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A polarization angle swings from a radio burst
The baseband recording system on CHIME/FRB is funded in part by a CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund grant to IHS. The baseband recording system on Effelsberg I is funded in part by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The research is also supported by a grant from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
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The World Health Organization’s chief says he was near the scene of Israel’s strikes
An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Health Ministry said early Thursday. The Israeli military said it had targeted a group of militants. A reserve soldier was killed in fighting in central Gaza on Thursday, the military said. eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli military operations…
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This molecule is key in slowing down the aging process
A study in Nature has found that a component of bile, lithocholic acid (LCA), triggers many of the age-defying and potentially lifespan-extending health benefits of low-calorie diets. LCA was found to extend lifespans of nematodes, fruit flies and mice when fed with lithocholic acid. The study also showed that 2 a day of added LCA…
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The CDC has confirmed the first US case of Severe Bird Flu
The US has confirmed its 61st case of bird flu since April. “There’s no indication the person spread bird flu to others, and the case doesn’t change the CDC’s assessment that the risk to the general public remains low,” the agency said. People who came in contact with animals that have been killed are now…
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The Internet has a fixation with Luigi Mangione
Luigi Mangione, the accused of killing health insurance executive Brian Thompson in US’ Pennsylvania, has become a meme in the country. Several stores are selling Luigi’s t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, stickers and other merchandise with phrases like ‘In this house, Luigi Mangione is the person who murdered Brian Thompson’. Mangione was captured after staff at McDonald’s…
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The UnitedHealthcare CEO killed was arrested in connection with the software developer
Luigi Mangione, the suspected shooter in the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was arrested on Monday after he was identified by a restaurant employee in Pennsylvania. An employee recognised Mangione from a photo of him that was taken by police at the restaurant, police said. Police say he was carrying a manifesto that…
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The police have arrested an app developer for shooting a CEO
Luigi Mangione, a man suspected of killing the CEO of New York City-based non-profit health care organisation Rise Against, has been arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania, police said on Monday. Police said he was taken into custody on “unrelated charges”. Rise Against CEO Brian Thompson was killed last week by a gunman who shot…
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The Supreme Court’s Trans Health Care Case is based on normal things that make a big difference
The US Supreme Court is being asked to hear a challenge to a state law that bans gender-affirming medical treatments for minor children. The law bans access to treatment for kids who want to transition from their sex assigned at birth, but permits those same medications to be used when treating minors suffering from other…
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The Supreme Court’s Trans Health Care Case is about normal things that make a big difference
The Supreme Court has been hearing the case of a 15-year-old transgender girl from Tennessee, who is seeking gender-affirming medical treatments. The girl has sought hormone treatment for gender dysphoria since she was 3. Her parents said they couldn’t afford to pay for it and had to send their daughter to a clinic. Tennessee’s law…
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The FDA fought the e-liquid industry at the Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the approval of flavored e-cigarettes to be sold in the country. The FDA had stopped looking at the marketing of e-cigarettes to children because it concluded that there was no way to allow flavoured e-cigarettes to be sold without harming large numbers of children. According to the…
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The main Gaza crossing is being stopped because it is too dangerous
The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that northern Gaza is on the brink of famine as over 400,000 people remain in the area. According to the Health Ministry in Gaza Strip, over half of the 44,000 people killed by Israel were women and children. More than half of the WFP’s aid workers are women…
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millions of people are heading home to face snow and an artic blast
The US Air Force has declared a state of emergency in New York state and imposed travel bans along I-86 from the Pennsylvania state line to I-390 and other roads on Friday. The state has reported nearly 2 feet (61 cm) of snow in parts of New York, Ohio and Michigan, and 29 inches (73…
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Save up to $300 with Therabody promo codes
During the ongoing Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale, American health and beauty products brand Therabody has offered discount of up to 30% on its products. Therabody has a number of products, including massagers, eyemasks, LED skincare masks and a total body recliner, among others. The best deals on the company’s products are found in…
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The Fossil Fuels discussion has to be reset
In a recent interview, a scientist who tested positive for Marburg virus said, “I don’t think that high-school girl would ever have imagined that…one day she’d be working on a NASA mission.” The scientist also said that he cared for his patients with broken hearts and mourned them every day while he was gone. “We…
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Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s attorney general nominee
A lawyer representing two women who testified before the House Committee on Ethics, Joel Leppard, said his clients were among a group of four or five women in the Orlando area who knew Matt Gaetz and attended sex and drug parties with him in 2017 and 2018. Leppard added they testified that they attended sex…
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Why is there a lot of omanpic for sale online?
Amid a nationwide shortage of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, a compounding pharmacy owner said he fears his customers will turn to ‘black market websites’ which might have counterfeit products that could be harmful. The pharmacies are legally permitted to offer copies of the medications, as they are legally permitted to do when shortages…
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Donald Trump intends to nominate anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr
US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr, has said that the country’s “long-term health is more important than ever”. This comes after Trump said that he would let Kennedy “go crazy” on health at a campaign event in October. In August, Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign and threw his…
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There is resistance to the malaria drug in severely ill kids
Malaria parasites in children in Southeast Asia are not completely resistant and the need for new treatment is greater than in Africa, researchers have said. The study found that it took more than 10 years for Artemisinin to kill 50% of the parasites in the bloodstream for 11 children with severe Malaria. There is no…
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There is a push for Musk to become the leader of American artificial intelligence policy
Environmentalists have said that they’ll hold US President Donald Trump’s new nominee to head the environmental agency, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), accountable if he rolls back clean air and water regulations. “We count on…EPA to protect clean air and water and public health,” Manish Bapna, President of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), said.
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The mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas have been suspended
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip killed at least four people, including two children, on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said. It added that at least seven people have been injured in the attacks. The airstrikes are the first in Gaza since the conflict began on October 7, according to an Israeli military statement.
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The scientists need to hold President Trump to account
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in California have found that heart attacks in mice are more likely to cause deep sleep than in humans. They said heart attacks led to mice spending longer in slow-wave sleep, a stage of deep sleep associated with healing. Scientists also found that the immune cells rush to the…
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A big win by the Republicans could affect the health care law
A new study found that the cost of health insurance in the US has increased due to theAffordable Care Act (ACA) and President Donald Trump’s plans to repeal the law. “You will pay even more if Trump gets his way…and take us back to when insurance companies had the power to deny people with preexisting…
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Sugar reduction in British children has been linked to a reduction in diabetes and hypertension
Researchers found that people who were conceived during sugar rationing had lower risk of diabetes and high blood pressure in middle age than those who were conceived while sugar rationing was continuing. The researchers also found that disease protection was greatest for those who had been embryos conceived during sugar rationing. They further said that…
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Recovering from a climate disaster can be difficult
A new study has suggested that the Rio Grande do Sul disaster in Brazil earlier this year affected people’s mental health. Lessons have started to emerge from studies conducted immediately after the disaster, including how community members can support each other during initial response to prevent trauma, as research on how to help people facing…
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Recovering from a climate disaster
Researchers in Brazil have learned from the Rio Grande do Sul disaster where Community workers and health workers can help each other. “What affects me the most is not even the floods, it’s the people,” a researcher said. “The more the community helps each other, the more people feel supported…which reduces rates of post-traumatic stress…