Thresher sharks were spotted by a diving team at the Sipaway Island Marine Protected Area (MPA) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) encompasses three rare yet interrelated diseases: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). Despite increasing recognition, the diagnosis of AAV remains challenging, even in specialized medical centres, owing to its clinical heterogeneity, overlap with mimicking conditions, and the variable performance of ANCA testing. The assessment of a patient suspected of AAV requires a timely synthesis of symptoms, physical examination, laboratory tests, histopathology and imaging data to substantiate the diagnosis, exclude alternative diagnoses, assess disease activity and extent, and enable rapid initiation of appropriate therapies. Classification is similarly complex, and evolving classification systems are based on clinical phenotype, ANCA specificity or a combination of both, each with implications for disease monitoring, therapeutic de

El Movimiento de Pequeños Agricultores de Brasil(MPA), destaca los programas de política alimentaria puestos en marcha tras la vuelta de Lula Da Silva a

In those with AAV and hearing loss, the rate of severe hearing loss was significantly higher in those with GPA than MPA or EGPA.

A blog by Tekau Frere, High Seas Alliance MPA Coordinator  The IUCN World Conservation Congress marked another milestone in a remarkable year for the ocean. From the opening ceremony onward, BBNJ was ...

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The UK government has finally announced a plan to ban destructive bottom trawling in 41 offshore MPAs. The catch? It’s not a done deal. A public consultation is open NOW before anything is finalised —...