Can human behavior be blamed for global pandemic risks?

Guest blog entry: Today's blog entry is authored by Trent Wakenight, MA, consortium coordinator of the Global Nexus of Animal and Human ...

Up the Spout

Alright, here it is. I'm not going to say anything more about it, other than to say that I publish it as my Valentine's Day card to ...

This week in pandemic flu, emerging infectious disease: Seasonal flu is here

Seasonal flu cases are mounting across the United States, according to headlines reported by APHA's Get Ready news Twitter . The Centers...

Mustard & Gravy

I am beginning to think that I need to be treated, or counselled, over my O.B.E. Not the gong in its velvet box that Her Majesty is doubtles...

Altar Image

Yesterday was like early summer rather than a week or so into February. I took my boys out into the surrounding countryside (much mud-slingi...

Ginger Bread, Ginger Beer

I love how a detail of a perhaps long-forgotten past can still hang on in there, regardless of everything else that's going on around it...

Railway Echo No 6

Here's a treat for railway buffs. Aynho is in Northants, its station in Oxfordshire, built in 1850 for the Oxford & Rugby Railway. I...

New test promises to quickly tell if you've got seasonal flu

Have you ever wondered whether your cough, fever or achy head was really caused by the flu ? With the help of a new test, doctors will be ab...

Letter from Leicestershire

A whole day out in High Leicestershire, rummaging about in wet muddy lanes. I've known about these red gates with the top rail painted w...