Humans crash this process by accidentally eating the L3 larvae. This can happen if they eat undercooked snails or slugs, or undercooked creatures that eat slugs or snails, such as land crabs, freshwater prawns, or frogs. The more troubling route is eating raw vegetables or fruits that are contaminated by snails or slugs. This is possible because the L3 larvae are present in mollusk slime. For instance, if a slug or snail traverses a leaf of lettuce, leaving a slime trail in its wake, the leaf can be contaminated with the larvae.
I hope rinsing fruits and veggies clears off such gunk. Maybe I should run them through the dishwasher too, just to be sure.
The current human case count of H5N1 influenza in the US could be an underestimate, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After testing 150 veterinarians, the researchers found three with antibodies to H5N1, suggesting they had been infected recently. However, none had reported any symptoms, and one was from a state where no outbreaks had previously been reported in cattle.
There’s another concerning side note to this tale: the New York Times reports that the study, published in the CDC’s own journal, was originally going to come out several weeks ago, but was delayed after the pause on public communications instituted by the Trump administration.
Today’s Brussels sprouts aren’t the Brussels sprouts you remember from your childhood.
They’re actually tasty now, whatever made them bigger bitter has been breeded out.
Roasting is a particularly good way to prepare them. No bacon for me, though.
I wonder if you meant “bitter”? But that reminds me, the other day I saw some really big (to me) Brussels sprouts at the co-op—at least three inches across, I’d say. I’d never seen any that big in my life. I wondered if they’d be any good—like, would they be tough, or bitter. Sorry this is off-topic from Healthcare P/BSAs!
“The University of Pennsylvania’s medical school plans to dissolve committees having to do with diversity, equity, and inclusion and any roles that implement such efforts”
Don’t use Penn Medicine for your healthcare. They can’t be trusted to treat you well.
I stopped carefully reading about two thirds of the way through so maybe I missed something, but I saw no proof that noise-cancelling headphones were harming anyone at all, only speculation. There’s another possibility.
What. About. Brain. Damage. From. Fucking. Covid?
Not mentioned once, except in saying that the pandemic is over.
But if it’s Covid sequelae, then how are they going to blame the Youth of Today for the medical conditions they clearly caused themselves by desperately seeking respite from a world which is continually screaming at them? When you think about it, it’s really all their own fault.
