Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Health
05/25/2023
New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI
Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new antibiotic that can kill a deadly species of superbug.
05/25/2023
Cancer treatment is about to get a reboot, thanks to AI
A new algorithm is matching the best existing treatments with the patients whose cancer will actually respond to them.
05/23/2023
New HIV infections are down – thanks to young people.
Young people drove a decrease in new HIV diagnoses in 2021, but stark disparities remain, federal data shows.
05/11/2023
Mpox no longer a global health emergency, WHO says
Mpox is no longer a global health emergency, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared at a press briefing Thursday.
05/11/2023
What Could Go Right? 68 million child marriages averted
Steep declines in South Asia have pushed progress along.
05/02/2023
Opinion: Biden’s vaccine project needs to be more like Operation Warp Speed
President Biden’s new $5 billion public-private partnership known as Project Next Gen is meant to accelerate the development of new coronavirus vaccines and treatments, much as Operation Warp Speed created some of the first vaccines against the coronavirus.
05/04/2023
What Could Go Right? The Swiss cheese method for reducing gun violence
A multi-layered strategy for team red and team blue, and everyone in between
04/06/2023
What Could Go Right? Extraordinary tools to eradicate disease
Thousands of children’s lives have already been saved by brand new vaccines.
03/29/2023
How long can humans live? We may not have hit the limit yet
The record for the maximum human lifespan has been unbroken since the 1990s, but that might soon change, according to a new way of analyzing mortality records
03/23/2023
Laos sees dramatic improvements in health of mothers: UN report
The loss of life for mothers during childbirth reached its lowest point in Laos’s history, according to a new United Nations report.
03/23/2023
What Could Go Right? “A surge in benevolence”
What the World Happiness Report says about Covid times is surprising.
03/16/2023
