Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Adjunct Professor, School of Global Health and Managing Director, AMR Policy Accelerator, York University, Canada
“how long do we have to wait until we experience another similarly intense event?”. This is a challenging question but, fortunately, there is a branch of statistics, called extreme value theory, that provides ways in which we can answer that exact question using past events.
After 2022 was designated the hottest in 122 years, extreme heat has appeared early again this year with over 60% of India recording above-normal maximum temperatures for April, according to the country’s Meteorological Department.
In this interesting article, Christopher Damman, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Washington, discusses the relationship between chronic disease and microorganisms in your gut microbiome.
Success in treating syphilis is normally assessed according to the decline in levels of specific antibodies. But in about a quarter of people who have been infected with syphilis, the antibody levels don’t drop after treatment.
While companies can enlist a third-party to certify their use of recycled content, most certifiers take a bird’s-eye view, tracking the materials across a range of products and factories. As a result, an item with a “recycled content” label might be completely devoid of recycled content.
