Monkeypox(猴痘)Response and Recommendations Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)are tracking multiple cases of monkeypox.For more information on exposure risk,click Monitoring Persons Exposed.

CDC is working with health officials to identify people who may have been in contact with individuals who have tested positive for monkeypox,so they can monitor their health.

Recommendations for Individuals

People should contact their healthcare provider if they:

◆traveled to African counties,or parts of Europe where monkeypox cases have been reported.

◆traveled to other areas with confirmed cases of monkeypox during the month before their symploms(症状)began.

◆contacted with a person with confirmed monkeypox.

Recommendations for Healthcare Providers

Presenting symptoms typically include fever,headache,back pain,and the characteristic rash(皮疹);however,cases in the absence of fever has been reported.If healthcare providers identify patients with a rash that could be consistent with monkeypox,monkeypox should be considered as a possible cause,regardless of whether they have other risk factors for monkeypox.

◆Information on infection control in healthcare settings is provided on our CDC website.For more information,click Infection Control:Healthcare Settings.

◆Healthcare providers should first consult state health department or CDC through the CDC Emergency Operations Center(770-488-7100)as soon as monkeypox is suspected.

◆All samples should be sent through the state public health department.

Recommendations for Health Departments

◆If monkeypox is suspected,consult through the CDC Emergency Operations Center.

◆Collected samples can be sent to CDC or a Laboratory Response Network laboratory for testing.

Seventeen young turtles raised from eggs saved from the smashed bodies of mothers killed on roads got their release back into the wild by a class of kindergartners.

It was part of a program that has saved thousands of turtles and returned them to the wild over the past 25 years. The turtles were either raised from the eggs of their dead mothers or were themselves rescued from roads, storm drains or other dangerous places over the years.

“It’s a great community connection,” said Lisa Ferguson, director of research and conservation at the Wetlands Institute, which runs the program along with Stockton University and Stone Harbor schools. “It shows how conservation works, and that everyone has a part to play, from adults down to kindergarten students.”

The turtle release took place during egg-laying season, when turtles come up out of the wetlands onto dry land to lay eggs, thus exposing themselves not only to natural predators, but also to the far more deadly threat of motor vehicles.

Aside from caring for injured live turtles, the Wetlands Institute harvests eggs from females killed on the road and incubates (孵化) them at 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), a temperature that will ensure they develop as females (egg temperature determines the sex of these turtles, Ferguson said).

When they have grown enough in their first year, they are ready for release into the wetlands surrounding the institute. That’s where the kids come in. Kindergartners from Stone Harbor schools get to know the turtles as they grow. They give them names, draw posters of them, and even bake and sell cookies to raise money for turtle conservation.

When it was time to set them free, some eagerly grasped the turtles from behind; others were more quiet to get up close and personal with squirming turtles and squishy mud, but each student seemed excited to see the turtles paddle away into the shallow water.

In the United Kingdom, coffee consumption is on the rise. But beyond just fueling Londoners as they make their ways to work, coffee is also fueling their buses while fighting climate change.

It is reported that London’s buses will soon be powered in part by a newly developed biofuel, one that mixes diesel (柴油) with oils removed from spent coffee grounds, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (排放) from its bus transport system. Recycling technology firm Bio-Bean collects used coffee grounds from major coffee producers across the UK, and removes the oils from them. Then it’s mixed into B20 biodiesel, with 20% biofuel and 80% conventional diesel.

With B20, the buses don’t require any adaptions to run on it. Bio-Bean founder said that, if the UK could use all of the 500,000 tons of coffee waste it produced each year, it could power the city of Manchester for a year. London uses other biofuels to support its effort to cut emissions from its bus system. Coffee is just the latest source, joining used cooking oil and animal fat from meat processing plants, but those old coffee grounds have to go somewhere, and fueling the city’s labor force is preferable to sending them to a waste yard. Bio-Bean’s B20 is an easy way to save businesses money on waste removal, and using the biodiesel in buses cut carbon emissions by 80%.

Coffee waste is becoming an almost unlimited resource, considering London’s citizens alone create 200,000 tons of coffee grounds every year. As more and more Britons switch from tea to coffee, that number will only elevate. The use of coffee grounds as a biofuel source has the added benefit of improving air quality in the city but sadly, it does not give off the pleasant coffee smell one might expect.