Plague

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — It was the Blackhawks’ start to Thursday night’s game against the Jets that was supposed to get the most attention. That’s what happens when you have been giving up goals by the bushel in the first period and in your most recent game were run out of your own building. “I think it starts with the start,” Hawks coach Jeremy Colliton said before the game. “We’ve fallen behind too often and it makes it tough when you’re playing uphill, and we’ve played some good teams lately. So we want to avoid that.” For the most part, they did. The Hawks fell behind twice in the first 20 minutes but managed to tie it up each time. Then the second period began. Nikolaj Ehlers, who had a hat trick, and Jacob Trouba scored 45 seconds apart during the first two minutes of the second to put the Jets in front for good in a 6-5 over the Hawks at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg. Dominik Kahun scored with 6:10 left and Artem Anisimov added one at the 2:52 mark to bring the Hawks within a...

The year 536 was the beginning of the worst time to be alive … if you managed to live. You may be familiar with the studies of earth’s past climate conducted by digging up ice cores and examining their many layers for detail on how much volcanic aerosol material was in the air, how much carbon dioxide, how much methane, what temperatures and precipitation were based on samples of plant life and many other elements. The examination of ice cores is part of paleoclimatology. There are also tree rings to examine growth cycles, tied closely to longer climate changes, fires and shorter weather cycles. And the University of Michigan has gathered and cataloged many boreholes, digging into the earth’s crust to find their samples. Without listing all the many kinds of samplings into the earth’s geological and climatological past, newer technologies have refined this kind of sampling to lead to confidence that the year 536 was truly a nightmare. A Harvard medieval historian and archaeologi...

On Nov. 12, UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson released a proposal that would eliminate six humanities majors. Two weeks later, faculty have propelled a movement calling for his resignation. But for many educators, this is only the beginning. “Hold on tight, there will be a fight,” said Noel Radomski, director and associate researcher at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education. Earlier this month, members of the UW-Stevens Point community crafted a letter justifying their “lack of confidence” in the current university administration led by Patterson and Provost Greg Summers. Instead of imparting “forward-thinking” methods to tackle financial uncertainty, the letter discusses how the new Point Forward proposal, which documents the university’s decision to shift their focus towards the workforce, “singles out” low-cost programs to cut, including history and geography. Jim Oberly, a UW-Eau Claire history professor, obliterated the belief that ...

The year 536 was the beginning of the worst time to be alive … if you managed to live. You may be familiar with the studies of earth’s past climate conducted by digging up ice cores and examining their many layers for detail on how much volcanic aerosol material was in the air, how much carbon dioxide, how much methane, what temperatures and precipitation were based on samples of plant life and many other elements. The examination of ice cores is part of paleoclimatology. There are also tree rings to examine growth cycles, tied closely to longer climate changes, fires and shorter weather cycles. And the University of Michigan has gathered and cataloged many boreholes, digging into the earth’s crust to find their samples. Without listing all the many kinds of samplings into the earth’s geological and climatological past, newer technologies have refined this kind of sampling to lead to confidence that the year 536 was truly a nightmare. A Harvard medieval historian and archaeologi...

A new ancient DNA study shows that 14th century plague outbreaks might have resulted from repeated introductions of Yersinia pestis to Europe. Commercial trade routes, including the fur trade routes, would have contributed to the rapid spread of plague in whole Europe during the Middle Ages. The bacterium Yersinia pestisis the causative agent of bubonic and pulmonary plague in humans. Plague is primarily a disease of wildlife and is maintained in reservoirs, which nowadays are present on all continents with the exception of Australia and Western Europe. Without doubt, the Black Death, which marks the arrival ofY. pestisinto Europe in 1347, represents one of the most significant events that marked the beginning of the second plague pandemic during the medieval period. In fact, from 1347 to 1353, plague spread through whole Europe like wildfire, leading to the decline of the European population by 30 percent. After this dramatic period and for more than 350 years, Europe knew a series...

A new ancient DNA study shows that 14th century plague outbreaks might have resulted from repeated introductions of Yersinia pestis to Europe. Commercial trade routes, including the fur trade routes, would have contributed to the rapid spread of plague in whole Europe during the Middle Ages. The bacterium Yersinia pestisis the causative agent of bubonic and pulmonary plague in humans. Plague is primarily a disease of wildlife and is maintained in reservoirs, which nowadays are present on all continents with the exception of Australia and Western Europe. Without doubt, the Black Death, which marks the arrival ofY. pestisinto Europe in 1347, represents one of the most significant events that marked the beginning of the second plague pandemic during the medieval period. In fact, from 1347 to 1353, plague spread through whole Europe like wildfire, leading to the decline of the European population by 30 percent. After this dramatic period and for more than 350 years, Europe knew a series...

The medieval pandemic of the plague had claimed so many lives because the disease was not quite usual way, found an international group of scientists. It used to be that a huge number of victims associated with poor sanitation, crowding of the population and the helplessness of the doctors. But this does not explain why the virus acted selectively killed mostly people and animals (including the main carriers of plague rats) remained alive. Recent studies have revealed an unexpected picture of the disease, according to . It turned out that getting into the human body, the plague Bacillus inhibited the enzyme activity of the TAK1 kinase, which is activated by a rapid inflammatory cell response to infection. The infected cell continued to respond to lipopolysaccharide (activator of innate immunity), and perished. During the standard process of destroying the cells they are split into several parts, each of which are surrounded by a membrane and are absorbed by other cells. But in...

At some point in the future, London will be struck by a dread disease that will lay waste to swathes of society. It’s happened before, and will happen again, the only question is when, and how deadly will the modern plague be? The Museum of London has put on a display looking at London’s past pandemics, and how both the medical profession dealt with the medical impacts, and how society responded to the social impact of so many deaths. We know of the big ones, the Black Death that killed around a third of Londoners, but there have been other plagues which we often don’t think of in such terms, even though their impact was considerable — smallpox, cholera, influenza, and most recently HIV, which is thought to have killed around 40,000 Londoners in the past few decades, making it the second deadliest plague to have hit London after the Black Death. As a display, it’s a mix of information about pandemics in the past, and items relevant to the illnesses, from records of deaths to items...

A new ancient DNA study shows that 14th century plague outbreaks might have resulted from repeated introductions of Yersinia pestis to Europe. Commercial trade routes, including the fur trade routes, would have contributed to the rapid spread of plague in whole Europe during the Middle Ages. The bacterium Yersinia pestisis the causative agent of bubonic and pulmonary plague in humans. Plague is primarily a disease of wildlife and is maintained in reservoirs, which nowadays are present on all continents with the exception of Australia and Western Europe. Without doubt, the Black Death, which marks the arrival ofY. pestisinto Europe in 1347, represents one of the most significant events that marked the beginning of the second plague pandemic during the medieval period. In fact, from 1347 to 1353, plague spread through whole Europe like wildfire, leading to the decline of the European population by 30 percent. After this dramatic period and for more than 350 years, Europe knew a series...

The medieval pandemic of the plague had claimed so many lives because the disease was not quite usual way, found an international group of scientists. It used to be that a huge number of victims associated with poor sanitation, crowding of the population and the helplessness of the doctors. But this does not explain why the virus acted selectively killed mostly people and animals (including the main carriers of plague rats) remained alive. Recent studies have revealed an unexpected picture of the disease, according to . It turned out that getting into the human body, the plague Bacillus inhibited the enzyme activity of the TAK1 kinase, which is activated by a rapid inflammatory cell response to infection. The infected cell continued to respond to lipopolysaccharide (activator of innate immunity), and perished. During the standard process of destroying the cells they are split into several parts, each of which are surrounded by a membrane and are absorbed by other cells. But in...

HARRISON, N.J. —  Atlanta United will play for the MLS Cup. Taking a 3-0 lead into the second leg of the Eastern Conference finals, Atlanta United did more than it needed by falling to the New York Red Bulls 1-0 on Thursday in Harrison, N.J.  However, it took the series 3-1. The loss was Atlanta United’s first in four games this postseason. The MLS championship game will be held Dec. 8 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta United will host Portland.  “It’s tough to describe,” Atlanta United captain Michael Parkhurst said. “It’s been a long season. It’s been a great season. We fought hard, man against a fantastic Red Bulls team, the best team in MLS history. We played as best as we could have against them over two legs. Really proud of the boys and I think we have more fight in us.” As it has done most of the season in putting together the most points on the road (32) in league history in the post-shootout era, Atlanta United proved incredibly difficult to brea...

A new ancient DNA study shows that 14th century plague outbreaks might have resulted from repeated introductions of Yersinia pestis to Europe. Commercial trade routes, including the fur trade routes, would have contributed to the rapid spread of plague in whole Europe during the Middle Ages. The bacterium Yersinia pestisis the causative agent of bubonic and pulmonary plague in humans. Plague is primarily a disease of wildlife and is maintained in reservoirs, which nowadays are present on all continents with the exception of Australia and Western Europe. Without doubt, the Black Death, which marks the arrival ofY. pestisinto Europe in 1347, represents one of the most significant events that marked the beginning of the second plague pandemic during the medieval period. In fact, from 1347 to 1353, plague spread through whole Europe like wildfire, leading to the decline of the European population by 30 percent. After this dramatic period and for more than 350 years, Europe knew a series...

Updated November 30, 2018 13:48:24 Photo: One prisoner said " it's humiliating when your family visits and you have holes in your clothes". (ABC News: David Hudspeth) An underwear shortage and problems with rabbits, ducks and cockatoos are just some of the issues facing authorities at Tasmania's Risdon Prison, a new report has found. Key points: The inspector reported rabbits "in plague proportions" at Risdon, as well as insufficient supplies of underwear and tracksuits Cockatoos and ducks were also found to be feeding on prisoners' bread supplies Department of Justice said many of the report's recommendations had been accepted in principle The problems at the facility near Hobart, home to high-profile prisoners such as Martin Bryant , Susan Neill-Fraser and the late Mark "Chopper" Read , were outlined by Tasmania's Custodial Inspector Richard Connock in a report tabled in State Parliament on Thursday. Mr Connock repor...

Whitney McGinniss she sent her third-grader to Laurel Ridge Elementary School, located in Decatur, Wednesday morning “bundled up” after a note sent to parents said some classrooms did not have heat. “My daughter’s classroom is not on the list, but I still bundled her up because ... that doesn’t mean it won’t get worse,” she said. DeKalb County School District officials said Wednesday that 11 schools were contending with heat issues in several classrooms, expected to be addressed before week’s end. Parents have complained on social media about other schools not listed by DeKalb Schools officials. Wednesday afternoon, officials said the following schools were experiencing issues: • Laurel Ridge Elementary School Recommended for you Recommended for you Recommended for you • Clarkston High School • Salem Middle School   • Murphy Candler Elementary School   • Chapel Hills Elementary School   • Chapel Hill Middle School ...

A new ancient DNA study shows that 14th century plague outbreaks might have resulted from repeated introductions of Yersinia pestis to Europe. Commercial trade routes, including the fur trade routes, would have contributed to the rapid spread of plague in whole Europe during the Middle Ages. The bacterium Yersinia pestisis the causative agent of bubonic and pulmonary plague in humans. Plague is primarily a disease of wildlife and is maintained in reservoirs, which nowadays are present on all continents with the exception of Australia and Western Europe. Without doubt, the Black Death, which marks the arrival ofY. pestisinto Europe in 1347, represents one of the most significant events that marked the beginning of the second plague pandemic during the medieval period. In fact, from 1347 to 1353, plague spread through whole Europe like wildfire, leading to the decline of the European population by 30 percent. After this dramatic period and for more than 350 years, Europe knew a series...

The Centers for Disease Control has delivered sober news — average life expectancy at birth in the United States has declined for a third straight year due to extremely high rates of death from drug overdoses and suicide. As The Washington Post reports, this is the longest sustained decline in life expectancy since the early 20th century. Between 1915 and 1918, a period that included the First World War and the worldwide flu pandemic that killed 675,000 Americans, life expectancy showed a similar decline. OPINION Today, we are at peace (with the exception of the occasional death in Afghanistan); we are experiencing an economic boom; and we face no epidemics of communicable diseases. Some might say that our problems are those of overabundance. For millennia, our species was haunted by plagues, famines and droughts. Our minds and bodies evolved to grab what nourishment we could when we could. Those years in the caves and on the savannah didn’t equip us very well to cope with a wor...

The medieval pandemic of the plague had claimed so many lives because the disease was not quite usual way, found an international group of scientists. It used to be that a huge number of victims associated with poor sanitation, crowding of the population and the helplessness of the doctors. But this does not explain why the virus acted selectively killed mostly people and animals (including the main carriers of plague rats) remained alive. Recent studies have revealed an unexpected picture of the disease, according to . It turned out that getting into the human body, the plague Bacillus inhibited the enzyme activity of the TAK1 kinase, which is activated by a rapid inflammatory cell response to infection. The infected cell continued to respond to lipopolysaccharide (activator of innate immunity), and perished. During the standard process of destroying the cells they are split into several parts, each of which are surrounded by a membrane and are absorbed by other cells. But in...