Medical
United Nations warns of Ebola 'perfect storm' in DR Congo
Attacks by armed opposition groups had increased in severity and frequency, especially those attributed to the Alliance of Democratic Forces, most dramatically an attack that killed 21 in the city of Beni, where WHO's operation is based. Salama said it was unclear when operations might resume but that an official mourning period is expected to last until Friday. Some people were fleeing into the... [Full Article...]
Class-action lawsuit against Facebook alleges moderator's job gave her PTSD
The lawsuit alleges negligence and failure to maintain a safe workplace at Facebook and Pro Unlimited. The lawsuit wants Facebook to fund testing and treatment programs for the moderators, and is asking for unspecified damages. Facebook, which now employs at least 7,500 content moderators, has put workplace safety standards into place to protect content moderators, including counseling and menta... [Full Article...]
Facebook not protecting content moderators from mental trauma: lawsuit
Scola developed and suffers from significant psychological trauma and post -traumatic stress disorder ('PTSD')". " Facebook ignores the workplace safety standards it helped create". "Facebook needs to mitigate the harm to content moderators today and also take care of the people that have already been traumatized", he added. As of June, Facebook employs 7,500 content reviewers across the worl... [Full Article...]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch flagship health insurance programme today
After the inauguration of the scheme, Prime Minister Modi will be visiting an exhibition on the PMJAY. Ayushman Bharat scheme is not aimed at appeasing any particular caste or a community. "Out of this half, that means 7,500 applications for empanelment are private hospitals", Paul said, adding in some states the process for empanelment is yet to start. [Full Article...]
Octopuses Given Ecstasy Get All Cuddly, Study Finds
Those studies showed the octopuses actually do have more interest in each other, and particularly in other females, than had often been thought. They also find themselves more specifically interested in physically touching things and/or others. [Full Article...]
West Nile virus infections found in Philly
Additionally, DCHHS announced the confirmation of the 1st West Nile related death of 2018. A CodeRed message will be sent out to residents within a one-mile radius of where the infected birds were located alerting them to plans for spraying and directing them to the Emergency Management Division website for more information. [Full Article...]
Cornell review finds academic misconduct by food researcher
In this December 6, 2016 file photo, Brian Wansink speaks during an interview in the produce section of a supermarket in Ithaca, N.Y. On Thursday, Sept. "What we did not keep over the past 25 years are the original pencil and paper surveys and coding sheets that were used in these papers. That might be why they said they couldn't reproduce these from scratch (that is, there was no scratch)". [Full Article...]
CDC: Drug-resistant infection in 118 people linked to pet store puppies
According to the CDC, Campylobacter causes an estimated 1.3 million diarrheal illnesses in the United States each year. From January 2016 through February 2018, 118 people, including 29 pet store employees, were infected. The investigation of the outbreak began in August of previous year after the Florida Department of Health notified the CDC of campylobacteriosis infections that stemmed from ... [Full Article...]