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Sunstrum et al (2024) shows that between 2019 & 2022, 3 deer hunters contracted Mycobacterium bovis (a form of the TB bacterium found in cattle, deer, etc) in Michigan, USA. In this study, the authors demonstrate the risk of disease spillover to humans.academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

The world will soon know whether BCG revax prevents TB infection Critical. But what we really need to know is whether it prevents disease "Run a Ph 3 PoD trial" I hear you say Spot on, but no-one will pay for it So what do to? Thoughts in Lancet RM: t.ly/rHxcI

The Annual Stephen Lawn Memorial 2024 takes on an exciting new format! LSHTM TB Centre 📅 Tuesday 19 March 2024 ⏰15:00 - 16:30 GMT 'TB and HIV Colliding Epidemics: Voices on the Ground' tinyurl.com/yeyr6tf3 Prof Joy Lawn Linda-Gail Bekker The Union The Lancet

Claim your narrative, or others will claim it. Well done Sylvia Vollenhoven @Vollenhoven2 . Proud of you. facebook.com/share/p/J13gTU…

Pinnacle point, Mosselbay a World Heritage Site. The Blombos caves host some of the earliest drawing by humans. Just hope local indigenous people will benefit & not just elite tourism.NB: I write in my personal capacity...iol.co.za/news/south-afr…

We know that climate change causes changes in weather patterns, our quality of life, and food insecurity, but do we know how it impacts human organs?Fascinating read in STAT on impact of heat waves on the human heart. NB I write in personal capacity..statnews.com/2024/06/10/hea…

It's World #Hepatitis Day. Here is how you can take action to protect yourself and your loved ones: 🔹 Get tested 🔹 Never share sharp instruments 🔹 Get treated 🔹 Vaccinate babies within 24 hours of birth bit.ly/3YijTXN

Eish, that's a bit cruel......Beware shoplifters you will beaten into pulp and made into a book...

A liver performs over 500 vital functions every single day to keep us alive, that’s why testing, treating and preventing viral #hepatitis is so important. On #WorldHepatitisDay, we call on all governments to prioritize testing, treatment and vaccination to realize a

Eish why does this guy from correctional services not inspire one? How can he be a Emergency Security Trainer. The EST are deployed to quell riots in prisons, shields, batons and pepper spray the whole works. Maybe to block a passage with that frame and no prisoner shall pass...

Nantsoke..

We have many safe and efficacious vaccines that prevent many diseases. As a child, i received the polio vaccine, which has protected me thus far against polio, a disease that was common 40 years ago. Vaccines work by preventing disease. Prevention is still better than cure.

Nantso ke. Ndikuxelele njalo

So proud my daughter Sherie Vollenhoven is a panelist at a discussion at the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees today.

For the first time, chemists have made a class of molecules previously thought too unstable to exist, and used them to generate exotic compounds go.nature.com/4edUe6S

Brutal dictature. Sad how the levels of brutal archaic ways can survive amidst the most modern civilization.

Then there was this one....soldiering on...Mind boggling...tiqo wase George Goch

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