Oct 15 – Global Handwashing Day (really it is!)
Global Handwashing Day was founded by the Global Handwashing Partnership in 2008 as an opportunity to “design and implement creative ways...
The elephant and the blind men, and Black Lives Matter.
Warning: this blog may (and should) leave you both angry and disturbed. It’ also different one from any other in that it focuses on a...
What about Vitamin K too?
Before (or after) reading this blog we do recommend you read the previous blog about Vitamin D. Let's first be clear, though, about where...
The Vitamin (that is not a vitamin) in the time of COVID
Please note: because we feel that the contents of this blog may be so important, we have decided to republish it including some small ...
World TB Day 2020 - and it's a very different one...
Today (march 24th) is World TB day and it feels very different this year. It's because of COVID -19, of course – which is another...
Can moxa help protect us from COVID-19?
SARS Cov-2 ... COVID-19 ... nCoV19… whatever it’s called, can we help protect ourselves from it with moxa? - How dangerous is it, for...
‘Combatte Kudasai!’
Last week a friend and long-time supporter sent us a significant donation with this curious tag ‘combatte kudasai’.
The Good, the Bad … and the Significantly Absent A review of the 2019 Global TB Report
This year’s Global Report on TB was published last week by the WHO. It’s become a custom for us to comment on it on each occasion. First...
Extra-pulmonary TB - and missing millions?
“Extrapulmonary TB represented 14% of the 6.4 million incident cases that were notified in 2017, ranging from 8% in the WHO Western Pacific...
Eight miles high – blue sky speculations on the possible origins of moxa
It’s about 500 miles from Pyongyang in North Korea to Beijing in China - at least it is if you fly as the crow does. North Korea’s Koryo...
