Medical
British hospitals turn away patients after cyberattack cripples computers
Spain's industry ministry said the attack affected the Microsoft Windows operating system of employees' computers. "This seems to be a very large scale attack, with earlier reports of infections in Russia, Ukraine, Taiwan, as well as all over Europe", Mounir Hahad, senior director of Cyphort Labs said in a statement. [Full Article...]
Hepatitis C nearly triples in US in 5 years
The annual numbers of hepatitis C reported to the CDC have almost tripled , rising from 850 in 2010 to 2,436 in 2015. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has brought five specific strategies to fight against the opioid epidemic that will save lives and reduce the impact of injection-related infectious diseases. [Full Article...]
Local Polls Boost May Five Weeks Before UK General Election
He said voters recognised the need to "chip in a little more" to address the "chronic underfunding" of healthcare, pointing to a recent opinion poll which suggested 70% of voters would back a 1p rise in income tax if the money was guaranteed to go to the NHS. [Full Article...]
Arkansas man jailed in deaths of 3 people, including deputy
A man suspected of gunning down a sheriff's deputy and killing two other people has surrendered after a five-hour stand-off with police, authorities said. Bowden released McHam to law enforcement and surrendered. That hostage was allowed to leave about 30 minutes before the suspect was arrested, Sadler said. [Full Article...]
Congo reports a single confirmed case of Ebola, UN says
A conference call between DRC and auto officials, as well as World Health Organization experts, had taken place, Kabambi said, during which vehicle officials confirmed that they too were taking preventative measures along the border. The WHO has described Congo as "the country that knows how to beat Ebola ". "The DRC is a big country and the zone affected is quite hard to access, but it is ... [Full Article...]
Ireland handed favourable 2019 Rugby World Cup draw
Joe Schmidt's men have been drawn in Pool A , alongside Scotland, hosts Japan, the Europe 1 qualifer and a play-off victor. Presuming the All-Blacks come in the expected first position, Ireland would most likely expect to play South Africa in their quarter final and the victor would go on to play the victor of Group D or the runner up of Group C. [Full Article...]
Texas House OKs rejecting non-Christian parents
Frank also states that the bill protects the rights of faith-based organizations to exercise their religious mission to serve others without fear of retaliation. About a third of the state's adoption agencies are religiously affiliated. A final vote is set for later Wednesday in the House. Given that many conservative religious belief systems reject LGBTQ identities, this bill essentially auth... [Full Article...]
Mattis Makes Clear US Commitment to Protecting Turkey
Ankara strongly opposes USA support of the YPG, viewing it as the Syrian extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency inside Turkey. While the government expressed predictable anger, the deputy head of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ozturk Yilmaz said it should go even further by postponing Erdogan's visit to the US. [Full Article...]