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Buruli ulcer biopsy images

Buruli ulcer is an infectious disease characterized by the development of painless open wounds. The disease largely occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and Australia, generally in rural areas near slow-moving or stagnant water. The first sign of infection is a small painless nodule or area of swelling, typically on the arms or legs. This grows larger over days to weeks, forming an open ulcer (biopsy images pictured). Deep ulcers can cause scarring of muscles and tendons, resulting in permanent disability. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends treating Buruli ulcer with a combination of the antibiotics rifampicin and clarithromycin. Regular cleaning and dressing of wounds aids healing and prevents secondary infections. In 2018, WHO received 2,713 reports of Buruli ulcer globally. In 1998, WHO established the Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative to coordinate global efforts to eliminate Buruli ulcer. WHO considers Buruli ulcer a neglected tropical disease. (Full article...)

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Windsor Bridge submerged in western Sydney

In Australia, floods in New South Wales (pictured) force the evacuation of more than 18,000 people.
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes the first female president of Tanzania, following the death of John Magufuli at the age of 61.
Mathematicians Avi Wigderson and László Lovász share the Abel Prize for their work in complexity theory and graph theory.
In sailing, the America's Cup concludes with Team New Zealand beating Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge.

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March 24: World Tuberculosis Day; Education and Sharing Day in the United States (2021)

Ukiyo-e depiction of the Sakuradamon incident

1603 – James VI of Scotland succeeded to the thrones of England and Ireland as James I, uniting the realms under a single monarch.
1860 – Japanese chief minister Ii Naosuke (depicted) was assassinated by rōnin samurai upset with his role in the opening of Japan to foreign powers.
1882 – German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
1921 – The 1921 Women's Olympiad, the first international women's-sports event, opened at the International Sporting Club of Monaco in Monte Carlo.
1989 – The tanker Exxon Valdez began to spill 10.8 million US gal (260,000 bbl; 41,000 m³) of crude oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing one of the most devastating man-made maritime environmental disasters.

Catherine of Vadstena (d. 1381)
Fanny Crosby (b. 1820)
E. T. Whittaker (d. 1956)

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The noisy pitta (Pitta versicolor) is a species of bird in the pitta family, Pittidae, found in eastern Australia and southern New Guinea, where it mainly occurs in rainforest, but sometimes in drier woodland and scrub. It is a shy bird, and its distinctive call is heard more often than the bird is seen. It forages on the forest floor, bobbing its head up and down and flicking its tail, searching for insects, woodlice, snails and other invertebrates. Its diet includes some fruit, and it cracks open the shells of molluscs on an anvil. This noisy pitta was photographed in Kembla Heights, New South Wales.

Photograph credit: John Harrison

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