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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 …

“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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …