Tempe, Arizona – The U.S. Space Force and Arizona State University signed an agreement Tuesday making ASU the newest member of the service’s University Partnership Program. Dra. Lisa Costa, director of technology and innovation at the USSF, joined ASU President Michael M. Crow on the Tempe campus to finalize the agreement and learn more about …
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Tecovirimate antiviral may improve the results of people infected with monkeypox, a recent study in Britain suggests. The small retrospective observational study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, included 7 patients who were treated for monkeypox in high-impact infectious disease centers in the UK between August 15, 2018 and August 10, 2018. September 2021 and …
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Quebec will lift COVID-19 mask warrants for public transportation beginning Saturday, June 18th. Health officials confirmed in a press release on Wednesday that Health Minister Christian Dubé had made the decision following a public health recommendation. “This is an important step, which confirms the significant improvement in the epidemiological situation in recent weeks. The decision …
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Emil Briones breathes a sigh of relief after receiving his first dose of the smallpox vaccine, which is now being offered to help protect Montrealers from the monkeypox virus. He is one of more than 800 Montrealers who have so far lined up at the clinic in the heart of the gay village that has …
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An algae pond crawled onto a beach in southern New Zealand. Credit: University of Otago Kelp’s DNA has allowed scientists to show how the coastal communities of the Southern Ocean are interconnected. A study led by the University of Otago conducted genomic analysis of washed seaweed for decades in Antarctica, New Zealand and Australia. The …
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Jeanne Hansen’s sister, Tracey McKinlay, died of extreme heat on June 28, 2021. “It’s hard not to feel guilty,” Hansen said. “We should have done a little more, you know, calling Tracey wasn’t enough.” I wish I had gone to her sister’s apartment in New Westminster, BC, to check on her. Hansen says, according to …
A police officer looks over a crater left by a missile attack on June 6, 2022 in Druzhkivka, Ukraine. The missile struck a residential neighborhood, killing a woman and damaging or destroying 80 buildings, including a church. Scott Olson / Getty Images Ukrainian forces retreated on the outskirts of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on …
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An incident on Wednesday morning in the southeast of the city that left one man dead is being investigated. Emergency crews responded to a spot on 35 SE Street, a short distance from 17th Avenue, shortly after 5 a.m. after a 911 call reporting a man lying on the road. Calgary police officials say the …
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Newfoundland and Labrador is marking its first death by COVID-19 of a minor under the age of 20. (Radio-Canada) Three people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador last week, including the first death in the province of a person under the age of 20. The other dead were a 40-year-old …
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This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I’m Paul Auwaerter with Medscape Infectious Diseases, speaking from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Monkeypox joins the legion of occasional emerging infectious diseases that, as an infectious disease consultant, we should at least become familiar with, even though we have never seen it in person, and …
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