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The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved GSK's vaccine for the respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., for adults who are 60 and older, the company said.The vaccine, to be sold as Arexvy, appears to be the first in the world approved for sale to protect older adults.Image An transmission electron microscopic image of R.S.V.Credit...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The F.D.A. estimates that R.S.V. is associated with 6,000 to 10,000 deaths each year in adults 65 and older and at least 60,000 hospitalizations in that age group.

A Yale Law School report estimates that in 2021, 41,000 to 48,000 incarcerated people in the United States were isolated in cells the size of a compact parking space for 22 or more hours each day for two weeks or more.That is a minimum of 330 hours of isolation with one- or two-hour breaks each day.

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In his Arcadia home, Roland Coleman grew increasingly frustrated as the months passed without an answer from Keck Medical Center of USC.Coleman, 73, was seeking a kidney transplant to free him from his listless afternoons undergoing dialysis and lengthen what remains of his life.

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The city of Austin has promised voters it would build a wide variety of projects, ranging from roads to affordable housing to parks, libraries and health centers.City financial advisers told the City Council Audit and Finance Committee on Wednesday that the total authorization for public improvement bonds is currently at $3.5 billion.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin argued against criticisms from Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday and implored him to support the department's officer nominations, which Tuberville has vowed to block until Austin reverses his stance on policies supporting service members seeking abortions.Not approving the recommendation for promotions actually creates a ripple effect through the force that makes us far less ready than we need to be, Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

Which coronavirus patients are most at risk for developing long Covid?A new analysis of research conducted during the first two years of the pandemic helps crystallize some answers that have been emerging.It found that patients over 40, those with previous health issues and those who had a severe coronavirus infection had greater risk of developing long Covid.

Thirty-eight cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in March 2023.An analysis conducted by SecurityWeek shows that more than 450 cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions were announced in 2022.April 1-15
Branddocs acquires and merges with TrustCloud
Branddocs, a provider of secure digital transactions and video verification services, has announced the acquisition of and merger with trust assurance platform TrustCloud, which provides identity verification, authentication and authorization, encryption, digital signature verification, e-vaulting and e-archiving services.

Data democratization, the process of making information accessible to all employees and stakeholders regardless of their technical background, is critical to make data-driven decisions across an organization.However, democratizing data can be complex.Most organizations have a wide gap between business employees, leaders, and data creators due to silos, a lack of data literacy, and a disjointed data-sharing approach.Empowering every department and employee within your organization with access to this knowledge can improve sales, map the customer journey, shape marketing campaigns, improve department functionality and operations, and inform hiring and onboarding efforts.

The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a bill that would repeal authorizations for the use of military force against Iraq, a significant moment as lawmakers aim to reassert authority in military intervention abroad.The vote, which is expected to succeed by a bipartisan majority, comes on the heels of the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.

"The recent imposition of the Justice Department into a private infringement lawsuit likely will not be the last effort of this Administration to misuse Section 1498 (a) to advance a policy agenda undermining property rights in patents, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry."For well over a year, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and some members of Congress have engaged in a campaign to urge the Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to break patents on pharmaceuticals to lower drug prices by invoking a century-old statute, Title 28 of the U.S. Code 1498.

The White House said Thursday it supports repealing two Iraq war power acts if Congress passes the repeal effort, as lawmakers work to reassert their authority in military intervention abroad.The Senate is expected to vote Thursday to advance the measures, which would repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for use of force in Iraq.

As if a story about a Chiefs superfan robbing a bank wasn't already weird enough, a new twist has entered the plotline.Xavier Badubar was known as "ChiefsAholic", "the Kansas City Chiefs fan that wears a wolf costume", and then, "that Chiefs fan that robbed a bank".Now, we can add, "that Chiefs fan that removed his ankle monitor and skipped bail".

The US Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has filed complaints against four makers of e-cigarette products, as the companies did not get authorization from the FDA to sell their products in the US market.This is the first time that the agency has filed what it calls a civil money penalty, or CMP, against e-cigarette makers who have not complied with the federal process.

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a First Amendment challenge to an unusual federal law that makes it a crime to encourage unauthorized immigrants to come to or stay in the United States.Read literally, several justices suggested, the law would chill constitutionally protected speech.

More than 100 planning code changes are being proposed by Mayor London Breed and city leaders in an effort to cut bureaucratic red tape for small businesses to open in San Francisco more quickly.Breed and city officials announced the changes Thursday at The City's somewhat-new Permit Center at 49 South Van Ness Ave., a one-stop permit services desk for construction, special events and for business.

A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in Hatchette v. Internet Archive, a lawsuit brought against it by four book publishers, deciding that the website does not have the right to scan books and lend them out like a library.Judge John G. Koeltl decided that the Internet Archive had done nothing more than create "derivative works," and so would have needed authorization from the books' copyright holders - the publishers - before lending them out through its National Emergency Library program.

Thursday's airstrikes were among several Biden has approved without congressional authorization since taking office.A young boy accompanied by a dog stares at U.S. soldiers as a convoy patrols the area near the town of Tell Hamis, southeast of the city of Qameshli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh Governorate, on January 26, 2023.Delil Souleiman / AFP via Getty Images The U.S. launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday after one American contractor was killed and five service members were injured in an attack by a drone that the Pentagon claims was of "Iranian origin."

People who are vaccinated or who take Paxlovid during a Covid-19 infection have a lower risk of developing long Covid, new research shows.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines long Covid as new, returning or ongoing health issues more than four weeks after an initial infection.According to the CDC, 1 in 5 Covid-19 survivors ages 18 to 64 and 1 in 4 survivors 65 or older have an ongoing health issue that might be attributable to Covid-19 infection.

A deadly fungus that is considered an urgent public health threat by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spread at an alarming rate during the pandemic, the C.D.C. said on Monday.The fungus, called Candida auris, preys primarily on older people with weakened immune systems and is particularly dangerous because it resists treatment by common antifungal medications.

Analysis A federal judge rejected the Internet Archive's claim that it has a fair use right to lend out a digital copy of each printed book that it has purchased, raising the possibility of it facing huge damages for copyright infringement.A week ago, Judge John Koeltl from the Southern District of New York heard oral arguments in Hachette v. Internet Archive, a lawsuit filed by four large publishers (Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House) that challenged the Internet Archive's Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) initiative.

The Federal Election Commission is warning embattled Rep. George Santos that he needs to name a campaign treasurer if he plans to continue raising and spending money.The commission has received no information regarding a new treasurer since the New York Republican's longtime treasurer Nancy Marks informed the agency of her resignation last month, the FEC wrote to Santos in a letter posted publicly Wednesday.

In the last two weeks, we built a chatbot with React, Node.js, and OpenAI.When asking a general question like What is the typical weather in Dubai?, the chatbot responds with a very relevant answer.If we ask our chatbot something very specific (i.e.something that requires some initial context or knowledge) like Who is Hassan Djirdeh?, our chatbot will either respond by saying it doesn't know or respond with a completely incorrect answer.