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MEXICO CITY, April 4 (Reuters) – Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday. The infection was confirmed on Tuesday in a three-year-old girl living in the northern state of Durango, who remains hospitalized in serious condition. “So far there is …
A cat exhibiting a characteristic cutaneous lesion on its nose caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Dr. Sandro Antonio Pereira (Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonoses in Domestic Animals, Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) A deadly fungal epidemic in Brazil is evolving …
India has suffered a major currency drop, serious interbank liquidity problems, one of the largest central bank FX interventions in its history, a stock rout, and, for good measure, the third of three straight negative CPIs. And that’s just the last four days.
South Korea is the latest to fall into “forgot how to grow” and Texas Instruments showed the world why. Both were slammed this week for getting to the same place from different perspectives. Critical cyclical indications that shocked the consensus.
Video Description New year, new conspiracy theories. Parts of the US have been blanketed by a “mysterious” fog, sparking concern from locals who claim it has a “chemical” smell and exposure can result in flu-like symptoms. A Florida resident told the Daily Mail that they felt sick after being outside in the fog for just …
via naturalnews A flesh-eating parasite, the New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), is spreading across Central America, posing a growing threat to both livestock and human health. The screwworm primarily targets livestock but also infects humans, causing a condition called myiasis. The larvae burrow into open wounds, feeding on living tissue, causing excruciating pain, infection …
There’s more to the Brazil story, especially since Brazil’s story isn’t strictly about Brazil. With markets there spiraling into chaos, the government is down to blaming ‘speculators.’ If that’s the case, then speculation has gone global in a lot of critical ways. From currencies to job findings plunging, even something real like the Baltic Dry …
After a weekend of disappointing macro data (which was characterized as “mixed”), China’s markets tanked. Not stocks, of course, instead more record lows in bonds plus a very sharp drop in CNY. As we know only too well, CNY DOWN = BAD and yuan is right back near multi-year lows. It’s not the only one, …
Germany’s government is the latest casualty of the “vibecession.” Amid a flurry of political activity, the markets throw up another major warning with the first ever negative swap spread. Predictably, the mainstream media can’t make sense of swaps, the situation, or the economics. It’s the economy, stupid.
Bill Ackman nails it: “Vice President Harris puts stuff out about Trump that are absolutely, completely false… Just take a look at her X feed. It’s a series of lies about President Trump.” Bill Ackman nails it: "Vice President Harris puts stuff out about Trump that are absolutely, completely false… Just take a look at …
A dangerous Venezuelan gang has taken over at least four apartment complexes in San Antonio, Texas, as it expands its reach in yet another America city, DailyMail can reveal. Dubbed the ‘epitome of evil’, Tren de Aragua (TdA) is known to run drug smuggling, child prostitution and human trafficking rings in South America, with its members crossing …
#commercialproperty #REIT 📉 ☠️https://t.co/5BsAxkwS4w — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) September 11, 2024 CRE bros after praying the Virgin, Moises and Allah for 6 months non-stop for a 50 bp cut in Sep and having their hopes smashed by OER this morning… pic.twitter.com/LtHhdBUiwd — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) September 11, 2024
You wouldn’t know from looking at it, but this pretty flowering plant is so dangerous it can cause severe burns and even alter your DNA. New York officials have sounded the alarm about the invasive Giant Hogweed that is taking hold throughout the state, but it is becoming widespread across the nation. Giant Hogweed can grow to …
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Target nationwide locks up merchandise; employees confirm rollout to every store. Target is locking up all their merchandise and it's rolling out nationwide … "I just spoke to some target employees and they just confirmed" "They will be rolling this out to every target in the country" "This is not the country I grew up …
🚨#BREAKING: There’s a Major 911 outages hitting the entire state of South Dakota and becoming nationwide 📌#UnitedStates | #USA Currently, mysterious widespread outages are occurring across the nation, including the whole state of South Dakota and Nebraska, parts of Nevada,… pic.twitter.com/UdDjYDPYAB — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 18, …
Outbreaks of the spreading bird flu have been recorded in nearly every state, according to the US’s national public health agency which has issued a new health warning. The H5N1 strain of avian influenza has affected 48 states and 513 counties, together reporting 1,116 outbreaks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/map-shows-where-bird-flu-is-spreading-in-us-as-new-warning-issued/ss-BB1lgrpI …
‘Veterinarians are warning each other to wear PPE if seeing cats with neurological signs after 40 cats on a dairy farm die and test positive for H5N1. 100% mortality in cats so far, spreading rapidly, death within 24-48hrs of symptom onset.’ 'Veterinarians are warning each other to wear PPE if seeing cats with neurological signs …
by Michael Officials had been greatly puzzled by a “mystery disease” that has been making dairy cattle in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico very sluggish and has been causing them to produce much less milk. So they decided to do some testing, and we now have the results. It turns out that the mystery illness …
Here’s One Reply michelleb7399 3 hours ago I’m in Oregon, a teacher, and this stomach bug is all over the school. One kid threw up right behind me on Friday while another threw up in the bathroom at around the same time. Then I ended up sick this weekend. It’s all over the place, for …
🚨🚨🚨 The criminal law firm representing Burisma, the Ukraine gas giant paying Hunter Biden millions, just registered as a Foreign Agent for its work in 2016. This proves once and for all Hunter Biden violated FARA. The firm was trying to prevent an investigation from the… pic.twitter.com/V7sRcmqabV — Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) January 5, 2024 …
Everywhere You Look, Rates Traders Are Piling Into Rate-Cut Bets (Bloomberg) — Positioning for an economic hard landing and aggressive Federal Reserve easing next year is spreading across the US interest-rate markets. In the cash bond market, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Treasury client survey, conducted weekly since 1991, found that the most active investors in …
by Michael Why are so many children all over the world suddenly developing pneumonia? For the moment, health authorities are telling us that there is no reason to be alarmed. They are telling us that all of these cases of pneumonia are being caused by the flu, RSV and other common respiratory diseases. Hopefully that …
The weakness is spreading. German manufacturing employment has been falling 3 out of past 5 months. And it isn't "just" the energy-intensive sectors anymore. 17 out of 24 major NACE sectors are contracting. But strength in a few sectors limits overall fall to 0.1% over past 3M. https://t.co/5Vk8YK2UbR pic.twitter.com/rZFTxtMVl0 — Oliver Rakau (@OliverRakau) October 16, …
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Biden accuses Elon Musk and X of spreading misinformation. pic.twitter.com/wb6mEylCig — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 1, 2023 Why does Biden not like me? The previous administrations loved me. Obama would visit SpaceX quite often. I only do good for humanity. I’m making electric cars and sending humans to Mars! I am a …
…and you have research for this virus in Maryland. AC
https://twitter.com/_/status/1702634239093596641 https://twitter.com/_/status/1702632167015436404 Foxnews: India racing to contain deadly Nipah virus outbreak as hundreds are tested in Kerala state “Health officials in India are racing Thursday to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus, which has already killed two and carries a fatality rate the World Health Organization says is as high as 75%. Around 800 …
by Chris Black Maybe it’s time to go back to lock-downs and mask mandates to stay safe again. We’re in this together y’all! The worst part of all this is that they’re being so blatantly, painfully transparent this time, but NPC cattle don’t see it and will reluctantly but immediately fall in line the second …
