Commentary Beware of totalitarian control of scientific and medical thought here in America. Prominent academic publications, medical organizations, and even some state legislatures are trying to silence scientific disagreements about COVID-19. That will kill medical progress. On Friday, Anthony Fauci, the face of the federal government’s COVID response, urged graduates at Roger Williams University in…
Experts Find Gene Mechanism for Peanut Allergy Remission, Potential Uses for Other Allergies
May 26, 2022
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Researchers from the Murdoch Institute have identified the genetic mechanism behind their peanut allergy remission therapy, with the potential for it to be applicable across other allergies. “What we found was profound differences in network connectivity patterns between children who were allergic and those who were in remission,” said lead researcher Dr. Mimi Tang on…
SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission Launches
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket with the Transporter-5 mission aboard on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission is comprised of numerous small satellites for commercial and government customers. In total, the mission carries 59 spacecraft, including CubeSats, microsats, non-deploying hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles. …
Boeing Starliner Capsule Returns to Earth, Capping Key Uncrewed Test Mission
Boeing Co.’s Starliner astronaut capsule returned from the International Space Station (ISS) and landed in New Mexico on Wednesday, capping a high-stakes test flight as NASA’s next vehicle for carrying humans to orbit. Less than a week after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida, the CST-100 Starliner capsule plunged through…
Pfizer Providing Drugs, Vaccines at Not-for-Profit Price to Poorest Nations to Address Health Inequities
Pfizer Inc. announced on May 25 that it will provide all of its current and future patent-protected drugs and vaccines on a not-for-profit basis to 1.2 billion people in 45 lower-income countries. The pharmaceutical and biotechnology company said in a press release that the plan is part of “An Accord for a Healthier World,” launched with the aim…
Japanese Astronaut Will Join NASA’s Artemis Mission to the Moon: Biden
President Joe Biden said on May 23 that a Japanese astronaut will board NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon, as the United States and Japan seek to expand civil space cooperation. During a press briefing with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Biden said the partners are committed to sending a Japanese astronaut to…
Atlantic Hurricane Season to Be Unusually Active, 3-6 Major Hurricanes Expected: NOAA
The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season—from June 1 to Nov. 30—is likely to be unusually active, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), making this the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. There is a 65 percent chance of an above-normal season, a 25 percent chance of a near-normal season and a 10…
Scientists Will Set 1,000 Traps for Murder Hornets This Year
SPOKANE, Wash.—Scientists will set about 1,000 traps this year in their quest to wipe out the Asian giant hornet in Washington, the state Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. Scientists believe the hornets, first detected in the Pacific Northwest state in 2019, are confined in Whatcom County, which is located on the Canadian border north of…
Stormy Repeat: NOAA Predicts Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season
Federal meteorologists are forecasting a record-shattering seventh straight unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted Tuesday that the summer in the Atlantic will produce 14 to 21 named storms, six to 10 becoming hurricanes and three to six turbo-charging into major hurricanes with winds greater than 110 mph. Even…
University Launches Virtual Reality Headsets to Improve Quality of Life in Aged Care
May 24, 2022
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The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is launching a virtual reality (VR) toolkit titled Transforming Aged Care with Virtual Reality (TACWVR) on May 25, aimed at aged care seniors to give them a “better quality of life.” “We integrated VR technologies into three Australian aged care facilities to find ways of better socially connecting residents…
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