Month: April 2024
There is a possibility of an Israeli military offensive in Rafah
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said that the possible Israeli military offensive in Gaza’s Rafah would be “catastrophic”. “There are over 2 lakh people who depend on Rafah for humanitarian aid and…they’ll be in great danger,” the NRC added. The US has said that it opposes the military offensive in Gaza and has urged Israel to exercise restraint.
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New data suggests that the strain of the Monkeypox virus is able to spread through sex
The WHO on Sunday said that the US and Japan have pledged to provide a vaccine for 50,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who will be immunised against clade I mpox. This comes after several cases were reported in South Kivu province, which is a conflict-torn part of the DRC. So far, the virus has killed more than 650 people.
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Rat cells repair mouse brains
Researchers have created brain organoids from human stem cells cultured for 250 days, containing all types of brain cells found in the cerebral cortex. The organoids were injected into mice and revealed tumours similar to human colorectal cancer when the cancerous cells were injected into them. Researchers said that they plan to use the technology developed for these studies to make chimaeras.
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The storm dumped the most rain in the world in the United Arab Emirates
As many as 18 people have been killed in Oman after heavy monsoon rains and thunderstorms hit the sultanate. The floods have disrupted air traffic across the region, with hundreds of flights being cancelled at Dubai’s international Airport. The UAE government said it has deployed several teams to assist Oman in rescue and relief operations.
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The Roku breach has 567,000 users
Ransomware group RansomHub has said it has terabytes of data from US healthcare provider Change Healthcare that it’s trying to extort from the company. “We’re doing everything we can to make sure the data is not posted online,” RansomHub stated. This comes after a government agency said theAPT29, a group of Chinese State-sponsored hackers, could have affected its communications with Microsoft.
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Birds and cattle have a tendency to spread bird flu
A study of a human case in Chile’s Chile has found that the coronavirus had spread through the air between ferrets in different cages. However, scientists said it was possible that there wasn’t enough virus being transmitted to “overcome the immune barriers that would prevent infection”. The virus had mutated in a gene called PB2 that gets affected when it infects mammals.
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CAR T cell stemness and metabolism are improved by FOXO1
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have isolated human CD4 and CD8 T cells from healthy donors and isolated human CD45+ cells from NSG mice. A total of 1.5 lakh CD5+ cells were slow-frozen in BamBanker medium. Ten thousand CAR T cells were washed in ice-cold PBS and then subjected to nuclei isolation with the following lysis buffer.
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The New York Times says anyone who thinks Trump is in favor of abortion is a fool
US Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday said that he supports states’ rights to decide their own abortion policies. “Florida and Arizona are probably going to change, Arizona’s going to definitely change, everybody wants that to happen,” he said. Notably, the US Supreme Court had left abortion rights up to the states since 2008.
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What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are likely to experience the greatest mental burden from climate change that older generations have caused, a study said. Poverty, illness or inequalities are some of the things that can cause people to be at risk of poor mental health, the study added. However, understand why is and what we can do to stop it, it further said.
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The US finalizes rules for chemicals in water
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that it will cost $1.5 billion a year for water companies to comply with the regulation, for as long as PFAS continues to show up in the drinking water. The rule will give a better understanding of the public health risks of PFAS in the tap water, an official said.
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