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Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Thursday 25 August 2022 16:26:35
Man Tests Positive for COVID-19, Monkeypox, and HIV at the Same Time
An Italian man was tested positive for COVID-19, monkeypox, and HIV following a short trip to Spain, a study by researchers from the University of Catania reveals.
Authors of the study, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Infection, state that a 36 years old Italian man developed a high fever, sore throat, fatigue, headache, and a swollen lymph node in the groin area nine days after the trip.
On July 2, the patient was tested positive for COVID-19 and started to develop a rash on his left arm. The following day small, painful vesicles appeared on his body and began to evolve into pustules. On July 5, the patient was admitted to the hospital, where he later tested positive for both monkeypox and HIV-1.
The study authors say this case highlights how monkeypox and COVID-19 symptoms may overlap. Therefore, clinicians should be aware of the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 and monkeypox virus co-infection, particularly in patients with a recent history of travel to monkeypox-outbreak areas.
"Our case emphasizes that sexual intercourse could be the predominant way of transmission. Therefore, complete STI screening is recommended after a diagnosis of monkeypox," the authors conclude.
However, they highlight that there is not enough evidence supporting that this combination of infections may aggravate a patient's condition.
As of August 24, there are 45,535 cases of monkeypox globally, 16,603 of which are reported in the US.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows that the most common symptoms of monkeypox are rash, reported in 98.6% of cases, tiredness or not feeling well, reported by 72.7% of patients, and fever, developed in 68.9% of cases. Other common symptoms are chills, headache, enlarged lymph nodes, muscle aches, and itching.
According to the CDC, monkeypox can spread to anyone through close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact, including:
Direct contact with monkeypox rash, scabs, or body fluids from a person with monkeypox.
Touching objects, fabrics (clothing, bedding, or towels), and surfaces that have been used by someone with monkeypox.
Contact with respiratory secretions.