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Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been told to phase out all of their monkey research, Science has learned. The directive, communicated to CDC staff by a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee and recent college graduate who is now a top official at the agency, will end …
Sweden’s public health agency has recorded what it says is the first case of a more dangerous type of mpox outside the African continent. The person became infected during a stay in an area of Africa where there is currently a major outbreak of mpox Clade 1, the agency said. The news comes just hours …
NEW DELHI: Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup Neuralink is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who claims she was forced to work with monkeys carrying the Herpes B virus under unsafe conditions and was later fired after announcing her pregnancy. The complaint, filed on Friday in a California state court, adds to growing scrutiny of …
We're looking for a hard reversal on the daily for Tech this week. And then pull the plug on this final festival of idiots. Let history sort them out. pic.twitter.com/gIM5I7b2qh — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 23, 2023 Another blowout for Nvidia. Last qtr, their gain was viewed as good for all Tech stocks. This quarter, their …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1665517427965194243 Only weeks after approving revamped guidelines that allow gay men to donate blood without previously-required screening for AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases largely prevalent in the LGBT community, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounded the alarm for a potential outbreak of monkeypox. In an ominous assessment issued late last month, the …