about it

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Jann you don't want our fruit bats on ya face there big and would scare the life out of you if one did , when I say big I mean 3-4 foot wing span or bigger

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Jann you don't want our fruit bats on ya face there big and would scare the life out of you if one did , when I say big I mean 3-4 foot wing span or bigger

Yes. They are BIG and sometimes called Megabats.
My GF survived though:)
Here is one from Liberia where many of them are carrier of Ebola Virus.

hehehee that's only a small one try 2-3 times that size . And there not mega bats that's there normal size here

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Plague cases confirmed

Officials with the New Mexico Department of Health reported 10 cases of plague and 19 cases of tularemia in dogs and cats in multiple counties in 2016.

In addition, recent rabbit die-offs related to tularemia were confirmed in the Santa Fe and Eldorado areas of Santa Fe County. Confirmatory testing was conducted at the Department’s Scientific Laboratory Division.

http://www.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/2016/06/14/plague-cases-confirmed/85825626/

Thanks Klik, Janne, and Darth Beaver, for discussion and links.

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hehehee that's only a small one try 2-3 times that size . And there not mega bats that's there normal size here

I hope they are not infected by Ebola.
Or any other disease for that matter.

Crib full of abandoned babies rescued by Wildcare Australia in care at The Bat Hospital.

I hope they are not infected by Ebola.
Or any other disease for that matter.

Crib full of abandoned babies rescued by Wildcare Australia in care at The Bat Hospital.

Here they carry a strain of Lyssavirus called Hendra virus Janne, which is closely related to Rabies virus and is known to be fatal.

BTW, they have wingspans up to a metre.

Cheers.

I hope they are not infected by Ebola.
Or any other disease for that matter.

Here they carry a strain of Lyssavirus called Hendra virus Janne, which is closely related to Rabies virus and is known to be fatal.
BTW, they have wingspans up to a metre.
Cheers.

Yes. There a lot of animals out there that carry all kind of diseases.
Now with the global warming we will probably see more of it.
Mosquitos for instance thrives in a climate that will be warmer and more humide...
Perhaps we will have malaria back here again in Europe...