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Anguished Parents, Crying Doctors: Life Amid Utah’s Measles Outbreak

Ben Dowse hadn’t expected to treat measles when he became a doctor, but there he was, examining a newborn exposed to the virus in the womb. The infected mother had given birth just hours earlier. The hospital had alerted Dowse to the case before delivery, and he’d braced himself for the worst.

Wired 2d ago

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Phys.org 3d ago

Fluorescent nanosensor detects key gut biomarker in minutes for faster testing

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Phys.org 9d ago

Scientists turn tofu and cheese waste into tiny CO2-catching beads

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Science Daily 20h ago

UK Treasury still deciding whether to show up to £1.7B ERP program it agreed to fund

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The Register 19h ago

Listen up, England. The Health Secretary is going to be data controller for everyone's Single Patient Record

Health secretary James Murray has said that he will become a data controller of all National Health Service records in England shared through the government’s planned single patient record (SPR). Murray, who is formally the secretary of state for health, told the House of Commons on 1 June that GP surgeries, NHS trusts and other care providers will continue to manage and take responsibility for their own records, but added: “Where that information is then shared through the single patient...

The Register 8d ago

Experts warn of ‘potentially harmful’ beauty products sold on major online marketplaces

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The Independent UK 8d ago

The Trump Administration Is Done With Social Science

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The Atlantic 12d ago

Peter Mandelson invited UK PM to meet Palantir's Thiel

A newly released cache of communications involving Peter Mandelson show the UK former ambassador to the US invited Prime Minister Kier Starmer to meet Palantir founder Peter Thiel in July last year. More than a decade ago, Mandelson co-founded Global Counsel, a lobbying biz which included Palantir as a client. The US spy-tech company – prior to the current administration coming to power in July 2024 – won government contracts, including multi-million-pound deals with the NHS.

The Register 9d ago