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The anti-vaxxer movement has been a big focus in the news recently and the whole matter has managed to spread into the sphere of video games with  Plague, Inc. Plague, Inc.  is a strategy game where you must end the human race with your pathogen. There are different plague types and traits you can give your virus in order to accomplish this goal. A petition to include anti-vaxxers in the game was started by Eduard Gabrian on Change.org last week , and gained thousands of followers in just a few days. Plague Inc.  developer Ndemic Creations promised to include anti-vaxxers in the game on the condition that the petition reached 10 thousand signers, they would honor it. In just a few days it reached that amount, and at the time of this writing, the petition has almost 21 thousand signers. Alright, alright! You spoke, we listened. Neurie's very happy to hear that we're going to start figuring out anti-vaxxers soon. He's dying to try and get inside their heads. https://t.co

Blowing and drifting snow continued to affect transportation across Eastern Washington today. At about 7 a.m., a train jumped the tracks along U.S. Highway 395, about six miles north of the bridge to Kettle Falls. The train remained upright, stuck in the snow alongside the railroad bed, officials reported. No injuries or spills were reported. Officials said the incident is weather-related. The weather was also a factor in a fatal crash in rural Adams County, three miles east of town of Washtucna. According to the Washington State Patrol, a car and tractor-trailer collided at about 8:24 a.m. on state Highway 26, leaving one woman dead. Kaylyn F. Bossert, 29, of Soap Lake, was killed in the crash, the patrol said. Bossert was westbound on the highway when she slid on an icy road into the path of a 2015 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Andrew J. McCarty of Vancouver. McCarty was not injured, the patrol said, noting the crash blocked the highway. The fatality followed more t

RADNOR — Six months ago, local filmographers Jill Frechie and John Ricciutti were asked to shoot some footage for a business associate who was volunteering to feed children in need at Rock Ministries in the Kensington section of Philadelphia.  Frechie, a resident of Gladwyne, and Ricciutti of Radnor had collaborated on projects in the past, so the friends looked at this, at first, as just another job doing something about which they are both passionate — shooting film. On the day she was going to Kensington, Frechie happened to mention her destination to one of the students in her class at Montgomery County Community College. The student responded with a shocking warning. “You better wear thick-soled shoes so you don’t get stuck by a needle,” Frechie said the student warned her. “You’re going to get robbed, see people shooting up in the street and lying on the ground, near death. You are taking your life in your hands!” The unexpected admonishment scared Frechie, she said, but she

Lots of video games let you take on the role of the anti-hero: Grand Theft Auto , Hitman , even Mario's mischievous alter-ego, Wario. But there's never been a video game anti-hero quite like Plague Inc. – in this massively successful pandemic simulator, you actually play the role of a deadly and contagious pathogen, hell-bent on wiping humanity off the face of the planet. Now, in response to public demand via an ongoing petition at Change.org , this wildly popular plague game is going to incorporate a new menace in its chilling disease-spreading simulations: anti-vaxxers. Anti-vaxxers might sound like a strange inclusion for a video game, but it makes a lot of sense for  Plague Inc . In other games, you might choose to be a warrior, a wizard, or a cleric. In Plague Inc. , your options include things like being a virus, a fungus, or perhaps nasty bacteria. If those character selections sound a little dull, how about conquering the world as a parasite, or the Black Death? O

The discussion about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) may well have been turned on its ear with the recent claim that a treatment and a cure is in the offing. Outdoor Life has attempted to remain vigilant in reporting responsibly on this critical topic, and so Dr. Frank Bastian’s bold statements regarding curability of CWD (dubbed as the Zombie Deer Disease by mainstream media) necessitate analysis. First discovered at a Colorado research facility in the late 1960s, CWD incidences have grown over the past decade. It is now known to exist in 251 counties in 24 states and two Canadian provinces. If you prescribe to just about every bit of published research, CWD is caused by a deformed protein called a prion. There is no known cure, no concrete evidence as to how exactly the disease is spread, though it is believed to be 100 percent fatal. But what if it's not? What if prions aren't the culprit? What if the disease isn't what it's been portrayed to be at all? Meet Dr

Coming soon to the virus-spreading strategy sim Plague Inc. is a new threat to humanity: anti-vaxxers . Should you have the luxury to never encounter one of this crusade of science deniers, a brief definition: Anti-vaxxers are people who choose not to vaccinate their kids for reasons religious, political, or otherwise misguided, generally influenced by the unproven belief that vaccines can cause autism or illnesses . (Instead, vaccines can protect and prevent outbreaks of health risks, like measles.) Earlier this month, Plague Inc. players petitioned developer Ndemic Creations to add the anti-vaccine movement to the game, in which players work to spread different pathogens worldwide. A Change.org post demanding an anti-vaxxer update made it to the developer, which soon acquiesced. “OK, fine!” the studio tweeted. “If this petition gets to 10k, will add a specific new anti-vaxxer scenario to Plague Inc .” Ndemic Creations acknowledged the goal earlier this week when the petition n

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A Plague Tale: Innocence definitely deserves to be on your radar. Set in France at a time when the Black Plague ruled, the game looks to deliver some interesting mechanics, including giant swarms of rats, as well as a fair amount of drama. You can check out the latter in the latest A Plague Tale story trailer. [embedded content] Looks like compelling stuff! But perhaps you’d like to see more gameplay? No problem, as IGN recently posted a hearty 20 minutes of in-game footage . We see main character Amicia and her little brother Hugo explore a plague-ravaged town, escape an angry mob, do a bit of puzzle solving, and, of course, deal with swarms of disgusting rodents. Check out the footage, below. Related World War Z Releases a Gruesome New Trailer and Pre-Order Details [embedded content] Want to know more about A Plague Tale? Wccftech’s Rosh Kelly recently got to go hands-on with A Plague Tale and interview one of the game’s producers . Here’s the game’s official description:

Coming on May 14 th from developer Asobo Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive, A Plague Tale: Innocence is an action-adventure that follows the heartrending journey of Amicia and Hugo De Rune through the plagued medieval Kingdom of France. I had a chance to try out a couple hours long demo that spanned across the first few chapters of the game. This is our Plague Tale: Innocence Preview. The start of the game finds young Amicia in an autumnal forest with her father, during a seemingly normal day for the noble lady De Rune. Nothing seems to predict that it will be the last moment of normalcy before the grim tide turns the life of the young woman and her family around. The birds sing at the top of their voice, and the trees proudly sprout colorful leaves – green and gold mix in an image straight out of a fairy tale book. All the more shocking when the palette suddenly changes to reflect the upcoming darkness. If you listen carefully around the castle, you can hear whispers of

Democrats applying to be their party’s next presidential nominee constitute the second largest growth industry in America surpassed only by those providing legal advice to Trump Administration staffers. It’s a number climbing to where it might be easier to list those currently not planning a run. And no, we can’t rule out Jimmy Carter, Anthony Weiner or Lyndon Johnson. Holy moley catfish, there’s a ton of them. Scads. Gobs. Reams. Oodles. A raft. A mob. A plethora. A profusion. An abundance. Veritable boatloads. Some might say a rash of candidates. A plague or even an epidemic. We’re still a year out from the Iowa Caucuses, with the first debate not scheduled to start serious internecine squabbling until June. According to Ballotpedia, 192 Democrats have officially entered the 2020 contest for the White House including a guy named Cohen Eden Solutionator. 11 are considered authentic, but many more big names are poised to leap into this liberal scrum like lemmings off a cliff wit

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Does Google Know When You’re Sick? A Penn Study Counts the Clicks    Philadelphia magazine Seventy-two percent of all American adults Google health-related questions. Penn Med researcher Jeremy Asch wants to use that to improve your healthcare. https://ift.tt/2VstAiO

Rick and Morty is one of the most popular cartoons out there, and those guys get up to all sorts of weird stuff. One of the most memorable episodes is where Morty decides to save a homeless man, requiring him to go inside the man’s body – and it turns out that Rick has turned the guys innards into a miniature amusement park. Now, a new version of the annoying childhood game Operation is out to celebrate that episode. In Operation: Rick and Morty Anatomy Park you get to remove parts from the bum known as Reuben. His removable bits include the Cerebral Cortex Carousel, Esophageal Passage, Hepatitis C, Tuberculosis, Haunted Liver, Bubonic Plague, Pirates of the Pancreas, Colon Log, Gonorrhea, Bladder Falls, Sphincter Dam, Hepatitis A, and the Bone Train. Two to four people can play at once and share their frustration with the buzzing, vibrating game. You can buy the special version of Operation on Amazon right now for $29.88, including free shipping for Prime members. [embedded co

Lots of video games let you take on the role of the anti-hero: Grand Theft Auto , Hitman , even Mario's mischievous alter-ego, Wario. But there's never been a video game anti-hero quite like Plague Inc. – in this massively successful pandemic simulator, you actually play the role of a deadly and contagious pathogen, hell-bent on wiping humanity off the face of the planet. Now, in response to public demand via an ongoing petition at Change.org , this wildly popular plague game is going to incorporate a new menace in its chilling disease-spreading simulations: anti-vaxxers. Anti-vaxxers might sound like a strange inclusion for a video game, but it makes a lot of sense for  Plague Inc . In other games, you might choose to be a warrior, a wizard, or a cleric. In Plague Inc. , your options include things like being a virus, a fungus, or perhaps nasty bacteria. If those character selections sound a little dull, how about conquering the world as a parasite, or the Black Death? O

For the Wapogoro people, there are few worse fates than kifafa . The tribe lives in the Mahenge highlands in deepest Tanzania: a land of rugged mountains, mist-capped forests and rare underground treasures, from fossils to glittering neon-pink gems. They have survived there in isolation for hundreds of years, quietly going about their lives and largely escaping the notice of the wider world. Or that was the case, until a Norwegian doctor turned up in 1959. Louise Jilek-Aall was just 28 years old, fresh out of medical school and determined to set up a clinic in the area. But no sooner had she started seeing patients than she noticed something peculiar. Nearly every day, children as young as two would turn up in her office with severe burns . In one case, a little girl was rendered completely unrecognisable; many others died from their wounds. The burns were often overlaid on webs of pale pink scars, which had built up after years of previous scorchings. When Jilek-Aall tried to fi

As the world faces a measles outbreak, even countries with high rates of vaccine coverage have not been spared an uptick in cases. Though a cause for concern anywhere, the emergence of three cases of measles in the United States or Europe does not often evoke a sense of crisis. But when the same number appear in Madagascar, as happened in October, the fragile state of the health system means the situation can escalate to a widespread emergency very quickly. Get more HMS news here According to the UN, since the first cases were recorded last fall, the outbreak in Madagascar has infected over 76,000 and claimed the lives of at least 926 individuals to date—a magnitude that the country has not seen in decades. Currently, however, measles outbreaks are cropping up around the globe, capturing international attention due to the threat they pose to communities in such unexpected places as the United States. In some areas, the uptick in cases is a result of a movement among people who opt o

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