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Public health professionals can capture rising virus loads through wastewater sampling before they trigger hospital outbreaks. The CDC exploits its anonymous data to identify patterns from the wastewater treatment plants by state and keeps in front of emerging variations. This approach has shown to be very beneficial for tracking not just COVID-19 but other infectious…
The CDC is now tracking wastewater throughout the United States instead of tracking individual COVID-19 cases. Not depending on individual testing, authorities may now identify possible surges and viral trends, so establishing an early warning system for outbreaks. While tracking cases of COVID-19 by individual case counts is on the decrease, the U.S. Centers for…
Rwanda is battling its very first Marburg virus outbreak-ever-conceived, a vicious hemorrhagic disease that bears some similarities to Ebola. To date eight people have perished from the virus, no longer available to be vaccinated against or treated. The international health experts are converging on the offices of Rwanda’s health officials in a desperate bid to…
Google will invest close to $1 billion in Thailand, creating a new data center and doubling the size of the company’s cloud infrastructure in one of the largest bids by the technology company to reinforce its presence in Southeast Asia. The investment will be put into meeting the rising demand for cloud services and fast-tracking…
Performing a dramatic about-turn, Bitcoin has seen a striking slump from last week’s surge but closed September on a winning note. Briefly reaching the $65,000 mark, Bitcoin slumped about 3.5% to close the month at $63,612. That is after a remarkable gain of around 8% in September-the month that has traditionally been bleak for investors…
The Federal Reserve decision to cut interest rates in 2024 has generated a lot of debate on how such might affect the wallet of car buyers. Though the move targets making borrowing cheap, car buyers may not feel the immediate impact for numerous reasons. How Slow Fed Rate Cuts Affect Markets The Federal Reserve does…
The Federal Reserve decision to cut interest rates in 2024 has generated a lot of debate on how such might affect the wallet of car buyers. Though the move targets making borrowing cheap, car buyers may not feel the immediate impact for numerous reasons. How Slow Fed Rate Cuts Affect Markets The Federal Reserve does…
Introduction The growing wealth gap between Baby Boomers and younger generations will now take center stage in any economic discussion made, especially in 2024. Baby Boomers are described as the “luckiest generation” when it comes to gains in the economy, but what makes them lucky are the unexampled levels of public and personal debt they…
Breaking New Ground for Treating Schizophrenia: Overview The United States Food and Drug Administration’s recent piece of hot news is that it has given its nod to a new treatment for schizophrenia at the end of September in the year 2024. Known as Cobenfy or xanomeline-trospium chloride, it has been described to be the most…
The 2019 Saga of Jussie Smollett and the Attack In January 2019, the black actor Jussie Smollett presented an assault to the Chicago police where two men attacked him with a rope and a bottle of spirit, besides calling him a n____ and other homophobic insults. In his attack narrative, he said that two armed…
