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2 days, 15 hours ago

Could mosquitoes deliver vaccines against malaria?

Scientists have engineered the pests to provide enhanced immunity to the disease they transmit, according to a new study. Their scientists say they have successfully engineered mosquitoes to deliver vaccines that could potentially provide significantly enhanced immunity against malaria. In the clinical trial, the research team used mosquitoes carrying the modified parasite to deliver the vaccine via bites, mirroring the …

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‘Parasite’ star Song Kang-Ho boards cast of ‘Beef’ season two

The Hindu

South Korean star Song Kang-Ho has joined the season two cast of Netflix’s critically acclaimed series Beef. According to Netflix, the new season will center on a young couple that “witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favours and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.” …

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3 days, 15 hours ago

Parasite actor Song Kang-ho joins Netflix's Beef Season 2

India Today

Korean actor Song Kang-ho, renowned for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has officially signed on to appear as a guest star in the second season of Netflix's popular series Beef. The first season of Beef, which premiered in 2023 on Netflix, was a huge success, garnering numerous accolades including eight Emmy Awards, four Critics Choice Awards, three Golden …

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3 days, 15 hours ago

Heeramandi to Shogun: Decoding global rise of Asian content

India Today

Asian content has taken the global stage by storm, reflecting a seismic shift in the entertainment industry's landscape. From historical dramas to action-packed epics, shows and films like Heeramandi, Shōgun, RRR, and Parasite have captured audiences' imaginations across continents. Bhansali’s signature opulent style, combined with a gripping narrative, has captivated audiences worldwide, cementing Heeramandi as a cultural phenomenon. Shogun The …

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3 days, 16 hours ago

Brandi Glanville shows her face in public for first time

Daily Mail

Brandi Glanville showed her face in public for the first time since she revealed she had all of her facial fillers dissolved. Brandi Glanville showed her face in public for the first time since she revealed she had all of her facial fillers dissolved The 52-year-old Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills alumna — who previously revealed she had diagnosed with …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Brandi Glanville lifts lid on $70k treatment to remove ‘parasite’ moving in her face

The Independent

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1 week, 6 days ago

The 10 Best Movies of 2024

Slate

For the past eight years—ever since the last time there was an end-of-year movie season that fell in the shadow of a presidential election with results that were this, let’s just say, suboptimal—I’ve had to dispel a sense of ambient futility as I contemplated the process of Top 10 list-making. The analogy isn’t perfect: Parasite’s yearlong reign as a critical …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive Is Creeping North Toward the US

Wired

On November 22, the United States Department of Agriculture temporarily halted the import of cattle from Mexico after a flesh-eating parasite was detected in animals in southern Mexico. Before the discovery of cattle screwworm at an inspection point in the state of Chiapas, the species had previously been eliminated in North America since the end of the 19th century. Prior …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Urgent warning over UK's largest outbreak of gruesome parasite that causes 'bowel cancer-like' symptoms

Daily Mail

Brits were today warned of a gruesome diarrhoea-causing parasite after the UK logged its largest ever outbreak this year. UKHSA issued a warning about the risk of cryptosporidium infection from farm visits earlier this month Swallowing just ten of these germs is enough to get ill. Cryptosporidium parasites are protected by a thick shell that allows them to even survive …

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1 month ago

RFK Jr, now Trump's health czar, once claimed he got brainworm after India visit

India Today

Robert F Kennedy Junior, recently chosen by President-elect Donald Trump as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in his cabinet, is at the center of widespread attention due to a resurfaced and controversial medical claim he made years ago. Kennedy described symptoms including "brain fog", memory issues, and word retrieval difficulties at the time. Initially, medical …

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1 month, 1 week ago

What's going on with the 'magic' drug for malaria?

NPR

What's going on with the 'magic' drug for malaria? "What we found was that children with severe malaria do have evidence of drug resistance," says Dr. Chandy John, director of Indiana University School of Medicine's Ryan White Center for Infectious Diseases and Global Health and a co-author on the study, which was published on Thursday in the medical journal JAMA. …

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3 months ago

Mickey 17 trailer: Robert Pattison is on a mission to die in Bong Joon Ho's follow-up to Parasite. Watch

Hindustan Times

Fans who were eagerly waiting for director Bong Joon Ho's next after the Oscar-winning Parasite finally had reason to cheer. The trailer of Mickey 17, the director's highly anticipated sci-fi film starring Robert Pattinson, was released by Warner Bros on Wednesday. About the trailer Mickey 17 is based on the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, where Robert Pattinson stars as …

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3 months ago

‘Mickey 17’ trailer: Robert Pattinson is an expendable employee in Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming sci-fi epic

The Hindu

Warner Bros has unveiled the first trailer for Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated follow-up to his Oscar-winning Parasite. Mickey 17 is based on Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey7 and follows Mickey Barnes, an “Expendable” employee on a mission to colonize the ice world Niflheim. The trailer hints at the character’s perilous existence, with Steven Yeun’s character Berto ominously telling Mickey …

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3 months ago

Brain-infecting parasite found in two L.A. County residents: What to know about ‘racoon roundworm’

LA Times

Two people in Los Angeles County are sick with a rare parasitic infection known as “raccoon roundworm,” according to officials. The parasite, called Baylisascaris procyonis, was found in the South Bay, according to a Los Angeles County Department of Public Health news release. “Our health is closely linked to the health of animals around us,” said Muntu Davis, Los Angeles …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Varroa mite parasite detected in Victoria in first outbreak outside NSW

ABC

An outbreak of the destructive varroa mite parasite has been confirmed for the first time in Victoria, just weeks after Australia's largest annual movement of honey-bee hives began arriving in the state. 'A matter of time' Victorian Apiarists Association president John van Weeghel said the spread of the pest into Victoria had been inevitable. Mr van Weeghel said testing for …

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4 months, 1 week ago

How Do You Get Drugs to the Brain? Maybe Try a Parasite

Wired

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. A new study published in Nature Microbiology has pioneered the use of a single-cell parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, to inject therapeutic proteins into brain cells. Microbes as Medicine Ever since scientists realized that microscopic organisms can cause illness—what’s called the 19th-century germ theory of disease—humanity has been on a …

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5 months, 1 week ago

BJP UP executive meeting: Nadda hails Yogi govt for development, describes Congress as parasite

Hindustan Times

Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Sunday hailed the Yogi Adityanath government for overall development in Uttar Pradesh, attacked the Congress for dismissing elected state governments 90 times and listed achievements of the Modi government to instil confidence among the party workers and boost their morale after the party’s below par performance in Uttar Pradesh in the recently …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Only a parasite can…’: Congress's Jairam Ramesh fires back at PM Modi over Lok Sabha speech

Hindustan Times

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday fired back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party is the real parasite, citing its history of consuming regional parties. Replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi had accused the Congress of becoming a "parasite" party, claiming it …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi says 2024 mandate is for continuity, terms Congress a ‘parasite’ on allies

The Hindu

In his first Parliamentary address since taking oath as Prime Minister for the third time, Narendra Modi said that the Lok Sabha election results were a mandate for “stability and continuity”. In an almost two-and-a-half hour speech delivered amidst Opposition sloganeering on Manipur, Mr. Modi also launched a blistering attack on the Congress, terming it a “parasite party” that only …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress a parasite for its allies, eats up their votes: PM Modi; Opposition chants 'stop lying'

New Indian Express

While hailing his government’s actions and schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted that the Opposition couldn’t bring in the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir, adding that Article 370 had taken away people’s rights. Hitting out at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the party has won its seats on the back of its allies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Red-worm-of-trout fish parasite initially discovered in NSW now found in Queensland, Victoria

ABC

In short: A parasite commonly known as red-worm-of-trout has been detected in southern Queensland and Victoria. The parasite Eustrongylides excisus, commonly known as red-worm-of-trout, can eat through the walls of intestines in fish and anything that eats the fish including, in very rare cases, humans. Charles Sturt University veterinary parasitologist Shokoofeh Shamsi previously found the parasite in fish in New …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Authorities urge proper cooking of wild game after 6 relatives fall ill from parasite in bear meat

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reaffirmed the importance of properly cooking wild game after six people became sick from a parasite traced to undercooked bear meat that was served at a family reunion in South Dakota. The six — one in South Dakota, four in Minnesota and one in Arizona — became infected when …

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7 months ago

JNU scientists develop new vaccine candidate to battle malaria

India Today

A team of scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru University has identified a promising vaccine candidate that could pave the way for more effective prevention and treatment strategies against malaria. The research, led by Prof. Shailja Singh and Prof. Anand Ranganathan at the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, JNU, has identified a novel host-parasite interacting complex that could be the key to …

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7 months ago

‘Why didn’t they warn us sooner?’ How a parasite tore through a Devon town’s water supply

The Telegraph

“I’ve never had a stomach bug like it,” says Blake. They need to be investigated.” It is a question echoed by Conservative MP Anthony Mangnall, MP for Totnes and South Devon: “It is extremely frustrating that South West Water weren’t quicker to respond to reports of illness, and they initially denied that it was anything to do with their network. …

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Could mosquitoes deliver vaccines against malaria?

‘Parasite’ star Song Kang-Ho boards cast of ‘Beef’ season two

Parasite actor Song Kang-ho joins Netflix's Beef Season 2

Heeramandi to Shogun: Decoding global rise of Asian content

Brandi Glanville shows her face in public for first time

Brandi Glanville lifts lid on $70k treatment to remove ‘parasite’ moving in her face

The 10 Best Movies of 2024

A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive Is Creeping North Toward the US

Urgent warning over UK's largest outbreak of gruesome parasite that causes 'bowel cancer-like' symptoms

RFK Jr, now Trump's health czar, once claimed he got brainworm after India visit

What's going on with the 'magic' drug for malaria?

Mickey 17 trailer: Robert Pattison is on a mission to die in Bong Joon Ho's follow-up to Parasite. Watch

‘Mickey 17’ trailer: Robert Pattinson is an expendable employee in Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming sci-fi epic

Brain-infecting parasite found in two L.A. County residents: What to know about ‘racoon roundworm’

Varroa mite parasite detected in Victoria in first outbreak outside NSW

How Do You Get Drugs to the Brain? Maybe Try a Parasite

BJP UP executive meeting: Nadda hails Yogi govt for development, describes Congress as parasite

‘Only a parasite can…’: Congress's Jairam Ramesh fires back at PM Modi over Lok Sabha speech

PM Modi says 2024 mandate is for continuity, terms Congress a ‘parasite’ on allies

Congress a parasite for its allies, eats up their votes: PM Modi; Opposition chants 'stop lying'

Red-worm-of-trout fish parasite initially discovered in NSW now found in Queensland, Victoria

Authorities urge proper cooking of wild game after 6 relatives fall ill from parasite in bear meat

JNU scientists develop new vaccine candidate to battle malaria

‘Why didn’t they warn us sooner?’ How a parasite tore through a Devon town’s water supply