THE ANOTHER DIMENSION OF EBOLA OUTBREAK

For more than four decades, the rare but deadly virus has terrorized the world, with news of a new outbreak cropping up seemingly every few years. The largest of these outbreaks took place in West Africa from 2014 through 2016 when Ebola killed more people than in all previous outbreaks combined: 11,310.

MORE THAN 100 PERSONS FEARED DEAD AS A BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN HAVANA CUBA

More than 100 persons were confirmed dead in Cuba in a plane crash as a Boeing 737 commercial aircraft crashed and went down in flames at Jose Marti Airport in Havana, Cuba.

The plane crashed down moments after its take-off from Jose Marti International Airport in the country's capital Havana.

It was also recorded that Three people survived the crash but were rushed to hospital in a critical condition, Cuban media reported.

It was also reported that the aircraft had 104 passengers and nine foreign crew on board when it crashed between the airport in southern Havana and the nearby town of Santiago de las Vegas.

Wreckage was scattered over the area 20 km south of Havana and ambulances and firefighters were at the scene, witnesses said. Blackened parts of the fuselage were visible.

"We heard an explosion and then saw a big cloud of smoke go up," said Gilberto Menendez, who runs a restaurant near the crash site in the agricultural area of Boyeros.

Carlos Alberto Martinez, the director of Havana's Calixto Garcia hospital, told Reuters four victims of the accident had been brought there. One had died and the other three were in a serious condition.

She is alive but badly burnt and swollen," said a distressed relative of one of the survivors at the hospital.

The flight was bound for Holguin in eastern Cuba and was leased by airline Cubana from a small Mexican airline called Damojh or Global, Cuban state media said. Holguin has some of the island's most pristine beaches, and attracts tourists.

The plane was rented by Cubana, which has taken many of its ageing planes out of service in recent months due to mechanical problems.

REASONS WHY I THINK SOME NIGERIANS PREFER TO DIE THAN LIVE.

COME TO THINK OF IT TOO IF AM RIGHT! !!!


1:In town today, the cheapest hotel cost
more than ₦5000 just for a night, and the
most expensive mortuary is just ₦2900 for
a month, while a cemetery is ₦9000 for a life time!
what do u think? live or die?

2: A cab which gives you a lift for just 30mins,
that should be 2 and half miles, will charge you not less than ₦2000, and Ambulance is just
₦1500 for a whole day. ....what do you think?
live or die? .....

3: If you got bitten by a snake and you were rushed to the hospital, your admission and treatment cost more than ₦4000, and how much is for gun bullet? ...₦250...why wouldn't people
kill! ?...what do you think? live or die? ...

4: Just a baby towel cost more than ₦1000,
wat about condoms and pills? ..₦500 can solve
that! what do you think, abort or keep the
baby? ......

5: Welcome to our special country where
Friday's are fixed date for burials.....and
Independence day is just a day celebration! ......

6: Nigeria is where a casket and coffin seller
Make more money than politicians, find out
Yourself! .....

7: If you are alive you hardly see friends around
You, die first! You become a celebrity! e.g..The famous Nollywood Actor "Muna".
It was when he died that many people even
knew his name! what do u think? live or
die? ....

8; This happens a lot on facebook everytime,
someone will post "I just
lost ....my ............!" People will "LIKE"
It....what do you think? live or die?

9: This one makes me angry. Somebody will post
Something meaningful on Facebook for instance he gets like 3 comments and 2 likes for 5hours, but if another person posts "I just lost my.......!" Hmmmmmm, you will see 5 likes and 78 comment's in 23mins.....what do you think you are doing? Even people make their parents die 7 years ago, just because of comments, and now he or she is writing it. I believe that
some people make their parents die on social media while they are alive
One guy in my Neighborhood did it He posted, "I just lost my dad!" and he didn't know that his dad is his friend on Facebook and his Mum is a mutual friend.You need to come and see The beating of his life that day! what do you think? live or
die? ..

10: And you are reading this Blog post , and you are saying " I have not lost anybody" then you are not u commenting
Hmmmmmm! what do you think? live or
die? .....

AN INJECTION OF SALT INTO YOUR EAR DRUM CAN PREVENT IT FROM PERMANENT HEARING LOSS

Have you ever heard an explosion or seen that in the action packed thriller you' ve just watched?This is how it happens. First there is a bomb explosion, Then, the sound cuts out. Dazed survivors look on as chaos silently unfolds all around them.

It’s a common trope in movies, but, yes, people do go deaf after a sudden loud noise. It’s even got a real medical name: noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), and it affects roughly 30 percent of the world's population. NIHL can be either temporary or permanent depending on how long a person heard it and how loud it was, and we currently have no way to reverse it.

Now, researchers have come up with a deceptively simple — though slightly cringe-inducing — treatment for NIHL: an injection of a salt or sugar solution directly into the eardrum.

In a study published last week in the journal PNAS,  researchers from the University of Southern California’s (USC’s) Keck School of Medicine set out to figure out exactly what caused NIHL. They built a tool that would let them take detailed pictures of the cochlea, the part of the inner ear in which sound transforms into something your brain can interpret.

Rodent lovers, consider yourselves warned about this next bit: the researchers exposed the mice to super loud noises, comparable to the roadside bomb a soldier might come in contact with during combat, and took pictures of their cochleas before and after.



The team’s images showed the loud noise caused two things to happen in the inner ear.

First, they saw a number of the tiny hairs inside the cochlea had died off. Second, they saw a buildup of liquid containing high levels of potassium. You know how your ears feel “full” when you leave a noisy concert? It’s because of that buildup.

Based on their research, the team concluded that this buildup kills neurons, which, along with those hair cells, play an important role in hearing. While the death of the hair cells was immediate and irreversible following a loud noise, the death of neurons took longer. That meant the researchers had a small window to intervene and prevent it.

The researchers suspected that, because salt or sugar could offset the effects of the potassium, a solution that contained either might be able to counteract the fluid’s neuron-killing effects. And they were right — the researchers discovered they could reduce the fluid build up and prevent 45 to 64 percent of neuron loss by injecting a solution containing either salt or sugar through the eardrum into the middle ear three hours after the noisy event.

The researchers next hope to test their treatment in human trials. John Oghalai, the study’s corresponding author, said in a press release that he thinks it could be useful on the battlefield and beyond.

People in combat could carry tiny vials of the solution to inject into the eardrums of their fellow soldiers (or, for the particularly hardcore ones, into their own) following an explosion. The NIHL treatment could even help with hearing loss not caused by a loud noise but still linked to fluid buildup, such as Meniere’s disease, Oghalai said.

Ultimately, the contents of your pantry could help save the hearing of millions — as long as they can stomach a shot right into the eardrum.