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US Senate confirms Erica Schwartz to lead CDC after year-long vacancy
Dr Erica Schwartz has been confirmed by the US Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bringing to an end a leadership vacancy at the agency that had lasted for almost a year. Her confirmation is significant given the CDC’s central role in shaping public health policy, particularly at a time…
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‘We thought we would die’: Passengers thrown into ceiling during terrifying flight
An Air India flight travelling from Phuket, Thailand, to New Delhi hit severe turbulence on Tuesday, causing a sudden loss of altitude that threw passengers into the ceiling and aisles. Seventeen people were injured in the incident, which has prompted renewed attention to the dangers of turbulence and the importance of keeping seatbelts fastened while…
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Senate confirms new CDC director as diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak sweeps US
The US Senate has confirmed Dr Erica Schwartz as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a vote that comes as the country grapples with a growing outbreak of Cyclospora, a parasite that causes severe diarrhoeal illness. The confirmation is significant given ongoing concern among lawmakers about public health leadership…
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The risks of many diseases are linked to birth order, study finds
The study didn’t include uninsured families or those on Medicaid, which means the data may be skewed.
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5 Mexican cartel bosses charged in weapons, drug trafficking, timeshare fraud schemes, DOJ says
The US Department of Justice has charged five leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a violent Mexican criminal organisation, with running weapons and drug trafficking operations alongside a sprawling timeshare fraud scheme that specifically targeted elderly Americans. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other senior Justice Department officials outlined the charges, framing the…
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New CCTV shows ‘Covent Garden attacker’ walking away after ‘stabbing men with scissors’ seeing four rushed to hospital – before being arrested
Newly released CCTV footage appears to show the suspect in a Covent Garden attack calmly walking away from the scene after allegedly stabbing several men with a pair of scissors. The incident, which sent four people to hospital, has raised concern over public safety in one of central London’s busiest tourist and entertainment districts, with…
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AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
Researchers are demonstrating that AI agents can behave like self-replicating computer worms, autonomously hacking into remote systems and copying themselves to acquire more resources without human intervention. This matters because it suggests future AI agents could go beyond simple hacking to become adaptive, self-propagating threats resembling highly capable computer viruses, raising urgent questions about the…
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Moment heroic police officer takes down drugs suspect who aims crowbar at his head as Met police take fight to London gangs with week of raids
A Metropolitan Police officer was filmed tackling a suspect who swung a crowbar at his head during a drugs raid, part of a week-long operation targeting gangs across London. The footage, released by the Met, highlights the risks officers face during such operations and is being used to showcase the force’s efforts to crack down…