Climate Change Is Exacerbating Pathogenic Disease

Climate Change Is Exacerbating Pathogenic Disease

Pathogenic diseases that impact humans are being exacerbated by climate change, according to a paper published in Nature Climate Change on Aug. 15. Of the 375 infectious diseases studied, greenhouse gas emission heightened the negative impacts of 58% (218) of the...
We Must Stop Stigmatizing Diseases

We Must Stop Stigmatizing Diseases

The World Health Organization reported on June 23 that there were more than 3,000 cases of Monkeypox, or MPX, in 47 countries. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data reported more than 5,000 cases in 51 countries on June 29, with a majority of cases...

The Failure of Success

A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on January 16, 2011. Philippians 2:1-13 There was a church board of a congregation in Atlanta that was pondering whether or not to invite a motivational speaker to their congregational...

‘Keyboard Cooties’ Cited as Possible Health Threat

“Keyboard cooties,” germ-infested keyboards on public computers, telephones and ATM keypads, are getting attention as a possible threat to public health. ABC NEWS reported that bacteria from skin flakes, bits of food and other unmentionables lingering on...

West African Church Confronts AIDS Crisis

Life in the village of Koutoura in the West African nation of Burkina Faso is strikingly similar to what it must have been like 100 or even 500 years ago. By and large, villagers grow their own food, make their own clothing and live without amenities such as running...