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1 month ago

Polio: All you need to know about the viral disease DW 03/14/2024

Polio is caused by poliovirus, leading to severe outcomes especially in young children.

Two types of poliovirus exist: wild and vaccine-derived, with different worldwide prevalence. [ more ]

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Holiday Gatherings and a New Variant Are Fueling COVID-19 Deaths, WHO Says

Holiday gatherings and the spread of the Omicron variant led to increased transmission of COVID-19 in December.

Nearly 10,000 deaths were reported and hospital admissions jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries during the month. [ more ]

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'Not Acceptable': Holidays And New Variant Fuel COVID Spread, Nearly 10,000 Dead Last Month

Holiday gatherings and the spread of the omicron variant led to increased transmission of COVID-19 in December.

Nearly 10,000 deaths were reported and hospital admissions jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries during the month. [ more ]

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Everyone in the Bay Area seems sick. Should you worry about long COVID?

Bay Area and the country are experiencing high levels of COVID-19 cases and the new JN.1 variant is contributing to the surge.

Exposure to the virus for longer than one hour is a significant factor in transmission, according to a recent study. [ more ]

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WHO warns mpox could spread around the world again DW 12/18/2023

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was downgraded from a global health emergency, but the WHO has issued warnings about the current threat.

There is concern about international transmission from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is a rapidly expanding outbreak. [ more ]

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5 months ago

WHO confirms monkeypox spreads sexually in DR Congo amid outbreak

The World Health Organization has confirmed sexual transmission of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time, which could make it more difficult to stop the disease.

Monkeypox has been endemic in parts of Central and West Africa for decades, mostly transmitted to humans from infected rodents.

The recent outbreak in Congo is described as unusual and highlights the risk of the disease spreading widely among sexual networks. [ more ]

Futurism

Alzheimer's Spread Through Growth Hormones Extracted From Cadavers, Scientists Say

Researchers document first cases of Alzheimer's disease being transmitted between humans.

Patients acquired the disease through a banned medical procedure in which they were administered human growth hormone extracted from a cadaver's brain. [ more ]

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2 months ago

Growth Hormone Injections May Have 'Seeded' Alzheimer's in Some People, Study Suggests

Sticky proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease may be transmitted through surgical procedures.

The study does not suggest that Alzheimer's disease is contagious, but precautions should be taken to reduce rare cases. [ more ]

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WHO warns mpox could spread around the world again DW 12/18/2023

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was downgraded from a global health emergency, but the WHO has issued warnings about the current threat.

There is concern about international transmission from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is a rapidly expanding outbreak. [ more ]

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WHO warns mpox could spread around the world again DW 12/18/2023

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was downgraded from a global health emergency, but the WHO has issued warnings about the current threat.

There is concern about international transmission from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is a rapidly expanding outbreak. [ more ]

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WHO warns mpox could spread around the world again DW 12/18/2023

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was downgraded from a global health emergency, but the WHO has issued warnings about the current threat.

There is concern about international transmission from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is a rapidly expanding outbreak. [ more ]

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Face masks are still a good idea at the doctor's office, study says

Signs urging everyone to mask up have largely disappeared from places like grocery stores and schools in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic.But they remain in many medical offices, and a study published Monday says they might still be a good idea.Even after the expiration of the US public health emergency declaration and with many Americans moving away from pandemic precautions, masks continue to offer some protection, reducing your risk of catching Covid-19 in a community setting like in a close doctor and patient interaction, according to the study, which reviewed the latest science on the protective quality of masks.

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Holiday Gatherings and a New Variant Are Fueling COVID-19 Deaths, WHO Says

Holiday gatherings and the spread of the Omicron variant led to increased transmission of COVID-19 in December.

Nearly 10,000 deaths were reported and hospital admissions jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries during the month. [ more ]

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Holiday Gatherings and a New Variant Are Fueling COVID-19 Deaths, WHO Says

Holiday gatherings and the spread of the Omicron variant led to increased transmission of COVID-19 in December.

Nearly 10,000 deaths were reported and hospital admissions jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries during the month. [ more ]

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Mpox vaccinations extended in London after spike in cases

Health officials are extending vaccinations for mpox in London after recording a fresh spike in cases in the capital in recent weeks, mostly among unvaccinated people.The national mpox outbreak vaccination programme run by the UK Health Security Agency is due to close at the end of July, but shots will be made available in the capital beyond this date after the detection of 11 new cases, officials said.

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Monkeypox vaccinations extended in London after spike in cases

M onkeypox vaccinations in London will be extended following a spike in cases, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced.The nationwide vaccination programme against monkeypox was due to close at the end of the July.After 11 new cases were recorded in the capital over the last few weeks, the programme will now run beyond July in order to keep the spread of the virus down.

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Monkeypox: Increase in cases in London sparks vaccination plea

T en cases of monkeypox have been diagnosed in London in the last month, prompting officials to urge at-risk groups to get vaccinated.A further ten cases of monkeypox have been diagnosed in the UK since May 4, all in London, bringing the total of new cases since the beginning of the year to 20.Half of the new cases were in unvaccinated individuals and two in those who had only received one dose, said the UK Health Security Agency.

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Monkeypox: London sees rise in cases in last month

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is urging people at risk of mpox to get vaccinated, following a rise in the number of cases.Latest figures show 10 new infections were diagnosed in London between 30 April and 25 May 2023.Half of those were unvaccinated, and in two cases, those infected had only received one dose of the vaccine that can protect against the disease.

HuffPost

'Not Acceptable': Holidays And New Variant Fuel COVID Spread, Nearly 10,000 Dead Last Month

Holiday gatherings and the spread of the omicron variant led to increased transmission of COVID-19 in December.

Nearly 10,000 deaths were reported and hospital admissions jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries during the month. [ more ]

HuffPost

'Not Acceptable': Holidays And New Variant Fuel COVID Spread, Nearly 10,000 Dead Last Month

Holiday gatherings and the spread of the omicron variant led to increased transmission of COVID-19 in December.

Nearly 10,000 deaths were reported and hospital admissions jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries during the month. [ more ]

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Everyone in the Bay Area seems sick. Should you worry about long COVID?

Bay Area and the country are experiencing high levels of COVID-19 cases and the new JN.1 variant is contributing to the surge.

Exposure to the virus for longer than one hour is a significant factor in transmission, according to a recent study. [ more ]

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Everyone in the Bay Area seems sick. Should you worry about long COVID?

Bay Area and the country are experiencing high levels of COVID-19 cases and the new JN.1 variant is contributing to the surge.

Exposure to the virus for longer than one hour is a significant factor in transmission, according to a recent study. [ more ]

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WHO warns mpox could spread around the world again DW 12/18/2023

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, was downgraded from a global health emergency, but the WHO has issued warnings about the current threat.

There is concern about international transmission from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is a rapidly expanding outbreak. [ more ]

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First human case of swine flu detected in the UK

The first human case of the flu strain H1N2, which has been circulating in pigs, has been detected in the UK.

It is not known at this stage how transmissible the strain is or if there could be other cases in the UK.

The UKHSA is carrying out contact tracing of close contacts to prevent further spread of the virus. [ more ]

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As Floodwaters Recede, Ukrainian Authorities Brace for Possible Disease Outbreaks

LVIV, Ukraine Nearly two weeks after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southeastern Ukraine, the floodwaters are receding, but local officials are grappling with a new concern: the potential for outbreaks from waterborne disease.On Saturday, local officials in Kherson and Mykolaiv, the two regions most affected by the flooding on the Dnipro River unleashed when the dam collapsed, outlined plans to ensure safe drinking water.

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When Politics Saves Lives: a Good-News Story

Image President George W. Bush with Bono, the lead singer of U2, in 2006.Bono was among the activists who lobbied Mr. Bush for antiretroviral medications people in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.Credit...Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse Getty Images Here is something I don't write about very often: a situation in which unpredictable, seemingly irrational politics saved millions of the poorest and most vulnerable people on earth.

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In a Climate Trade-Off, Biden Backs Manchin's Fossil Fuel Plan

The White House on Wednesday endorsed a plan by Senator Joe Manchin III to speed the approval of some fossil fuel projects in order to also hasten the construction of new transmission lines critical for meeting President Biden's climate goals.John Podesta, President Biden's senior adviser for clean energy innovation, said the holdup in congressional efforts to streamline permitting rules for energy projects, a process that can drag on for years, has hurt efforts to bolster wind, solar and other clean power.

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Mental health

Mothers' Difficult Childhoods Impact Their Children's Mental Health

A motherâs difficult childhood can have a profound impact on the mental health of her children.

Early interventions that address a motherâs childhood experiences can help mitigate the negative effects of these experiences on her childrenâs mental health.

It is important for mothers to be aware of their own mental health and any unresolved childhood issues they may have in order to better support their childrenâs mental health. [ more ]

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Mental health

Extreme self-harm': Queensland Labor faces internal criticism over prison system

members calling for an urgent review of the number of inmates self-harming and attempting suicide.

1. The Queensland government is facing internal criticism of its prison system.

2. Labor party members are calling for an urgent review of the number of inmates self-harming and attempting suicide.

3. There is a need for an urgent review of the prison system in order to address the issue of extreme self-harm. [ more ]

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Law

Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira is indicted by a federal grand jury

This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023.Teixeira has been indicted on federal felony charges.The Justice Department says Teixeira faces six counts in the indictment of willful retention and transmission of national defense information.

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Intellectual property law

Recent Case Law on the Extraterritorial Reach of Japanese Patents

"If it is necessary that the acts of program transmission in question be completed entirely within the territory of Japan, even formally, such a person who attempts to practice a patented invention without authorization could easily escape liability for patent infringement....It would be extremely unjust to allow such an underhanded act in today's digital society."

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Pentagon leaks suspect to remain detained as he awaits trial

Worcester, Massachusetts CNN Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman who is accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media, will be detained while he awaits trial, a federal judge ruled Friday while saying the suspect has a lack of integrity.Magistrate Judge David Hennessy had been considering whether Teixeira would continue to be held behind bars for weeks, as prosecutors and defense lawyers repeatedly battled over whether the 21-year-old Massachusetts native posed a continued threat to national security.

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WHO Declares Mpox No Longer A Global Health Emergency - Towleroad Gay News

Mpox causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions
Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading globally.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the decision was prompted by sharply falling case numbers worldwide, but emphasised that the disease remains a threat, particularly in areas of Africa where it has long been endemic.

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The way the US government tracks Covid-19 is about to change

When the public health emergency ends May 11, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will have to change some of the ways it tracks Covid-19 in the United States, but the agency says it won't lose its sightlines on the infection as it continues to be part of American life.On Thursday, for the first time in three years, the CDC will stop posting a national count of Covid-19 cases.

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Deadly drug-resistant yeast gained ground, more drug resistance amid COVID

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus emerging in the US gained ground faster and picked up yet more drug resistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.The yeast Candida auris has been considered an "urgent threat"-the CDC's highest level of concern-since it was first reported in the US in 2016.

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Games

Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert "wasn't even told" about Sea of Thieves DLC

If Microsoft's Rare studio and Disney's Lucasfilm Games (formerly LucasArts) want to make a Monkey Island crossover DLC for Sea of Thieves, they do not, in fact, have to ask the original game's creator, Ron Gilbert.In a Mastodon thread responding to a fan's question on Sunday, Gilbert wrote that, "nope," he wasn't involved with Sea of Thieves: The Legend of Monkey Island, an expansion to Rare Limited's multiplayer open-world pirate game themed around the iconic Monkey Island point-and-click adventure series.

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Scientists Beam Solar Power to Earth from Space for First Time Ever

A space solar power prototype has demonstrated its ability to wirelessly beam power through space and direct a detectable amount of energy toward Earth for the first time.The experiment proves the viability of tapping into a near-limitless supply of power in the form of energy from the sun from space.

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Is E.T. Eavesdropping On Our Phone Calls?

Ever worry about shadowy forces tapping into your phone calls and listening in on your private conversations?Well, astronomers have some good news for you: It won't be aliens with their ears (or whatever auditory sensory organs they evolved) to the speaker getting into your business.At least, not yet.

Washington Post

The earliest recorded kiss goes back at least 4,500 years to Mesopotamia

Couples kiss after midnight during the 2013 New Year's Eve celebration in New York City's Times Square.(Christopher Gregory/Getty Images)When was the first kiss?Recent papers have suggested that romantic or sexual kissing began 3,500 years ago in what is now India.But a new review paper in the journal Science says that this style of kissing is also mentioned in clay tablets from Mesopotamia that predate the Indian texts by about a thousand years.

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What Is Causing So Much Pink Eye?

A new variant of the virus that causes COVID is drawing international attention, not just for its rapid spread but for its tendency to cause one unexpected symptom: conjunctivitis, or pink eye.The strain, known officially as XBB.1.16and colloquially as Arcturus, is a subvariant of Omicron.It was first detected in India, where it has been spreading quickly, but it has been identified in dozens of countries and now makes up more than 12.5 percent of cases in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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SF politics

Governor Newsom's Unseemly Hurry on Infrastructure Package Is Not About Climate (It's About Money) - Streetsblog California

Last week, various Assembly and Senate committees held hearings on Governor Newsom's "infrastructure package," a proposal which he said would "cut project timelines, save money, and reduce paperwork while speeding up construction of infrastructure projects and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs."

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UK politics

Don't blame scientists for what went wrong with Covid ministers were the ones calling the shots | Devi Sridhar

As the Covid inquiry kicks off oral hearings today, we will once again debate what exactly happened in 2020 and 2021, and who is ultimately responsible for the decisions made.The government has already started to close in on scientists and point the finger at them for the poor response in the early stages of the pandemic.

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Digital life

Sound-Based Quantum Computers Could Be Built Using Chip-Sized Device

A new method of building quantum computers using sound waves could lead to the development of chip-sized devices.

The method relies on a phenomenon called optomechanical coupling, which allows sound waves to be used to control qubits.

This new method could pave the way for the development of smaller, more efficient quantum computers. [ more ]

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Toronto

Wildfire smoke gets in your home, here's how to clear it | CBC News

As the smoke from hundreds of out-of-control wildfires dances and lingers above hundreds of North American communities, experts warn about the risks to human health from toxic particles those clouds carry.And because no home is perfectly sealed, air quality indoors can still be affected."On average, whatever the air pollution level outside is inside is probably about half that," explains Dan Westervelt, associate research professor at Columbia University's Climate School.

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Searching for coronavirus, Marin County wastewater tests detect tranq' drug

Xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl, heroin and other illicit drugs, has been detected in Marin County's wastewater.Although xylazine, also known as tranq, use has been common on the East Coast for some time, this is the first positive evidence of its presence in Marin.

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Mpox no longer a global health emergency, says WHO DW 05/11/2023

The World Health Organization has declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency.More than 87,000 cases were recorded in the past year, resulting in 140 deaths.Almost exactly a year after declaring the spread of mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially lifted its warning following a steep fall in the number of cases.

www.nytimes.com

Australia Eyes a Fraught Pivot from Coal Power to Renewables

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau.Sign up to get it by email.When it was first announced in 2017 that Australia's oldest power station, Liddell, would close, the news set off a political firestorm.On the heels of the abrupt closure of another coal plant which caused energy prices to spike, the announcement sparked fears that shuttering Liddell, which opened in 1971 and accounted for 10 percent of New South Wales' energy, would have a similar effect.

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England on track to end new HIV transmissions by 2030, says Government

The Government has said new HIV transmissions could be eradicated in England by 2030 thanks to increased testing.The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said new transmissions of the virus fell by almost a third between 2019 and 2021.Statistics published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in December 2022 estimated that 4,400 people were living with undiagnosed HIV in England in 2021, down from 5,600 in 2019.

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STI cases reach record highs

Cases of gonorrhoea in England have reached record highs, new figures show.Meanwhile, the number of syphilis cases diagnosed in England has reached the highest level since just after the Second World War.Infectious syphilis diagnoses increased to 8,692 in 2022, the largest annual number since 1948, new figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show.

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Government's badger cull plan deeply flawed', damning report warns

Government experts have based the UK's badger cull on a confused and flawed interpretation of the science, a damning report sent to MPs has concluded.Calling for an immediate rethink of the policy, the study claims officials adopted an ineffective and misguided approach to tackling tuberculosis in dairy cows, leading to a policy that is a self-perpetuating failure.

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Starmer: Labour will deliver where SNP has failed on renewable jobs for Scotland

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is promising a renewable energy jobs boost under plans which put Scotland at the heart of efforts to transform the UK into a clean energy superpower.Sir Keir said Labour's green prosperity plan would more than double the number of low-carbon jobs in Scotland with the party promising more than 50,000 new direct and indirect jobs will be created in the renewable energy sector in Scotland alone over a decade.

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What were the Covid rules and guidance when Boris Johnson attended parties?

Boris Johnson has endured a tense showdown with MPs who are investigating whether he intentionally misled Parliament over parties held at Downing Street during the Covid lockdown.Mr Johnson, who was prime minister at the time, this week admitted that he did mislead MPs, but has denied doing so intentionally or recklessly, saying he relied on advice from aides during the events at No 10 that took place between May 2020 and April 2021.

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What were the Covid rules and guidance when Boris Johnson attended parties?

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Wellness

The Dopamine Detox' Is Having a Moment

Are you bored by being alone with your thoughts?Does the thought of cooking a meal, brushing your teeth, or taking a walk without a podcast, TV show, or music playing send you into a cold sweat?If soaccording to a trend circulating on social mediayou're a great candidate for something called a dopamine detox.

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Spain news

How disinfecting an old mineshaft saved a colony of little brown bats

Joseph Hoyt and his team first showed up to the abandoned mineshaft in Wisconsin during the late summer of 2017, personal protective equipment in hand.Long before Covid-19, the supplies were to protect them from the chlorine dioxide gas they had brought along.Their aim was to use the disinfectant gas to kill the Pseudogymnoascus destructans fungus lining the walls of the mineshaft, which had already killed millions of bats across North America.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

With fentanyl deaths soaring, L.A. County is giving out drug pipes and other supplies

By a line of ragged RVs slung along 78th Street in South Los Angeles, a seven-member team passes out glass pipes used for smoking opioids, crack and methamphetamine.Part of the front line of Los Angeles County's offensive against the deadly fentanyl epidemic, the group hands out other supplies: clean needles, sanitary wipes, fentanyl test strips and naloxone, medication that can reverse an overdose.

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Design

How electric vehicle technology is changing car design

Cars will start to look dramatically different as electric vehicles become the norm but battery technology must first improve, designers tell Dezeen.Electric vehicles (EVs) are set to dominate our roads in the coming decades, with many countries intending to ban the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars by 2035 including the UK, China, Japan and most of Europe, as well as several US states.

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Design

A Father-son duo 3D Printed an Entire Lamborghini Aventador and it looks Stunningly Real - Yanko Design

It is, in fact, possible to download a car.Sterling Backus, enthusiastic father and physicist, literally downloaded and 3D printed an entire Lamborghini Aventador.Sterling started by first downloading a 1:10 scale model of the Aventador, scaling it up, separating the parts, and even adding a few signature modifications of his own, like making the car's body wider.

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Design

Ultimate Collector Motorcycles authors name seven of the world's most prized motorbikes

The latest book from Charlotte and Peter Fiell showcases 100 of the most collectable motorcycles of all time.The pair have chosen their top seven, which includes a pioneering monocoque by designer John Britten.Published by Taschen, Ultimate Collector Motorcycles is a double-volume anthology featuring many of the most valuable bikes in existence today, from cherished race winners to pioneering record-breakers.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago

Op-ed: Ending masking requirements in hospitals is a step backward

Recently, many of the hospitals and clinics in and around Chicago, including my own, have elected to discontinue universal masking requirements, noting the lowest rates of COVID-19 in the last three years.This is being hailed as a sign of moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic.But is it really "moving on?"

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CDC sets first target for indoor air ventilation to prevent spread of Covid-19

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extensively updated its ventilation guidance on helping prevent indoor transmission of the virus that causes Covid-19.The agency had advised people to ventilate indoor air before, but this is the first time a federal agency has set a target five air changes per hour for how much rooms and buildings should be ventilated.

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More gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood under finalized FDA rules

The U.S. is moving to ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that traditionally face higher risks of HIV.Here, tubes direct blood from a donor into a bag in Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.Charlie Neibergall/AP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday it had officially eliminated restrictions that had previously prohibited many blood donations by gay and bisexual men a longstanding policy that critics say is discriminatory.

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COVID-19: WHO says no extra booster needed for medium-risk adults

WHO recommends primary doses and a first booster in healthy adults, children and adolescents with comorbidities.The World Health Organization (WHO) says it no longer recommends additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for regular, medium-risk adults, as the benefit is marginal.For people who have received their primary vaccination course and one booster dose, there is no risk in having further jabs, but the returns are slight, the WHO's vaccine experts said on Tuesday.

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UK politics

Sage warned Independent Sage its name would cause confusion, says Vallance

The government's chief scientist warned a former incumbent not to confuse the public during the Covid pandemic by naming an independent expert panel after the group convened to advise ministers on the crisis.Sir Patrick Vallance revealed the clash in an interview at the Institute for Government on Friday, where he also said he would have told the former prime minister Boris Johnson that the Covid rules were meant to be followed by all.

time.com

Wellness

Deadly Fungal Infections in U.S. Hospitals Are Up 95%

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking the rise of a deadly, treatment-resistant fungus that's causing outbreaks in a growing number of health care facilities across the country.New data compiled by a CDC research team, published Mar.21 in Annals of Internal Medicine, show that Candida auris infections have increased dramatically in the U.S. in recent years.

New Relic

3 years ago

DevOps

Pros and Cons of Five Enterprise-Ready Log Forwarding Patterns

When working with distributed logging for the first time, a developer's first instinct might be to send application logs directly from their application to a logging backend.A direct connection is appealing: afterall, there are fewer moving parts to manage.Such communications typically happen over transactional REST APIs, giving devs a false sense of security that all their logs will get through.

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Defense personnel alarmed after memos reveal Air Force leadership warned about Pentagon leaker but let him continue working

Newly released memos revealing that Air Force leadership repeatedly warned Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira about inappropriately accessing classified intelligence have left former and current defense personnel baffled at how he retained his security clearance and was able to continue sharing classified information for months.

www.nytimes.com

Appeals Court Pauses Ruling That Threatened Free Preventive Health Care

A federal appeals court on Monday temporarily blocked a lower court decision that overturned the Affordable Care Act's requirement that all health plans fully cover certain preventive health services.The move by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans will put on hold a decision from March that had threatened insurance coverage for recommended services like depression screenings for teenagers and drugs that prevent transmission of H.I.V.

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Appeals Court Pauses Ruling That Threatened Free Preventive Health Care

www.standard.co.uk

Amal Clooney presents female empowerment honour at annual Prince's Trust awards

A mal Clooney praised young female community leaders and said lasting change has to be led by people on the ground as she presented a special honour at the Prince's Trust awards.The high-profile barrister and wife of Hollywood star George Clooney presented the Amal Clooney Women's Empowerment Award to a young Tanzanian woman at the ceremony on Tuesday.

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OMG science

Scientists Are Using Sound To Unlock Our Planet's Secrets

Waves crash.Tree branches vibrate.Mosquitoes hum.These phenomena take place every day but not everyone necessarily hears them.Indeed, some sounds happen in places that are hard for humans to access or below the level of what we can perceive.But more and more, scientists are listening in.From a root system up to 90 feet underground, to balloons floating 70,000 feet above earth, a series of recent audible insights are being showcased this week by experts gathering at the annual Acoustical Society of America conference.

Ars Technica

Cars

Clever hybrid tech impresses with 40 mpg 2023 Honda CR-V Sport

Honda has a new version of its bestselling CR-V, the sixth to bear the name.Like many waistlines following the pandemic, it's slightly larger than the old CR-V.But don't let size matter-the $32,950 Sport version (or the $34,450 Sport AWD) features a hybrid powertrain capable of up to 40 mpg (5.9 L/100 km), and relative to the competition, it's even capable of being an engaging drive.

Daily Mom

Mothers

Bonoch Baby Monitor Review: 6 Great Features You Want

Every new parent imagines watching their precious baby sleeping soundly in a beautiful nursery, but rarely do they realize how stressful it can be to actually leave your baby alone while you go into another room (or outside!)With all of the scary scenarios playing in parents' heads, it can be hard to choose which baby monitor will help you keep an eye on your little bundle of joy while also ensuring that they stay safe on their own.

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Startup companies

Kinnos Raises Another $15M to Ensure Hospital Surfaces Are Properly Disinfected

Careful cleaning and disinfection of surfaces are critical for infection prevention to reduce pathogenic microorganisms.Studies have shown that manual cleaning and disinfection of surfaces in healthcare settings have significant room for improvement due to a variety of factors.Kinnos has developed Highlight, a colorizing technology that's mixed with cleaning products that allow healthcare personnel to intuitively confirm they have adequately disinfected surfaces visually without any specialized equipment.

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Covid-19 experts say they warned White House about chance of an Omicron-level event within the next two years

In March, the White House reached out to about a dozen Covid-19 experts who are closely following the evolution of the coronavirus to ask a simple question: What did they think were the chances of the world seeing a highly mutated variant, akin to Omicron, within the next two years?The experts came up with a surprisingly narrow range of probabilities, between 5% and 30%, according to Dr. Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute.

www.mercurynews.com

Opinion: California health care providers' retreat from COVID masking is shameful

When the California Department of Public Health last month lifted mask mandates in health care settings, it didn't even cross my mind as a physician and CEO of Roots Community Health Center to drop masks in clinics I oversee in the East Bay and San Jose.Dr. Noha Aboelata, founder and CEO of the Roots Community Health Center, speaks during a 2021 news conference.

Boston.com

Boston ending COVID vaccine mandate for city employees, effective next week

COVID Boston's controversial policy will end on May 11, coinciding with the expiration of federal and state public health emergencies.Boston will lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all city workers on May 11, the same day federal and state public health emergencies are set to expire."The public health landscape has changed considerably" since Mayor Michelle Wu's administration implemented the policy in December 2021, Chief People Officer Alex Lawrence wrote in an email to department heads Wednesday.

SecurityWeek

Privacy professionals

IT Services Firm Bitmarck Takes Systems Offline Following Cyberattack

German IT services provider Bitmarck on Monday announced that it has shut down customer and internal systems following a cyberattack.Headquartered in Essen, Bitmarck is one of the largest IT companies in Germany, providing technical infrastructure and services to over 80 organizations in the public health insurance sector.

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Environment

El Nino Weather May Cause Hantavirus, Cholera, Dengue Outbreaks

Here, from the Washington Post, is the money shot of the latest update on the climate crisis, this one concerning how warm the oceans are getting, which has led researchers to believe we are entering an El Nino climate pattern, which leads to all of the following, ending in "the plague": Strong El Ninos can also trigger ecological disasters and deadly weather extremes: drought and wildfires that cause rainforest loss, ocean warming that kills aquatic life and bleaches corals, rapid loss of polar ice, and a surge in transmission of diseases such as the plague.

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Environment

California wants to build more solar farms but needs more power lines

California's San Joaquin Valley, a strip of land between the Diablo Range and the Sierra Nevada, accounts for a significant portion of the state's crop production and agricultural revenues.But with the state facing uncertain and uneven water supply due to climate change, some local governments and clean energy advocates hope solar energy installations could provide economic reliability where agriculture falters due to possible water shortages.

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Free Covid-19 tests aren't guaranteed after May 11, but there's still time to stock up

When the US Covid-19 public health emergency ends this month, coronavirus tests will still be available, but there will be changes to who pays for them.Questions remain about exactly what those coverage changes will look like, but the guarantee of free testing will be lost for many and some costs may shift to become out-of-pocket.

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Chicago

Lindsey Laughlin: Saying goodbye to Ziggy, the elephant in my room

One day, during a game of hide-and-seek, my 5-year-old called out with concern from the master bedroom: "Mom!There is a skeleton in your closet!"
"Those are Ziggy's tusks, sweetheart!"I called back, preoccupied with folding laundry.Ziggy was an Indian elephant who spent most of his life chained indoors at the Brookfield Zoo after a near-fatal attack on his keeper in 1941.

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Chicago

Advocate Health Care shifting to optional masking policies as COVID-19 cases remain low in Illinois

With COVID-19 cases declining statewide, Advocate Health Care is shifting to optional masking policies and lifting visitor restrictions at all of its Illinois facilities beginning Monday.The new policy, announced Friday, will apply to patients, visitors and staff at Advocate Health's 10 hospitals and 250 care sites in the Chicago area.

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Marketing tech

Apple's latest cookie restriction is ad tech whack-a-mole | Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert

In October of last year, an Apple engineer issued a pull request for Apple's WebKit repository on GitHub, drawing attention to the fact that websites can use their A/AAAA DNS records to cloak the true origins of the cookies they store.This is done to make these cookies appear to be delivered by the website a user is currently browsing (first-party) when they are really delivered by some unrelated service (third-party).

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Bacterial outbreak causes 31 infections in a Seattle hospital

A Seattle medical center is reporting 31 confirmed cases of a bacterial infection since October, according a news release from the Virginia Mason Medical Center.The most recent confirmed case was identified on April 3. Beginning in October 2022, Virginia Mason Medical Center detected an increase in cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria at our downtown campus, Sydney Bersante, Virginia Mason Medical Center's interim president said in the statement.

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Supplies running out at Sudan's remaining hospitals as healthcare disaster looms

Until gunfire broke out on the streets of El Fasher this month, the state capital of North Darfur had several main hospitals.There was the big teaching hospital, the Saudi hospital, a paediatric hospital and the South hospital, a modest 35-bed facility with big ambitions and a specific remit: to help bring down the high numbers of local women dying in pregnancy and childbirth.

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US news

The Lamborghini Revuelto is a 1,001 horsepower hybrid supercar flagship

Soon, you'll be able to plug in your Lamborghini.Closing out a half century of purely gasoline-powered V12 cars going back to the brand's earliest models, Luxury Italian sports car designer Lamborghini has unveiled its first supercar with a charging port.The Lamborghini Revuelto is a plug-in hybrid and, while it still has a V12 gasoline engine, it also has three electric motors.

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US news

Deadly Fungus Spread Rapidly During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Says

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.

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What should people know about the Marburg virus? Our medical analyst explains

The West African country of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in mid-February.There have been at least nine laboratory-confirmed cases, seven of which resulted in death, and 20 probable cases of dead individuals in this outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.

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Sherman: An open letter to Dr. Sara Cody - San Jose Spotlight

Dr. Sara Cody,
I'm 32 years old.I have myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as "chronic fatigue syndrome."It causes profound exhaustion which is triggered by normal, everyday activities.My quality of life has rapidly and deeply diminished over the last five years.If I were to contract COVID-19, my chronic fatigue would be much worse than it already is, likely leaving me unemployable and bedbound.

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Books

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld review lights, camera, attraction

C urtis Sittenfeld's previous novel, Rodham, a counterfactual life of Hillary Clinton, imagined how things might have turned out for her and, by extension, the US had she not married Bill.Among the most audacious of the various novels responding to Trumpism, it yoked high-concept thought experiment to a rompy whole-life saga, to distinctly mixed reviews.

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Europe news

Nemesis' Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates

You can imagine directors being warned away from adapting the work of Philip Roth.The film versions of his novels have been panned so consistently that a writer for The Atlantic in 2014 called for them to stop.Few playhouses have even attempted to translate them for the stage.Yet a young French theater director, Tiphaine Raffier, just proved that it can be done.

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Music

Jpegmafia x Danny Brown: Scaring the Hoes review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

There are umpteen ways to promote your forthcoming album, but the route taken by Danny Brown feels unique.This week, before the release of his joint album with Jpegmafia, a fellow dweller on hip-hop's left field and self-styled spokesperson for eccentric Black people who grew up in the projects but listen to Throbbing Gristle, Brown invited his collaborator to join his set at Austin's SXSW festival and then announced that he himself was entering rehab: Honestly, my dumb ass is supposed to have been gone, but I'm broke so I gotta do shows to take my ass in.

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Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases WHO

Recent cases of Marburg disease have also been reported in Cameroon and Tanzania, according to the WHO.Eight new confirmed cases of the Marburg disease have been reported in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.This brings the total of laboratory-confirmed cases to nine and probable cases to 20 since the outbreak of the disease a deadly one similar to Ebola was declared in February.

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Uh-oh. A new tropical mosquito has come to Florida. The buzz it's creating isn't good

Researchers at the University of Florida have identified this new breed of mosquito that's infesting the state.Experts are concerned about new diseases that could be transmitted.(Mosquitoes shown are not actual size).University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences MIAMI There's not a lot of love for mosquitoes in Florida.

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Researchers say newly posted analysis supports natural origin for Covid-19 pandemic

Swabs collected from stalls and equipment at the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, that tested positive for traces of the virus that causes Covid-19 also, in some cases, contained traces of DNA from animals known to be susceptible to infection, according to a new analysis by an international team of researchers.

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Vaccine Makers Prep Bird Flu Shot For Humans 'just In Case'; Rich Nations Lock In Supplies - Towleroad Gay News

By Jennifer Rigby
LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the world's leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide.One current outbreak of avian flu known as H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has killed record numbers of birds and infected mammals.

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Burundi officials detect polio outbreak linked to vaccine

FILE - A child cries after she was administered with a polio vaccine during a house to house vaccination exercise in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Aug. 28, 2016.Health officials in Burundi on Friday March 17, 2023 have declared an outbreak of polio linked to the vaccine, the first time the paralytic disease has been detected in the east African country for more than three decades.

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Babesiosis, a tickborne disease, is on the rise in Northeast, according to CDC report

Tickborne disease has been on the rise in the US, with the number of cases growing 25% from 2011 to 2019.Among them is babesiosis, which has become significantly more prevalent in the Northeast in recent years.Tick season is here.Here's what you need to know Seven states were already considered to have endemic transmission of babesiosis, with consistent presence of the disease: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

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New Data Links Pandemic's Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market

An international team of virus experts said on Thursday that they had found genetic data from a market in Wuhan, China, linking the coronavirus with raccoon dogs for sale there, adding evidence to the case that the worst pandemic in a century could have been ignited by an infected animal that was being dealt through the illegal wildlife trade.

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