(We Chinese in America Media Editor Tang Zhao, February 12, 2022) More than 200 dead birds have been found on a street in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in a horrifying scene, but the exact cause of death is unknown. (Photo from NBC News )

British media reported that the scene was discovered by driver Michaela Pritchard at about 8 pm local time on the 10th while driving between the villages of Waterston and Hazelbeach.

Pritchard said the scene, described as a "massacre", was horrific, and she said she didn't want to be there, so she called the local council directly to report.

Others said they heard a loud bang and then several bird carcasses rained down on their cars. Another member of the public also said that before the birds fell from the sky, he heard loud noises and suspected electric shocks, but the sound was not as loud as lightning.

A spokesman for Dragon LNG, a gas company based in the region, said there were no unusual conditions at the plant that day. Other speculations about the birds' deaths include being electrocuted or being chased by predators before they hit the ground.

Pembrokeshire Council later confirmed that about 200 starling carcasses had been removed from the road, but the cause of death was not known.

(Source: Compiled from Online Information)

(We Chinese in America Media Editor Tang Zhao, February 10, 2022)   Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates plans to publish his new book "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic" on May 3. (Photo from Reuters)

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates plans to publish a new book on May 3 on how to make sure Covid-19 becomes the last global pandemic.

According to Bloomberg News, Gates announced on his personal blog that he will publish a new book, "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic." Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, the billionaire philanthropist has devoted a lot of effort to help fight the epidemic through his foundation.

"Whenever I see the pain created by the Covid-19 pandemic - every time I read the latest death toll, hear that someone has lost their job, or drive past a school with its gates locked, I can't help thinking: We don't need to experience it again."

This book will cover the lessons people have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the tools and innovative approaches needed to save lives and block pathogens early in the outbreak.

Gates will also address his views on vaccines in the book, as well as his feelings about being the target of conspiracy theorists. Gates has previously been under fire for downplaying the way intellectual property hinders access to vaccines for people in poor countries and has been targeted by anti-vaccine advocates and a minority of conspiracy theorists, who say he is sowing the virus for private purposes.

The inspiration for this book was no accident. Gates laid out an ambitious blueprint last January that included calls for a global alert system, mass testing, a 3,000-person "First Emergency Response Team" and billions of dollars in funding. Annual spending in U.S. dollars to stop the next outbreak.

His Gates Foundation has spent more than $2 billion to support the global fight against the epidemic. The funding has gone to organizations such as the Africa CDC to increase screening capacity in sub-Saharan Africa, and to support the Coalition for Epidemic Prevention Innovations (CEPI) to fund research and development programs for affordable vaccines.

In addition, Gates' private office has also funded The Seattle Flu Study initiative, a team that identified the first domestically confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States.

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(We Chinese in America Media Editor Tang Zhao, February 11, 2022)   The CDC has updated its guidelines for the use of pain relievers, including opioids, to carefully dose and encourage physicians to use their best judgment. Pictured are painkillers sold at a pharmacy in Utah. (Reuters)

The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the 10th proposed a "New Pain Relief Guide" that includes opioid pain relievers, calling on doctors to carefully consider the dosage so as not to cause drug addiction, and recommending that doctors first consider "non-opiate therapy", including other prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines, as well as physical therapy, massage, acupuncture, and more.

This is the first major revision of the CDC's long-term and emergency pain relief guidelines since 2016. 12 of them recommend that important doctors strike a balance between "pain relief" and "long-term health", and not let patients fall into opioids. adverse side effects.

The 229-page revised draft warns that over-reliance on opioid painkillers can have dangerous side effects such as addiction, respiratory depression and altered mental status, and even to relieve acute pain such as burns and shattered bones, it is best to start them first. Use low-dose, short-term medication for pain relief to avoid long-term drug addiction.

The draft revision has been published on the Federal Register website, and the public can provide comments within 60 days. The government will announce the final version at the end of this year; even if it is finalized, it is not a "mandatory requirement."

The subjects discussed in this case do not include patients with cancer, sickle cell diseases such as thalassemia and terminally ill, end-of-life pain relief.

The 2016 Medication Guidelines led many patients to overdose on painkillers (more than the daily equivalent of 90 milligrams of morphine), many patients were angry and fearful, and hundreds of pain relief professionals protested.

Although the maximum dose is only a recommendation, dozens of states have legalized it, and many physicians, fearing criminal and civil penalties, mistook the guidelines as "hard rules", and suddenly gave pain relief to patients with chronic pain, or even refused to admit patients with pain.

Christopher Jones, acting director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, one of the drafters, said the new guidelines de-emphasize "one-size-fits-all" pain relief doses, giving doctors more flexibility to target individual patients. Patients have proposed different pain relievers.

However, scientific studies have found that opioids have limited long-term effects, and the new guidelines emphasize that doctors should always evaluate the pros and cons of opioids.

The new guideline also summarizes the latest research and recommends “multiple, symptomatic” pain relief. For example, exercise, acupuncture, or other medicines are also effective for lower back, knee and neck pain, opioids should not be used for migraine headaches, and knee arthritis may consider heat treatment. Therapy (moxibustion), weight loss, neck pain can be treated with yoga, tai chi, qigong, massage, acupuncture, and other methods.

(Source: Compiled from Online Information)

(We Chinese in America Media Editor Tang Zhao, February 9, 2022) President Reagan and his daughter, the well-known author Patti Davis. (Provided by Lohas 50 Plus a non-profit organization)

On Monday, February 21st at 10:00AM PT/1:00PM ET on Presidents Day, former President Ronald Reagan's daughter-famous author Patti Davis, will conduct an online interview with Chinese American translator Lily Liu, who also takes care of her mother with dementia for a long time. This interview is hosted by the "Lohas 50 Plus". Davis will share her journey of caring for her demented father and introduce her 13th best-selling book, Floating in the Deep End.

In 1994, five years after resigning from the presidency, Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, announced in a handwritten letter that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. "I am about to embark on my own sunset journey, but I know that for America there is always a bright dawn ahead," he wrote in the letter. President Reagan died of pneumonia in 2004 after a decade of battling illness.

"During the ten years of my father's illness, I felt as if I was floating in the abyss, or being tossed by the waves, or being swept away by the current, but not drowning." Davies, the daughter of President Ronald Reagan, has been writing a diary since 2004, recording the life of caring for her father with Alzheimer's disease. She has also been a guiding light for many dementia caregivers through her continuous speaking and writing over the years.

In an online interview on February 21, Davis will share the challenges of caring for her demented father and how to deal with social, physical, psychological and financial pressures. She describes and analyzes Alzheimer's disease from a unique perspective and advises family caregivers at each stage from initial diagnosis to subsequent progression.

Lectures are conducted in English, with Mandarin translation, and open for questions and answers. This will be a wonderful and touching conversation. The number of places is limited, please register first to get the link to participate.

Zoom registration: http://bit.ly/PattiDavisH50Plus

Inquiries can be found online: www.happy50plus.org

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