A rare case of monkeypox has been detected in the UK. The illness causes puss-filled boils as well as flu-like symptoms. The UK Health Security Agency has said the risk to public health is “very low.” Loading Something is loading. Monkeypox, a rare but potentially deadly illness, has been detected in …
Read More »Breakthrough deaths comprise increasing proportion of those who died from COVID-19
“These data should not be interpreted as vaccines not working,” one expert said. May 10, 2022, 10:03 PM • 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article A growing proportion of COVID-19 deaths are occurring among the vaccinated, a new ABC News analysis of federal data shows. In …
Read More »A former Facebook moderator in Kenya has accused Meta of human trafficking
Daniel Motaung, a former Facebook moderator, filed a lawsuit against Meta in Kenya on Tuesday. The lawsuit accuses Meta and a contractor of human trafficking and union busting. Motaung said he’d applied for the job not knowing he would be working at Facebook. Loading Something is loading. A man who …
Read More »EXPLAINER: Why is Hungary blocking sanctions on Russian oil?
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As the European Union tries to impose sanctions on Russian oil over the war in Ukraine, Hungary has emerged as one of the biggest obstacles to unanimous support needed from the bloc’s 27 member nations. The president of the EU’s executive commission, Ursula von der Leyen, …
Read More »Long Covid is ‘continuing to increase,’ experts say. Here’s how to know if you have it — and what to do about it
Over the last two years, new Covid cases and deaths have risen and fallen alongside surges of variants and subvariants. One constant, experts say: a continual increase in long Covid cases. The term “long Covid” refers to the wide range of new, ongoing or returning health conditions that can affect …
Read More »Excelsior Surgical Society
As the Military Chapter of the ACS, the Excelsior Surgical Society (ESS) provides a voice and a home for all military surgeons within the largest surgical organization in the world. The ESS serves as both an on-ramp to membership in the College as well as an off-ramp for surgeons as …
Read More »Making Science More Open Is Good for Research—but Bad for Security
Of course, just because research is published in a journal instead of a preprint server doesn’t mean it’s inherently risk-free. But it does mean that any glaring dangers are more likely to be picked up in the reviewing process. “The key difference, really, between journals and the preprint server is …
Read More »Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Episode 4: Netherworld
The first modern-style code ever executed on a computer was written in the 1940s by a woman named Klára Dán von Neumann—or Klári to her family and friends. And the historic program she wrote was used to develop thermonuclear weapons. In this season, we peer into a fascinating moment in the …
Read More »Best Buy starts $200 service for picking up used appliances, electronics
Best Buy has made it easier to get rid of an old television, computer or other unwanted electronic device with the debut of its e-waste pick-up service that would allow for items to be collected from customers’ homes and then recycled. Starting this month, consumers can make a request online …
Read More »Will mRNA Technology Companies Spawn Innovation Ecosystems?
Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, which continues to play a key role in the ongoing fight against Covid-19, represents one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of our time. The widespread effectiveness of mRNA-based vaccines has attracted considerable attention to the prospect of mRNA technology serving as a platform that can …
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