Over 60 affected in just one week!

Swine flu is caused by the pig´s respiratory system and this flu has spread in Mexico, Spain and even in Germany! Now the rate has gone higher. Over 100 people have died because of the Swine Flu. And 2 in Bayern (Germany) were shown to be Positive. Swine flu virus dies at a temperature of 70°C.

More than 60 people died because of swine flu in Mexico the first week of the epidemic. Now 3 people have the disease in Germany. And three others with the symptoms of swine flu. The symptoms are fever, muscle pain, dry cough, dry throat, and vomiting.

The flu spreads by coughing, kissing or even shaking hands! The flu can not get spread by food. To help protect yourself from this disease, here is a little list of ideas!
Source BBC

• Wash your Hands often with Soap and Water. (especially small kids)
• Disinfect Hands.
• Avoid touching the Mouth, Nose or Eyes.
• Cover Mouth and Nose and avoid Sneezing and Coughing from others that may have symptoms.

This disease is affecting the human population especially in Mexico. About 100 people now have a scary life in Mexico. You can get vaccinated but it will not help as much. Every second person in Germany has lost the habit of washing his hands, especially small Kids in Primary school. So be careful.
Source:BBC

You can also support the IB

I can support the IB work with making IB programmes available in developing countries and to financially-disadvantaged students. If you find time and you have experience to offer, then read our information for volunteers to find out how volunteers make a big change to our work.

IB schools are different: the teachers share all their knowledge and experience with the students whatever the question is, plus these teachers are committed to the professional development of their knowledge.
Source: Sanjay

Hockey

In this article I will write about hockey and the history of hockey.

Hockey is the first of all sports played with an stick, such as cricket and golf. Hockey was not known as hockey until the 18th century. In Inner Mongolia and China people have played Beikow which is a game similar to modern field hockey, for about 1,000 years. Old drawings from Egypt showed hockey. The drawings are about 4,000 years old. The modern game grew from English republic schools in the early 19th century. The first club was in 1849.It was Blackheath in the south-east of London. There are different types of hockey such as: Field hockey, Ice hockey and Indoor hockey. These three types are the most played ones. Hockey was first played at the summer Olympics in 1880 and 1920. The successful hockey teams today are Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Australia. Hockey is a very popular Sport.

That was my small text about Hockey. I like the game very much because it is very interesting.
Source:Sports Hockey Book

Anti Polio vaccine

During the next three days more than 20 million children in the west of Africa are expected to get vaccinated against Polio. This Project has mobilized 100s of thousands of volunteers from eight different countries to help these children!
The United Nations Children’s Fund is also working with the health Minister to try to rid Africa of the highly contagious and incurable virus.

Polio is a very dangerous sickness which is often seen in children. Polio is caused by an infectious virus, which can lead to paralysis or even to death. There are three stages of Polio: Mild, Normal and strong Polio. For Mild Polio some of the symptoms are headaches, vomiting, muscle pain, fever, nausea and stiffness. Polio can be prevented through vaccination which a 6 week child has to have in their vaccination schedule.

The figure above shows a child getting vaccinated. Source: Environmental News Network.
Source BBC

Cancer overtakes Heart disease in 2030

At the moment, Heart disease is the most “Popular” Disease which people die from. In 2030, Scientists say that Cancer will increase the rate of which people die. About Twenty-seven million new cancer cases are expected. The Heart disease rate will decrease.
Source BBC

Black hole in Milky Way

There is a very big black hole at the center of our galaxy. German astronomers tracked the movement of 28 stars that circulate abound the center of the Milky Way. This black hole is 4 million times heavier than the sun.
Source: CNN

Sony cuts 8,000 Jobs in 2010

Sony has announced to cancel 8,000 electronic jobs, 5 % of division as well as shutting 10% of its manufacturing sites. The jobs should be cut in April 2012 but has not announced in which countries the staff would leave the company. The sad news was announced in Japan.
Source: BBC

Virus hits Facebook users

120 million users got attacked by the virus Koobface. It sends messages to a person’s inboxes,pretending to be their friend. The messages say: you look funny in this new video. When you click at the link a massage tells you to watch “secret videos by Tom. DON’T FOLLOW THESE LINKS!!!!!!! If you do, a dangerou virus will attack your Computer.

Please don’t try to use Facebook anymore.
Source:CNN

The richest man of the world

The richest man in world is Carlos Slim. He is 67 years old and has $59 billion in banks. He is the youngest son from the slim family. He recently lent $55 million to an insurance company.
Source: World record Book

Girl, 13, rejects life saving heart operation

London (England), a 13 year old girl is at home with her family after talking with British authorities to allow her to refuse a heart transplant operation. Hannah Jones tells that she had enough of hospitals because she spent her last 8 years in the hospital. When she was only 4 years old she was diagnosed with leukemia. It was lately discovered that she has “corimopathy “that is a disease of the heart.
Source: BBc