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14/11/2025

Hemorrhagic Fever outbreaks in Jinka, confirmed the etiological virus

virus disease (MVD) is a rare but severe and often fatal viral hemorrhagic fever in humans, belonging to the same family of viruses (Filoviridae) as Ebola. It was first identified in 1967 during simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, and Belgrade, Serbia, linked to laboratory monkeys imported from Uganda.

Key Characteristics

Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) are thought to be the natural host.

The fatality rate varies, averaging around 50%.
Cases have been reported in several African nations.

Symptoms

Symptoms typically appear within 2 to 21 days and can include high fever, severe headache, and muscle aches. Severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting may follow around the third day. In fatal cases, severe bleeding can occur between days 5 and 7.

Transmission

Human infection often follows exposure to environments where infected bats live. The virus then spreads between people through direct contact with bodily fluids from infected individuals or contaminated surfaces. The virus can remain in semen after recovery. It is not transmitted by air or casual contact. Further details on transmission can be found on the WHO website.

Prevention and Treatment

There are currently no approved vaccines or specific antiviral treatments for MVD.
Supportive medical care can improve survival rates.

Prevention focuses on avoiding contact with potential animal hosts and implementing infection control measures during outbreaks.

26/11/2024

20/12/2023

https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(22)00728-1/fulltext

Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Women who have had a previous preterm birth are at increased risk for preterm birth in their subsequent pregnancies. Low-dose aspirin use reduces the risk for preterm birth among women at risk of developing preeclampsia, however...

12/11/2023

Measles is not just a rash. Of those children who get measles, about 1 in 1,000 will die, and up to 3 in 100 in low-income countries.

To protect your child, make sure their vaccines are up to date

03/10/2023

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 was awarded jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19"

30/11/2022

MIT TechnologyReview

HUMANS AND TECHNOLOGY
Here’s my guess: Neuralink will unveil a vision implant at today’s “show and tell”
Elon Musk’s brain interface company is planning an event to show its latest efforts to connect brains and computers.

By Antonio Regaladoarchive page
November 30, 2022.

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink likes to give progress reports via theatrically staged events that it livestreams.

Its next event, scheduled for tonight at 6 pm Pacific time, was announced by the company via a brief video invitation in which the words “please join us for show and tell” appeared as if they were being typed in green letters on a screen.

The mysterious message immediately had Neuralink fans guessing what it could mean.

Here at MIT Technology Review, we consider such teases an invitation to make hard predictions about what Neuralink will show, relying on our understanding of brain-interface research, Neuralink’s capabilities, and in this case, a timely bit of information from a tipster.

With that in in mind, I predict Neuralink will announce it is not only reading brains with its electronic interface, but is now writing information into them, something it could demonstrate with a “vision prosthetic” that generates images inside an animal’s brain.

That’s possible because electrically stimulating the visual cortex, which lies at the back of the head, produces flashes of lights called “phosphenes” that an animal or person can perceive.

MIT Technology Review
Our in-depth reporting reveals what’s going on now to prepare you for what’s coming.

10/11/2022

'The results showed that those who consumed more than ½ tablespoon of olive oil per day (more than 7 grams) had a 19% lower risk of dying from any cause than those who rarely or never had olive oil. Looking at specific conditions, the researchers found the olive oil group also had a 19% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, a 17% lower risk of dying from cancer, and a 29% lower risk of dying from a neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s disease.'

Consuming more than a half tablespoon of olive oil per day may protect people from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a 2022 study....

09/10/2022

https://www.medhan.et

MedhanET Electronic Prescription and Drug Search Engine

04/10/2022

"እሷን ማትረፍ ባልችልም ይህንን ልፅፍ ወደድኩ"
ዶክተር አለልኝ
አንድ ልብ የሚነካ ክስተት ላጫውታቹ! በዚህ ገጠመኝ ለማህበረሰባችን ልጅም ፣ እህትም ፣ የትዳር አጋርም ፣ እናትም ፣ አያትም ለምትሆን አንዲት ሄዋን ጋር ይህ ልመና ጭምር የሆነ መልእክት ቢደርስ እና ቢተገበር ፋይዳው ብዙ ነውና አነብበው ቢጨርሱት ስል በትህትና እጠይቃለሁ!

ገጠመኙ ይህ ነው። ተመመላላሽ ክፍል (OPD) ቁጭ ብያለሁ... የቀጣይ ታካሚ ስም ጠራሁ ነርሷም አስተጋባች። ከደቂቃ በኋላ እድሜዋ በ20ዎቹ የሚትጠጋ ሰውነቷ የዛለ፣ ፊቷም የገረጣ ቢመስልም ተስፋን የሰነቀ ታካሚ እያነከሰች በሰው ድጋፍ ገባች።

በዚህ ባጭር የስራ ልምድ ያወኳቸውን የበሽታ አይነቶች ሁሉ አእምሮዬ ማውጣት ማውረዱን ተያያዘው። ስሟን አመሳክሬ ባለቤቷ የያዘውን የሪፈራል እና የምርመራ ወረቀት ተቀበልኩት። ያየሁትን ማመን ተሳነኝ...

ውጤቱ የመጨረሻ ደረጃ የማህፀን በር ጫፍ ካንሰር (Stage lVb cervical cancer) ይላል። በሚያስገርም ሁኔታ ደሞ ከተሰራጨበት የሰውነታ ክፍል አንዱ አከርካሪዋ (Thoracic vertebrae) መሆኑ ነበር። ሌላው መንፈሴን የረበሸኝ ነገር ደሞ ጥያቄ በምጠይቃት ሰአት እንኳን የእግሯን ህመም መቋቋም ስለማትችል ከ5 ደቂቃ በላይ መቀመጥ፣ መቆምም ሆነ ካልተገላበጠች መተኛት እንደማትችል የነገረችኝ ሲሆን ሁለተኛው ደሞ ልጆች እንዳልወለደች ያወጋችኝ ነበር።

ከሁሉም በላይ እዚሁ መሀል አገር አዲስ አበባ ሆና ይሄ ነገር መከሰቱ ብሎም ከልጅነቷ ጀምሮ በተማረችውን ፣ ባነበበችው እንዲሁም በሰማችው ልክ በእዝነ ልቦናዋ የሳለችው እሷነቷን እንደ ጉም በኖ እነደ ጢስ ተኖ ሲበትን ማየት ነበር።

እናም በየትኛውም የእድሜ ክልል ያላችሁ የማህበረሰባችን ዋልታ እና አሌኝታ የሆናችሁ እንስቶች የማህፀን በር ጫፋ ካንሰር በአገራችን በገዳይነቱም የአኗኗር ዘይቤንም ከሚፈታተኑ የካንሰር አይነቶች ቁንጮ ላይ እንደተቀመጠ ቀጥሏል።

ይህን ታሪክ ለማድረግ መንግሰት ፣ ፖሊሲ አውጪዎች (ነዳፊዎች)፣ በሁሉም ደረጃ ያላችሁ የህክምና ባለሙያዎች ፣ የሚዳያ አጋሮች እና የጥበብ ቤተሰቦች የድርሻችንን እንድንወጣ ስል አሳስባለሁ።

ጥሩ ነገሩ ግን በሽታውን መከላከልም ፤ ምርመራ በማድረግ በጊዜ የሚደረስበት እና ሙሉ በሙሉ በሚባል ደረጃ መታከምና መዳን የሚቻል መሆኑ ነው።

Dr. Alelign Muntaz, Obgyn Resident
Hakim