Author: Claudinne Miller
Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds
PBS Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the COVID-19 pandemic, with declines in test scores so widespread that the United States climbed in global rankings simply by falling behind less sharply, a new study finds. The state of global education was given a bleak appraisal in the Program for International Student Assessment, […]
Dec 12, 2023
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
MIT Tech Review The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models. A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online so that if it’s scraped into an AI training set, it can cause the […]
Dec 12, 2023
Antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections spreading in Ukraine amid war with Russia, CDC says
ABC News Dangerous antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are spreading among patients in Ukraine amid the country’s war with Russia, new federal data shows. High rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, along with a rise in traumatic wounds and overwhelmed health care systems, has led to increased detection of multi-drug resistant infections in […]
Dec 12, 2023
Map Shows Where Deadly Mpox Cases Are Rising as CDC Issues Warning
Newsweek A map by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where cases of mpox are on the rise as U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues a travel health notice. Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a rare disease caused by infection with […]
Dec 12, 2023
Pre-Existing SARS-CoV-2 T Cells Predicted to Recognize New Pirola Variant
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to evolve (even if they are no longer making headlines.) In August, researchers detected a new SARS-CoV-2 “variant of concern” in patients, first in Israel and Denmark. Over the past few months, this variant, BA.2.86 or “Pirola,” has made its way around the globe. The Pirola variant […]
Dec 12, 2023
Two COVID-19 vaccines show robust boosting potential in clinical trial
Medical Express Two Melbourne-made COVID-19 vaccines have shown strong potential to be an improved approach for boosting immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants according to interim results of a Phase 1 clinical trial. Published in eBioMedicine, 76 healthy adults from Melbourne, aged 18 to 64 who were previously vaccinated with licensed SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, were randomized to receive a fourth dose of […]
Dec 12, 2023
Severe and Fatal Confirmed Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever among People with Recent Travel to Tecate, Mexico
CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify healthcare providers and the public about an outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) among people in the United States with recent travel to or residence in the city of Tecate, state of Baja California, […]
Dec 12, 2023
Replication-Competent Virus Detected in Blood of a Fatal COVID-19 Case
Annals of Internal Medicine Background: SARS-CoV-2 infects respiratory tissues, and in some cases, replication-competent virus has been detected in extrapulmonary tissues, including brain (1). Viremic spread is suspected, and detection of viral RNA in blood is frequently reported (2). However, recovery of replication-competent virus from blood has not been previously demonstrated (3, 4). Objective: To confirm viremia in […]
Dec 12, 2023
How long are you contagious with COVID? Here’s what to know if you test positive
NBC News/Chicago With COVID cases and other respiratory viruses on the rise, you might know someone who has recently tested positive or wondered how long a person is contagious. The answer depends on several factors. As of Friday, 44 counties in Illinois were at an elevated level for COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the state’s Department of […]
Dec 12, 2023
China’s Children Battling Pneumonia Shows the Dangers of Drug Resistance
Bloomberg The harm caused by antibiotic drug resistance was clear to see in China’s packed pediatric hospitals. An outbreak of walking pneumonia, normally a mild infection, struck millions of children in the second half of 2023, creating Covid flashbacks and raising fears about another novel pathogen. But doctors say another real danger is the rise of superbugs, […]
Dec 12, 2023
