This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. The holy grail of robotics since the field’s beginning has been to build a robot that can do our housework. But for a long time, that has just been a dream.…
The health ministry acted quickly and in the public interest in its approach to buying coronavirus vaccines, the government’s audit office said in a new report on Wednesday. The report focuses on the way the first vaccines were sourced in 2020 and 2021, after the virus was identified in the Netherlands at the end of February 2020. The Netherlands eventually paid €1.8 billion for 102 million doses of vaccine from various suppliers, with Pfizer accounting for the bulk of them. Some 23
If you’re sexually active, you will (almost certainly) contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI). This fate is largely predetermined thanks to the most common STI: human papillomavirus (HPV). It’s so ubiquitous that 90% of sexually active men and 80% of sexually active women become infected during their lifetime. Though HPV is infamously known for causing unsightly warts around the genitals, most cases are actually asymptomatic and resolve quickly without notice. Some infections, however,...
President Joe Biden, through the White House X account, is attacking as hypocrites recipients of federal COVID aid who now oppose his steps to wipe out student debt of former college students. These attacks, targeted at beneficiaries of the Paycheck Protection Program, are either ignorant or dishonest, but Biden has been making them for years. […]
Cheryl Burke opened up about her split with Matthew Lawrence, claiming that her role as the 'breadwinner' caused issues in their three-year marriage. 'I supported us,' she admitted.
It is part of a “wider" programme to “ensure the most vulnerable and marginalised" are protected against serious disease and illness
In a concerted effort to combat misinformation and promote vaccine uptake across Ghana, the National Media Vaccine Network has been officially launched in Accra. Spearheaded by the Executive Secretary of the African Media and Malaria Network (AMMEREN), Dr Charity Binka, along with Dr Emmanuel Addipa-Adapoe and a dedicated team, this initiative marks a significant step […]
BOSTON -- Red Sox manager Alex Cora was so excited about his team playing baseball games at Fenway Park that he woke up at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, the day of the home opener. His team was filled with good vibrations after going 7-3 on a season-opening, three-city trip to
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a few weeks ago. In this eighth edition of this blog for the 2024 run for the roses, the focus is on the key Derby prep races from last weekend on the Triple Crown trail. THREE HEATING UP Read More
Three attacks this week which have seen three people hospitalised with stab wounds are being treated as separate incidents, police have confirmed. South Yorkshire Police said there is “no evidence to suggest any of them are linked”. The attacks on Staniforth Road, Darnall yesterday (April 9) and on St Mary’s Gate on Monday (April 8) are being treated as targeted attacks. Police have not confirmed whether the stabbing on Park Grange Road on Sunday (April 7), in which a 29-year-old man suffered a...
It was a typical Blake Snell kind of night
DAVID COVERDALE AT ST JAMES' PARK: A blockbuster first-half saw Isak and Gordon strike within 95 seconds of eachother to hand them a lead before they cruised to the four-goal victory.