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Fact sheets about HIV/AIDS treatment information, the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and HIV treatment side effects. All the fact sheets are written specifically for patients in easy to read language.
Feb 27, 2020
How the New Coronavirus Spreads and Progresses – And Why One Test May Not Be Enough
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biotech/medical
A novel coronavirus that first appeared in Wuhan, China, in December continues to sicken tens of thousands of people around the world – and scientists are working round the clock to better understand the virus, contain the outbreak, and treat the disease.
In the weeks since the outbreak, the disease has been named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization. (The virus itself has been named SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses).
UC San Francisco infectious disease expert Charles Chiu, MD, PhD, has been following the disease since its outbreak and provided the latest updates on what science has revealed about how the coronavirus is transmitted, what happens to someone who’s infected, and why a single diagnostic test may not be enough.
Feb 27, 2020
This Restored Footage of New York City is From 1911
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: futurism
This colorized, 4K footage of New York City in 1911 will transport you to a different era.
Feb 27, 2020
The boss who put everyone on 70K
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
Hopefully as we continue to automate more employers follow this example. Article.
A tech boss introduced a $70,000 minimum salary for all his staff — by cutting his own wages. Five years, on he has no regrets.
Feb 27, 2020
Pope Francis, 83, cancels event as he’s taken ill amid Italy coronavirus crisis
Posted by Prem Vijaywargi in category: biotech/medical
POPE Francis cancelled a church service today after he was struck down with illness.
The 83-year-year-old pontiff was not well enough to attend the mass, although there is no suggestion at this stage he has coronavirus as the outbreak in Italy topped 500 cases.
The Pope covered his mouth as he coughed.
Feb 27, 2020
Trump says coronavirus will ‘disappear’ eventually
Posted by Mike Diverde in category: biotech/medical
Wuhan coronavirus pandemic — US strategic response.
“It’s going to disappear. One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear,” said Trump.
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Earth has acquired a second “mini-moon” about the size of a car, according to astronomers who spotted the object circling our planet.
The mass—roughly 1.9−3.5 meters (6−11 feet) in diameter—was observed by researchers Kacper Wierzchos and Teddy Pruyne at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona on the night of February 15.
“BIG NEWS. Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3,” likely to be a C-type asteroid, Wierzchos tweeted on Wednesday.
Feb 27, 2020
Should the US Have a Secretary For Influence Operations?
Posted by Brent Ellman in category: military
Two former top special operations officials say their job was too junior and the Pentagon isn’t taking information warfare seriously enough.
Despite shifting military budgets to better keep up with competitors, there’s one area where countries like China, Russia, and even Iran are proving nimble and frustrating for the Department of Defense: influence operations.
In this new age of information warfare, the military art of influence ops — otherwise sometimes called psychological ops, information ops, or most-recently, military information support ops — lacks the senior level leadership it deserves, say two former Pentagon officials who were in charge of special operations policies. According to them, the position they once held is too junior for the seriousness of the threat and mission, and influence ops is spread so wide, that nobody is sure who is really in charge.
