Georgia officials warn of invasive Argentine black and white tegu lizards, which spread disease and harm native wildlife, urging residents to report sightings and help control the population #animals #diseases

https://wesearch.press/s/georgia-officials-urge-residents-to-kill-giant-invasive-liza-75be7aab?utm_source=social&utm_medium=auto&utm_campaign=mastodon

Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline

Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.

The New York Times
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/03/antibiotics-use-in-livestock-rise-un-fao. "The use of #antibiotics on #livestock will rise by nearly a third in the next 15 years without #Government #intervention, according to new global estimates, with potentially disastrous #impacts on #human #resistance to essential #medicines." The @guardian means #bacterial resistance to medicines used to treat human & #veterinary #diseases!
Antibiotics use in livestock could rise by a third in next 15 years, UN report warns

Governments urged to act to prevent potentially disastrous impacts on human resistance to medicines

The Guardian

Every summer, millions of people spray themselves with DEET to keep mosquitoes away. But new research suggests mosquitoes may be able to learn to associate the repellent with food — and even become attracted to it.
Bugger, isn't that evolution at work?
#mosquito #diseases #evolution #repellent

https://www.newswise.com/articles/think-deet-keeps-mosquitoes-away-they-may-be-learning-to-love-it/?sc=c6313

Think DEET keeps mosquitoes away? They may be learning to love it | Newswise

Every summer, millions of people spray themselves with DEET to keep mosquitoes away. But new research suggests mosquitoes may be able to learn to associate the repellent with food — and even become attracted to it.

Deforestation Allows for Deadly Viruses to Jump Species Palm Oil Detectives

Many pandemics originate from wildlife that jumps from animal to human. These leaps often happen at the edges of the world’s tropical forests, where #deforestation is increasingly bringing people into contact with animals’ natural habitats. Yellow fever, #malaria, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, #Ebola – all of these pathogens have spilled over from one species to another at the margins of forests. This has many scientists concerned. The next pandemic is likely to originate from either the rainforest, meat or dairy agriculture where humans have most contact with animals.

Palm Oil Detectives

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/us-researchers-ebola-trump-cut-their-funding/

What happens inside your body during a hot flash

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/health/what-is-a-hot-flash/

Not a treatment, but helps to control the symptoms.

"In opting for this treatment, called high-intensity focused ultrasound, Goings has joined a small but growing number of people choosing to control their Parkinson’s symptoms with permanent lesions in their brain."

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/parkinsons-ultrasound-brain-shake-pain

#Parkinsons #Diseases #Ultrasound

Ultrasound aimed at the brain offers new hope for Parkinson’s patients

A noninvasive treatment called high-intensity focused ultrasound helped relieve the shaking, stiffness and pain that accompany Parkinson’s disease.

Science News