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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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Americans have glasses on and fingers crossed that the skies are clear for the eclipse
A rare solar eclipse darkened skies and dazzled viewers across the US on Tuesday. The moon briefly blocked the sun’s rays, causing a partial solar eclipse and the longest annular eclipse of the year. The eclipse took place between 1:23 pm and 2:49 pm (local time) in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Solar eclipse rumors include radiation, food poisoning, and more
NASA has refuted the myths surrounding solar eclipses, saying that they are false. “During a solar eclipse, the Sun’s radiation is closer to the Moon, causing particles from the sun’s fusion to reach the Earth’s surface,” NASA said. “When the Sun’s radiation is closer to the Moon, the corona or outer layer of the sun is obscured by the Moon,” it added.
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What to look out for during Monday’s solar eclipse
Ahead of the April 8 solar eclipse, former NPR reporter and eclipse superfan David Baron shared with Life Kit, viewing totality “[is] like you’ve left the solar system and are looking back from some other world.” He added, “If you’re present in the moment…then you can enjoy it. It’s a good idea to scout out one or more locations within driving distance.”
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The CDC is protecting against bird flu
A bird flu expert said there’s no indication that the virus has adapted itself to spread efficiently between humans and to ” routinely cause severe disease”. “If you develop respiratory infections with bird flu, you can get very…sick with severe pneumonia because the receptors are deep in the lungs,” she added. There have been no reported cases of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the US.
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