The Damned
Melkweg Amsterdam, Sunday, April 5 at 07:00 PM GMT+2
One of the original U.K. punk bands, still going strong. Expect all the classics like New Rose, NeatNeatNeat, Smash it up and more old and new classics.
#Scabies
Heute ist Welt-NTD-Tag!
Vernachlässigte Tropenkrankheiten (#NTDs) betreffen weltweit Millionen Menschen, erhalten aber oft wenig Aufmerksamkeit.
Unser NTD-Projekt hat regelmäßig NTDs hervorgehoben, die besonders selten betrachtet werden. Eine davon ist die Krätze (#Scabies), die auch in #Europa ein Comeback erlebt.
Mehr zum Thema NTDs auf unserer Homepage: https://bukopharma.de/themen/vernachlaessigte-tropenkrankheiten/
Aktueller Artikel zur Entwicklung von Krätze:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/18/the-sudden-rise-of-scabies
#safely eradicate #parasites via #gene-drive
#medical : lice, scabies : #gene_drive
#lice (body, pubic, head) & #mites (' #scabies ') and #bedbugs have no #natural_predators , it would be fantastically amazing to have a #genedrive to #eradicate the sometimes-lethal insects. Last year, it was widely reported, one on the east coast had died -- was literally eaten alive by a parasite colony in jail. No treatment had been granted, despite repeat complaints. More recently, prisoners in #ice jails, families & children in #Gaza , and held in #Israeli #prisons have reported being deliberately #infected with scabies and lice, suffering horribly. Also #RX #treatment_resistance - much like #antibiotic_resistance w #superbugs - to conventional RX (#antiparasitics ) has skyrocketed: in late 1990s, efficacy was ~97% in USA. But a decade ago by 2016, dropped to ~35%. Today, the identical treatment is prescribed as 30 years ago. Finally, said #drugs = #neurotoxin #nerve_damage . A #genedrive could fix all of that. What is it? A gene edit which makes 100% of all offspring male: no females = inability to #reproduce and it perpetuates every generation so an edited male reproduces w nonedited female and all eggs become male, also carrying the gene-edit.... And eventually the colony depopulates entirely. A very fast & effective cure ..... versus.... a months-long hopeless battle dousing one's body in vinegar, daily, plus numerous other toxins & nerve damage. #genomics #genetics
Cauchemar / Nightmare
#horreur #cauchemar #horror #Nightmare #art #peinture #painting #gale #scabies
Meanwhile, I expect a spike in my power bill, due to a potential exposure to #scabies.
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Folk have been making overblown medical claims for cold water for a long-time.
Turns out one of the first proposals for a controlled trial (on #scabies fwiw) was a C19th Irish Dr trolling a cold-water proponent.
Our new #OpenAccess #HistoryofMedicine paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11845-025-04027-x
#ColdWaterTherapy #RCTs #MedicalHistory #scabies #IrishMedicine
Photo: Man swims in cold water. Credit: Oleg Dubyna from Poltava, Ukraine. From Wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man_swims_in_cold_water_(34807325734).jpg
Outbreak: #Scabies
Facility: Glen-Stor-Dun Lodge
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Cornwall Unit
Location: #Cornwall #Ontario
Date: 2025-07-14
Public Health Unit: Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Facility Tracking Hash: #EOHU0013
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObEOHU
Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
It was a quiet Sunday morning, and the usual chatter of families filled the local park. Parents watched their children play while catching up on neighborhood gossip. #miteinfection #rashtreatment #scabies #skininfestation
#BBCNews - GPs in England advise not to ignore #scabies symptoms
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ym51myg63o
I'm off to the #BASHH conference in #Bournemouth next month, but my coach tickets mean I'm going to have to leave early.
Just checking the program to see what I'm going to miss:
+ BASHH national guidelines
+ #Scabies Guidelines - What's new for 2024?
+ #DoxyPEP Guideline Update
+ Management of #Gonorrhoea Guide
‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts #scurvy #scabies https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/return-of-victorian-era-diseases-to-the-uk-scabies-measles-rickets-scurvy
"There has been a surge in cases of #scabies and #measles – both highly contagious – as well as #rickets and #scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated"
"...the surge...reflects the cost of living crisis and decade-long cuts to social services and public health, which have left Britain with one of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in Europe"
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/return-of-victorian-era-diseases-to-the-uk-scabies-measles-rickets-scurvy
🔸Consequences of electing a dysfunctional govt?🤔
#UK #PublicHealth
‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the #UK alarms health experts - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/return-of-victorian-era-diseases-to-the-uk-scabies-measles-rickets-scurvy "There has been a surge in cases of #scabies and #measles – both highly contagious – as well as #rickets and #scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?" rhetorical question, methinks...
I'm quoted in a great WIRED article on surging #scabies cases in Britain (particularly in care homes & universities), & my research on the need to up supply of oral #ivermectin for outbreak control & sexual health clinics. https://www.wired.com/story/scabies-outbreak-uk-europe-treatment-shortages-drug-resistance-permethrin-ivermectin/
#scabies #publichealth #parasitology #outbreakcontrol #medicine #dermatology
Scabies Is Making a Comeback
Cases of #scabies are on the rise across Europe. The UK in particular is struggling with a shortage of treatments.
#Scabies Is Making a Comeback - https://www.wired.com/story/scabies-outbreak-uk-europe-treatment-shortages-drug-resistance-permethrin-ivermectin/ "UK in particular is struggling with a shortage of treatments" #brexit a factor, of course...
I was quoted in The Mail on Sunday yesterday after they interviewed me about the ongoing UK scabies surge & need to up #ivermectin supplies for it (not COVID19!): https://dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12959997/NHS-horse-dewormer-Scabies-ivermectin.html. My related @TheLancet piece: https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32619-4/fulltext
#scabies #publichealth #parasitology #outbreakcontrol #medicine
This afternoon I shared with local authority public health leads and practioners across Kent, Surrey & Sussex *UK) the outputs & recommendations from our
#scabies work. Looking forward to working with them on next steps. Recent outputs:
Middleton, Cassell, Walker. 2023. Scabies Management in Institutions. In Fischer & Chosidow (eds.) Scabies. Berlin: Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-26069-8. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4_29
Richardson… Middleton. 2023. Scabies outbreak management in refugee/migrant camps across Europe 2014-17: a retrospective qualitative interview study of healthcare staff experiences and perspectives. BMJ Open. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/11/e075103
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