Mosquito | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:30:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico Mosquito | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 White woman arrested after holding 4 black teens fundraising https://www.insideojodu.com/white-woman-arrested-after-holding-4-black-teens-fundraising/ https://www.insideojodu.com/white-woman-arrested-after-holding-4-black-teens-fundraising/#respond Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:30:48 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=6793 Four black student athletes who were going from door to door in their Arkansas community…

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Four black student athletes who were going from door to door in their Arkansas community to fundraise were held at gunpoint and forced to the ground by a white woman until police arrived at the scene, officials said.

The teenagers were walking through Wynne, a city roughly 100 miles northeast of Little Rock, around 10 a.m. on Aug. 7 to raise money for their high school football team when Jerri Kelly, 46, stopped them.

Investigators have responded to a “suspicious persons” report to find the boys — two of whom had football jerseys on, according to school officials — on the ground with a woman standing by with a gun, police said. An officer asked the teens to stand up, and they explained they were selling discount cards for their school sports program.

“We was scared,” one of the teens told police, The Washington Post reported. “I thought she was going to shoot me in the head, how she was acting.”

The boys told authorities Kelly shouted at them, told them to get down and spread their legs and place their arms behind their backs, and called them liars when they said they were fundraising for school. When one of the boys reportedly tried swatting at a mosquito, Kelly allegedly told him she’d shoot if he didn’t stop moving.

A responding officer recognized one of the boys and told them they could get up and walk over to his patrol vehicle, the Post reported, citing a police report. At that point, Kelly allegedly called them back and began to lecture them about how her actions were not racially motivated.

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Philippines: National emergency after Dengue fever Outbreak https://www.insideojodu.com/philippines-national-emergency-after-dengue-fever-outbreak/ https://www.insideojodu.com/philippines-national-emergency-after-dengue-fever-outbreak/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:40:30 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=5877 Health officials in the Philippines have declared a national emergency this week after a…

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Health officials in the Philippines have declared a national emergency this week after a record-breaking 106,630 cases of Dengue fever were reported since January.

Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III issued the alert Monday after pointing to several regions that are experiencing the 85 percent uptick in the disease when compared to last year’s figures.

“From January 1 to June 29 this year, most cases are from Western Visayas (13,164), Calabarzon (11,474), Central Visayas (9,199), Soccsksargen (9,107), and Northern Mindanao (8,739),” the health ministry said in a statement.

“Dengue cases nationwide now reach a cumulative figure of 106,630. This is 85 percent higher compared to the same period last year.”

The surprising increase in cases usually comes every 3-4 years with the last known increase having been in 2016, Duque said, making this year’s figures as expected.

A researcher at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine may have found a way to stop the spread of Dengue by transmitting a vaccine from human to mosquito

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dengue is common to more than 100 countries and, on average, about 400 million people will get infected with the disease each year. Of that number, 100 million will get sick and 22,000 will die from the infection.

The virus is usually spread through the bite of an infected mosquito.

Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, rashes, and aches and pains. There is no known cure or medication for the disease.

Health officials warned the public to implement the “4S strategy” which encourages them to “search and destroy mosquito breeding places.” It also advises them to wear long sleeves and wear insect repellent and, if any symptoms show, they should consult a doctor immediately.

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