• Is pneumonic plague different from bubonic plague? (cdc.gov)
  • bubonic plague cannot. (cdc.gov)
  • Bubonic plague is transmitted through the bite of an infected flea or exposure to infected material through a break in the skin. (cdc.gov)
  • If bubonic plague is not treated, however, the bacteria can spread through the bloodstream and infect the lungs, causing a secondary case of pneumonic plague. (cdc.gov)
  • The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel by American writer Jack London, originally published in London Magazine in 1912. (wikipedia.org)
  • James Smith is one of the survivors of the era before the scarlet plague hit and is still left alive in the San Francisco area, and he travels with his grandsons Edwin, Hoo-Hoo, and Hare-Lip. (wikipedia.org)
  • Edwin asks Smith, whom they call "Granser", to tell them of the disease alternately referred to as scarlet plague, scarlet death, or red death. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Scarlet Plague came about and spread rapidly across the globe. (wikipedia.org)
  • Smith witnesses his first victim of the scarlet plague while teaching when a young woman's face turns scarlet. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Scarlet Plague was written in 1910 but not serialized until the May-June 1912 issue of London Magazine. (wikipedia.org)
  • London published The Scarlet Plague in book form at a point in his career that biographers and critics have called a "professional decline", from September 1912 to May 1916. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Scarlet Plague was later reprinted in the February 1949 issue of Famous Fantastic Mysteries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Scarlet Plague, originally published by Jack London in 1912, was one of the first examples of a post-apocalyptic fiction novel in modern literature. (cdc.gov)
  • Even though it was published more than a century ago, The Scarlet Plague feels contemporary because it allows modern readers to reflect on the worldwide fear of pandemics, a fear that remains very much alive. (cdc.gov)
  • In The Scarlet Plague, London investigated many traditional issues of the literary theme of plague, ranging from a reflection on morality and justice to the contagion and clinical features of the disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Would enough medication be available in the event of a bioterrorism attack involving pneumonic plague? (cdc.gov)
  • But the triumphant return of live music for so many was marred by massive logistical problems, with reports of extremely long lines for and shortages of water and food flooding social media. (metalsucks.net)
  • But unlike other failures in our social order, the repeat tragedy of gun violence is both an undeclared war and a traveling epidemic which visits death and mourning before moving on to its next surprise engagement. (minnpost.com)
  • The plague tracts written subsequently, in the midst of the epidemic, struggled to describe a disease that physicians swiftly realized was not like the ones they had read about. (nybooks.com)
  • The recent difficulties in dealing with a possible plague epidemic in India are just one example. (cdc.gov)
  • The initial response was not consistent with the actual risk of contracting the disease and the current response is incongruent with the increasing severity of the epidemic and its accompanying social and economic problems. (bvsalud.org)
  • We are now somehow inexperienced in keeping our focus - unpracticed in holding our nation's attention on the enduring and seemingly endless battle against the plague of domestic and stochastic outbreaks of firearms violence. (minnpost.com)
  • Naturally occurring pneumonic plague is uncommon, although small outbreaks do occur. (cdc.gov)
  • An emerging or reemerging organism, however, grows unhindered by the social concerns of its potentially infectable host. (cdc.gov)
  • There's also another theory--so called an Italian hypotheses--that syphilis is a single organism that is Treponema , caused different clinical manifestations depending upon climatic, social, and demographic factors, producing the clinical manifestation named pinta, yaws, bejel, and syphilis. (cdc.gov)
  • Another study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology reported that roughly 30% of people who use social media show signs of social media addiction. (legalreader.com)
  • Eventually, his need for social interaction compels him back to the San Francisco area in search of other people. (wikipedia.org)
  • This campaign may give rise to the impression that 'everyone is an abuser' and cause us to belittle the problem, to think that so many people abuse women and it's just a trend. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Underemployment can also plague people who are overqualified for a job-common when people have 20 or more years of experience. (forbes.com)
  • For people with disabilities under-employment is both a serious financial problem and often a health issue. (forbes.com)
  • But it does mean that if we look to Jesus, we will be the kind of people who see truth first and foremost in our Savior instead of in conspiracy theories floating around on social media. (erlc.com)
  • The funding increase Democrats secured in last year's spending bill was important progress, but the work [Social Security] does is extensive and touches the lives of more than 70 million people," Murray said. (theday.com)
  • nbsp;But as the bride and groom danced, a fire erupted in the reception hall, killing at least 100 people and injuring 150 others.By all accounts, the fire spread at a rapid rate.Footage shared on social media showed indoor fireworks flaring so high that they set ceiling decorations alight. (yahoo.com)
  • Social gatherings like funerals and commemorative masses were banned, with some exceptions for people of rank: knights, lawyers, judges, and physicians could "be honored by their heirs at their burial in any way they please. (nybooks.com)
  • The commonly cited U.S. statistic that Black people have twice the rate of AIDS as white Americans understates the problem because it is based on a cumulative figure (that is, the total number since 1981). (kersplebedeb.com)
  • In the ancient world, plague and pestilence were rather frequent calamities, and ordinary people were likely to have witnessed or heard vivid and scary reports about their terrible ravages. (cdc.gov)
  • the issue is not that people die from the plague, but that people are plagued by death. (cdc.gov)
  • One to six days after becoming infected with the bacteria, people would develop pneumonic plague. (cdc.gov)
  • How do people become infected with pneumonic plague? (cdc.gov)
  • Tension, stress, back-biting, and rudeness are also symptoms of a more significant problem, says Jes Montgomery, MD, a psychiatrist and medical director of APN Dallas, a mental health-focused practice. (medscape.com)
  • What are the signs and symptoms of pneumonic plague? (cdc.gov)
  • Social media platforms, namely Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, offer a quick and convenient way to communicate with others, share photos, and stay updated on current events. (legalreader.com)
  • Moreover, around 75% of adults in the United States own a smartphone, making accessing social media platforms easier. (legalreader.com)
  • The privacy settings of the social media platforms you use determines whether local authorities will respect the privacy of your posts, or treat your photos, conversations, likes, friendship or contacts and other information as 'fair game' for them to use. (privacyinternational.org)
  • The impact is a reframing of social media platforms, users and data in terms of intelligence gathering and criminality. (privacyinternational.org)
  • Social media monitoring refers to techniques and technologies that allow the monitoring and gathering of information on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. (privacyinternational.org)
  • Much of the problem is fueled by brokers who solicit fake customer reviews through social media platforms, encrypted messaging apps and other channels in exchange for money, free items or other benefits. (mystateline.com)
  • The modern occupational plague of job stress affects workers in vast numbers. (cdc.gov)
  • Pneumonic plague affects the lungs and is transmitted when a person breathes in Y. pestis particles in the air. (cdc.gov)
  • In a letter sent Feb. 10 to leaders of the House and Senate appropriations committees, acting Social Security commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi said she expects already significant delays in disability benefits claims and phone assistance to worsen in 2023. (theday.com)
  • Coal miners in Central Appalachia face disparities in health related to a range of complex social, economic, occupational and behavioral factors," said researcher Dr. Drew Harris, a pulmonary medicine expert at UVA Health. (virginia.edu)
  • Novel and ingenious in technical design, the AMS 800 (American Medical Systems, Minnetonka, Minn) device has restored the quality of life to thousands of patients plagued by severe stress urinary incontinence. (medscape.com)
  • Because most publishers today are biased editorially toward the "new" part of news, the value of their content sinks very rapidly, particularly when most of their traffic is driven by social networks. (digiday.com)
  • We can neither easily acquire resistance mechanisms against the organisms, nor rapidly respond to an infectious disease problem in another country. (cdc.gov)
  • PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Take care of any lingering health problems to avoid an illness that could put you out of commission later. (uexpress.com)
  • This article discusses social media addiction and its impact on mental health. (legalreader.com)
  • Social media addiction can have a massive impact on one's mental health. (legalreader.com)
  • Another study found that teens who spend more than three hours per day using social media are more likely to suffer from mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and insomnia. (legalreader.com)
  • Social media addiction is a growing problem, and it's essential to understand its impact on mental health. (legalreader.com)
  • As we continue to navigate the digital age, it's crucial to find a balance between using social media as a tool for communication and staying informed and avoiding addiction that can negatively impact one's mental health and well-being. (legalreader.com)
  • Social media can prove a vast trove of information about individuals, including their personal preferences, political and religious views, physical and mental health and the identity of their friends and families. (privacyinternational.org)
  • Part of the problem with a toxic medical practice is that, culturally, we don't treat mental health and burnout as real illnesses. (medscape.com)
  • I NDIA'S social crisis has emerged in its crudest form, in the domains of education, particularly higher education. (tribuneindia.com)
  • This study also found that individuals with this addiction tend to use social media for an average of over two hours daily. (legalreader.com)
  • Cependant, les interrogations sur la précision de ce chiffre sont associées à la crainte d'une augmentation imminente de la prévalence, avec des éléments qui laissent penser qu'en dépit d'une culture conservatrice en Égypte, les comportements à haut risque sont plus fréquents que communément rapporté et le contexte socio-économique qui tend à changer dans le pays accentue cette propension. (who.int)
  • The two things that tend to plague medical practices most: A culture of fear and someone who is letting ego run the day-to-day, he says. (medscape.com)
  • LLITERACY surely is the root cause of many a socio-economic problem. (tribuneindia.com)
  • In almost every repatriation operation, the challenge for us is to ensure the minimum conditions of safety and economic and social well-being for those who are returning often to war-torn countries. (unhcr.org)
  • In his magisterial book The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth , the economic historian Benjamin Friedman considered the historical relationship between economic growth and social values and identified a clear pattern. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • And while there are a few examples where declining economic fortunes have led to a transformative politics that advanced the cause of justice, equity, liberty, and democracy, most notably the New Deal response to the Great Depression, more often than not, the loss of economic and social status for those at the bottom has turned the losers in the economic game against one another. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • Scholars like Hans Rosling , Max Roser , Steven Pinker , and Charles Kenny have provided the empirical basis for that view, and suggest the social, political, and economic processes that have made that progress possible. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • Even in the rich world, slowing economic growth and rising economic inequality threaten to upend the institutions and social norms that have provided the foundation for peace, prosperity, and comity since the end of World War II. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • There was the world of the outer islands, easily recognizable to anthropologists of an earlier era but increasingly neglected by administrators and showing growing signs of social and economic stagnation. (micsem.org)
  • You had terrorism, controversial wars, economic malaise, environmental concerns and a deep social divide not seen since the Civil War. (cdc.gov)
  • The National Health Sector Strategic Plan serves as a framework for multi-annual operational plans named Economic and Social Plan (Plano Economico e Social - PES). (who.int)
  • Among social media users, 69% of adults use Facebook, 37% use Instagram and 22% use Twitter. (legalreader.com)
  • UK local authorities (Councils) are looking at people's social media accounts, such as Facebook, as part of their intelligence gathering and investigation tactics in areas such as council tax payments, children's services, benefits and monitoring protests and demonstrations. (privacyinternational.org)
  • While oddly timed, the tactic wasn't a new one for New York Magazine, which has been posting older articles on Facebook since the end of last year, according to Stefan Becket, head of social media at New York Magazine. (digiday.com)
  • These are just some of the ways that Facebook is verifying that you're actually human and not one of the tens of millions of bots attempting to invade the social network each day. (cnet.com)
  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly pointed to AI as a solution to his social network's flaws during his testimony before Congress and again at the company's F8 developers conference. (cnet.com)
  • They employ bots that act like a hive when it comes to creating accounts on Facebook, using multiple tricks to fool the massive social network. (cnet.com)
  • Magril declined to confirm Unbotify's relationship with Facebook, but said the company works with major social networks. (cnet.com)
  • A representative from Facebook said the problem has been fixed. (scmagazine.com)
  • The hack shows that enterprises that allow their employees to visit social networking sites such as Facebook could find their security jeopardized, Kevin Haley, director of product management for Symantec's security response team, told SCMagazineUS.com. (scmagazine.com)
  • Facebook researchers knew that extremism, sex trafficking, and hate speech were rampant in Arabic language spaces on the platform, but Facebook management was slow to scale up its content moderation teams needed to address this problem. (ned.org)
  • 3. Political and public relations considerations induced Facebook to favor half-measures for addressing known problems. (ned.org)
  • Civil strife and famine, although on the decline, still plague many regions of the world. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • Individuals across the nation with social media addiction are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and feelings of loneliness compared to those who do not have this addiction. (legalreader.com)
  • The Social Security Administration's already faltering services will further erode this year despite a $785 million boost to its budget, the agency's acting head has told lawmakers. (theday.com)
  • Although the extra funding Congress added in December to the agency's $13.3 billion budget aimed to ease those problems by increasing staffing to improve phone operations and reduce record backlogs in the disability system, Kijakazi said it will take significant time to see improvements. (theday.com)
  • Highlighted by the ongoing fallout of the Social Insurance Agency's misplacing of 50 million pension records, Abe's problems have been punctuated by the continuing missteps of his ministers. (tokyoreporter.com)
  • Plan social activities that involve physical exertion. (uexpress.com)
  • Psychologists cannot change the state of the economy or reduce the costs of health care, child care, education, housing, and food - these problems involve complex social issues that require action far beyond our scope. (cdc.gov)
  • but like so many other problems in our evermore anomic American public square, no one is clearly prepared to be responsible for the tragedies-to-come. (minnpost.com)
  • As The Post has reported, almost a year after reopening its field offices to the public, Social Security is still struggling to restore basic customer service - and is not serving millions of disabled and poor elderly claimants who sought help before the pandemic. (theday.com)
  • 1. Involves public posts on social media that can be accessed by anyone i.e. there are no privacy settings. (privacyinternational.org)
  • To meet the demands of increased public health activity and to implement an "insurance policy" for the future, we need to be able to communicate the problem to a broad audience that sometimes has little understanding of the science. (cdc.gov)
  • There is no more striking public health triumph than the demise of the "brown plague. (who.int)
  • In Canada, the initial public hysteria about the gay plague has been replaced by a general state of apathy among the public at large (Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, 1999). (bvsalud.org)
  • Both types of plague are readily controlled by standard public health response measures. (cdc.gov)
  • For different reasons, the pandemic has fueled the spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation especially through social media. (erlc.com)
  • It analyzes these dynamics through "Stop the Spread", a Haredi "anti-gossip" campaign that links the ill health of social relations within the Haredi Jewish body politic to the spread of SARS-CoV-2 within its communities. (mdpi.com)
  • We are now armed with a tremendous amount of knowledge about this disease and know that social deviance is neither a necessary nor a sufficient explanation for the rapid spread of the virus. (bvsalud.org)
  • By exploring the motif of the plague, a consistent and well-spread theme in literature, London's novel is part of a long literary tradition, inviting the reader to reflect on the ancestral fear of humans toward infectious diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • Pneumonic plague may also occur if a person with bubonic or septicemic plague is untreated and the bacteria spread to the lungs. (cdc.gov)
  • Mike Azevedo, CEO of database company Clustrix, compared Prime Day's shopping cart issues to similar problems faced by Target last Cyber Monday when overwhelming customer traffic crashed its website. (retaildive.com)
  • One week after El Salvador grew to become the primary nation to make bitcoin authorized tender, issues continued to plague the system Tuesday. (myspaceastronomy.com)
  • In the context of the workshop at Tufts, analyses of emerging infectious disease issues generated insights about the political and social framework within which to address these threats to health: A minority group may be particularly affected by new or reemerging disease, as was the case, for example, of AIDS in the gay population or tuberculosis in the immigrant and homeless population. (cdc.gov)
  • The Mozambique country health profiles provide an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile, including a description of institutional frameworks, trends in the national response, key issues and challenges. (who.int)
  • Publishers are taking the same approach to promoting content via their social channels. (digiday.com)
  • Publishers' resurfacing tactics underscore the "car dealership" problem that plagues digital content today. (digiday.com)
  • Arguably the main problem blockchain has solved, at least when it comes to content consumption, is micropayments. (forbes.com)
  • Still, it is clear that there has to be a balancing act between social media and content creators. (blogherald.com)
  • Though social news sites need to use some of the content and conversation from the blog in order to properly function, if they take too much, there is nothing left to encourage content creators to participate or permit their works to be used. (blogherald.com)
  • Many sites have faced criticism for " scraping content " or " fragmenting the conversation " and the concern remains at the top of mind of many Webmasters, especially when dealing with new social news sites that do not drive significant traffic. (blogherald.com)
  • When it comes to how much content a social news site should reuse, the most popular sites currently, Digg and Reddit , actually set very good standards. (blogherald.com)
  • This system of limited content dates back to many of the earliest social news-style sites, including Slashdot and Fark , which resemble Digg and Reddit respectively in how they use content from source pages. (blogherald.com)
  • In the end, it seems that most social news sites, especially the successful ones, are stingy with the amount of copied content they allow and quick to link out. (blogherald.com)
  • In fact, on all of these social news sites above, the conversation is the centerpiece of the site as much as is the content. (blogherald.com)
  • But experts say that their exposure levels were fairly low, comparable to people's levels throughout much of the United States, which means that a connection between PCBs and attention problems in boys could exist in other communities, too. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Someone exposed to Yersinia pestis through the air-either from an intentional aerosol release or from close and direct exposure to someone with plague pneumonia-would become ill within 1 to 6 days. (cdc.gov)
  • Some conservatives have suggested an overhaul of entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare benefits in those cuts. (theday.com)
  • Medicare for all would avoid all these problems, and get lower prices and better care. (eurasiareview.com)
  • It would be financed the same way Medicare and Social Security are financed, through the payroll tax. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Debilitating panic attacks, social anxiety, derealization, lack of appetite, and gut problems plagued every waking moment of my life. (matadornetwork.com)
  • Social and political actors who would have been barred from power 30 years ago are now seated at the table. (americasquarterly.org)
  • But Latin America is still plagued with human rights problems. (americasquarterly.org)
  • Human reactions to the plague are also the central themes of historical titles such as A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, a long, detailed narrative of events, anecdotes, and statistics regarding the Great Plague of London of 1665. (cdc.gov)
  • Retirees, disabled claimants and others seeking help from an employee on Social Security's toll-free number will wait 35 minutes for someone to pick up, compared with 33 minutes during the last year, the letter said - though advocates and customers say actual wait times are often far longer. (theday.com)
  • Authorities say a 34-year-old man who was being held at the problem-plagued Fulton County Jail died after being taken to a hospital. (yahoo.com)
  • The World Health Organization reports 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague worldwide every year. (cdc.gov)
  • Social media addiction, also known as problematic social media use (PSMU), is when an individual uses social media uncontrollably and excessively, and this begins to interfere with their daily life, work, or relationships. (legalreader.com)
  • Smith recounts the story of his life before the plague, when he was an English professor. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, according to social Web strategist Liz Strauss , this is not always a bad thing and has always been a part of history, "Life itself can fragment conversations. (blogherald.com)
  • In June, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule that, among other things, would prohibit businesses from selling or obtaining fake reviews, suppressing honest reviews and selling fake social media engagement. (mystateline.com)
  • Similar concerns plague Brazil's congress. (fairobserver.com)
  • Writings on the problem, such as Fox (1971) and Basilius (1973) were founded on the premises of the deviance theory that guided similar work in the United States. (micsem.org)
  • Typically, when an article hits the front page of Digg, Reddit or similar sites, the social news site will see hundreds of comments about the article but the original site only a few, if any. (blogherald.com)
  • In a similar manner, The Betrothed and History of Infamy, both written by Italian novelist Alessandro Manzoni, were extraordinary descriptions of the plague that struck Milan around 1630. (cdc.gov)
  • Their protection and assistance needs have to be carefully and consciously integrated into the international response to refugee problems. (unhcr.org)
  • Differences between dialects, hiring problems, and inconsistent enforcement plagued the platform's response. (ned.org)
  • https://commoncomputerproblems.net/a-building-contractors-guide-to-fixing-common-computer-problems-that-plague-small-businesses/ 5i2dl1hztk. (socialbookmarklist.net)
  • He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. (cnet.com)
  • Finding this balance is tricky and has been a problem that has plagued social news sites since the beginning. (blogherald.com)
  • So how should social news behave? (blogherald.com)
  • Of course, on the Web, conversations have always been fragmented, including well before social news. (blogherald.com)
  • Home What We are Talking About Trump Finally Posts Second Message On Truth Social As Elon Musk Twitter. (stephaniemiller.com)
  • Former President Donald Trump finally posted his second message on Truth Social on Thursday - 10 weeks after his first - in the face of massive new competition from a Twitter platform owned and operated by billionaire Elon Musk. (stephaniemiller.com)
  • I've always been big on social commentary and I don't think you can find a movie (of ANY genre) that dealt more accurately with the death of triumph of 1970s consumerism over 1960s idealism. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1842, the American poet and novelist Edgar Allan Poe published The Masque of the Red Death, a short story unique in the literary tradition of the plague by focusing only on the metaphorical element of the theme. (cdc.gov)
  • Without early treatment, pneumonic plague usually leads to respiratory failure, shock, and rapid death. (cdc.gov)
  • Can a person exposed to pneumonic plague avoid becoming sick? (cdc.gov)
  • When the plague arrived at Catalonia's doorstep in April 1348, the learned physician Jacme d'Agramont wrote to address the "doubts and fears" rising around him. (nybooks.com)
  • Elected to office in 2011 as Brazil's first female president, Dilma Rousseff, an erstwhile protégé of the popular former president, Lula Da Silva, has persistently failed to adequately address Brazil's structural and social problems. (fairobserver.com)
  • Yersinia pestis used in an aerosol attack could cause cases of the pneumonic form of plague. (cdc.gov)
  • Phony reviews have long plagued online marketplaces despite their efforts to eradicate it. (mystateline.com)
  • Note: Not being able to make a living wage due to underemployment related to receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a related and equally gnarly problem. (forbes.com)
  • The message seems to be, 'We're doing great, but everything is getting worse,'" said Charles Hall, a disability attorney in Raleigh, N.C., and founder of a blog on Social Security operations. (theday.com)
  • Kijakazi's letter, a broad report highlighting crucial Social Security operations as required by congressional appropriators, comes as House Republicans push to cut federal spending and reduce the deficit. (theday.com)
  • Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman, said in a statement that she will fight for increased investment for the Social Security Administration. (theday.com)
  • It's important to me that my constituents can pick up the phone or visit a local office to get the benefits they've earned quickly and without hassle, so we need real bipartisan commitment to ensure [Social Security] gets the resources it needs to hire and retain staff while modernizing its services. (theday.com)
  • The fact that security problems continue to plague the social networking sites is an indication of growing pains, Haley said. (scmagazine.com)
  • The National Strategic Plan for Health 2016-2025 provides the framework that will guide the efforts of the Ministry of Health and Social Security (MOHSSSSSS) and its partners over the next ten years. (bvsalud.org)
  • 11. There are also many parts of the world in which major environmental problems cause health to suffer as a result of unsafe water, unmanaged solid waste and unsafe living conditions. (who.int)
  • Second, I am the Team Lead of the Environmental and Social Consultants at the office. (lu.se)
  • This phenomenon has even plagued health exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Now new research conducted in New Bedford suggests that these industrial chemicals, which were first linked to learning problems in children more than two decades ago, may play a role in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), too. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Boys who were exposed to higher levels of PCBs in the womb scored lower on focus and concentration tests, which indicates that they are more likely to have attention problems often related to ADHD, according to a newly published study of New Bedford area children. (publicintegrity.org)
  • If Authorities don't understand the harms or usefulness of such tactics, but continue regardless, we could end up with automated decision-making based on social media profiling that is unaccountable and dangerously ineffective. (privacyinternational.org)
  • Now, just so we're clear, to recognize that by most social and material metrics, almost everyone in the world is better off today than they were a generation ago, much less a century ago, does not mean that there is not still enormous work to do. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • Feudal and patriarchal social arrangements and traditions still condemn women around the world to second-class citizenship. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • Plague is a disease caused by Yersinia pestis ( Y. pestis ), a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas in many areas around the world. (cdc.gov)
  • The Afghan refugee problem was one of the largest in modern times, with 6 million refugees in Iran and Pakistan. (unhcr.org)
  • While social media has many benefits, including drawing awareness around current events and allowing individuals to connect with friends and family from afar, it's crucial to recognize when usage becomes excessive and potentially harmful. (legalreader.com)
  • I do not in any way wish to pass judgment on others, nor do I wish to hurt anyone's feelings, yet I believe that the #metoo campaign which has gone viral on social media in recent days is not a healthy one. (timesofisrael.com)
  • A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research revealed that older adults also experience social media addiction, with 18% of participants reporting problematic social media use. (legalreader.com)
  • They also are urging further study of potential contributors to the problem, including social determinants of health, substance use and workplace safety. (virginia.edu)
  • Three main causes of delinquency emerged in Kenney's study: breakdown of the traditional family, lack of structured activities for youth, and diminished social control (Kenney 1976: 75). (micsem.org)