The Mission continues to play a role in building local capacity to diagnose Lassa fever in Sierra Leone.

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.

And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.

My hay fever's acting up and I feel awful...! Whenever I'm caught without my tissues my nose runs constantly, but it's all part of my look.

Floating in the springtime air is a cloud of pollen grains that induce sneezing, sniffling, and itchy eyes and noses in hay fever sufferers all over the Japanese archipelago.

In particular, UNAMSIL is working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop a diagnostic capacity in the subregion through the establishment of a medical laboratory attached to the Kenema general hospital, and its vital Lassa fever ward.

Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes and travels remarkably well. Jonathan Drori gives an up close glimpse of these fascinating flecks of plant courtship.

Here's the cedar pollen front. The Japan Times reports an estimated one quarter of Japan s population of 123 million people suffer from seasonal hay fever. But it hasn't always been this way.

Increased requirements are attributable to the recruitment of an infectious disease specialist, recommended by the subject matter expert team visiting the Mission, because of the increase in the number of cases deaths from Lassa fever.

An oil rush is underway in the continent, because all developed countries' national security depends on a steady oil supply, and sub Saharan Africa owns 8 of the world's known reserves.