Their june 5th, 1981 mmwr, five men from los angeles who presented with a very unusual kind of pneumonia that you only see in people with a very suppressed kind of immune system. And i said, wow, why all gay men . They were supposedly completely healthy other than that. I thought it was a fluke and i put it aside. And then the next mmwr appeared on my desk at the nih, and now they said 26 men, not only from l. A. , but also from San Francisco and new york, have this strange pneumonia, but a strange cancer that you see with people with this immune system that is suppressed, and it was all in gay men, and i thought whoa, this is really bad. I had no idea what it was. It looked very much like it was an Infectious Disease. When you look at these patterns, it seems to have been spread by sexual contact, and that is when i really had that combination of an ahha moment and anxiety, this is really going to be bad and i made this transforming decision of my career, i decided i was going to stop
Crippled economies and industries worldwide, but it hasnt slowed down the illegal wildlife trade. Experts say the trade in illegal bush meat has exploded and believe poachers are stockpiling ivory until sea cargo returns to normal levels. So the launch of a new Wildlife Centre in singapore has come at a good time. Authorities there seized nine tonnes of ivory worth more than 13 million us in 2019. The haul was recently crushed and the process live streamed on the internet. But before they destroyed it, researchers carried out dna testing on the ivory in a new facility designed to help wildlife detectives track down those responsible. Part of that project is sam wasser, the director of the center for conservation biology at the university of washington in seattle. Speaking a little earlier he explained how covid 19 has affected the illegal wildlife trade. Covid 19 has essentially eliminated tourist dollars among protected areas across africa and one of the things that has resulted in is
Seasonal flu. In public stuff and more dangerous than seasonalflu. In public he stuff and more dangerous than seasonal flu. In public he was saying something different. Covid i9 may have crippled economies and industries worldwide, but it hasnt slowed down the illegal wildlife trade. Experts say the trade in illegal bush meat has exploded and believe poachers are stockpiling ivory until sea cargo returns to normal levels. So the launch of a new Wildlife Centre in singapore has come at a good time. Authorities there seized nine tonnes of ivory worth more than 13 million us in 2019. The haul was recently crushed and the process live streamed on the internet. But before they destroyed it, researchers carried out dna testing on the ivory in a new facility designed to help wildlife detectives track down those responsible. Part of that project is sam wohser, the director of the center for conservation biology at the university of washington in seattle. Speaking a little earlier he explained
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed. At least ten people have died. At ten oclock, well have a full round up of the days news. First, coronavirus your stories. Welcome to coronavirus your stories, a programme about how covid 19 is changing lives around the world. Im Philippa Thomas and this week we are looking at nature and climate. How our Natural Environment can help us as individuals in times like this and also the personal story of two activists who want the Global Pandemic to throw more light on the Global Climate emergency. Later we will hear from ireland about one way of turning to nature in stressful times with growing interest in the traditional practices of forest medicine like forest bathing. And from sweden, how health based architecture can help us now to redesign the spaces around us, try to stay healthy and be more resilient to infection. But first, how is the covid 19 pandemic changing climate activism . We have the personal story of two campaigners on either side of
Previous day, but no reported deaths of anyone who has tested positive within the last 28 days. Those of the figures for scotland and previously for wales. Toots hibbert, frontman of the legendary reggae band toots and the maytals, has died at the age of 77. One of jamaicas most influential musicians, he helped popularise reggae in the 19605 with songs like pressure drop, monkey man and funky kingston. He even claimed to have coined the genres name, on 1968s do the reggay. Hibberts family said he died on friday. He had recently been treated in hospital for suspected coronavirus. Now its time for a look at the weather. A bit ofa a bit of a return to summer soon, tomas . Absolutely. It could even be a little too hot for some of us. It wont turn hot until monday in the south of the country, as is often the case, this is what we have right now, pleasant temperatures across the vast majority of uk but certainly cooler in the north west of the country, increasing winds and a spell of wet wea