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Bill Text (PDF) Washington (September 26, 2023) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security and a member of the U.S. Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, along with Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), today announced the reintroduction […]

Artificial intelligence is now being applied to public health and tracking infectious disease. Bluedot is a company utilizing artificial intelligence to identify infectious disease threats quickly and work with stakeholders so they can move more efficiently when needed. “We are using modern digital technologies and artificial intelligence to identify threats faster, to understand them and […]

Taipei, Sept. 26 (CNA) Nearly 110,000 people visited the doctor with influenza-like symptoms last week in Taiwan, up 6 percent compared to the previous week as the country enters flu season, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday. Meanwhile, 39 severe flu cases and 8 deaths were reported last week, as well as 91 […]

Diesel pollution increases Aspergillus fumigatus resistance to itraconazole by over 64 times, highlighting the need to identify resistance mechanisms. The presence of diesel particles resulted in an over 64 times higher minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of itraconazole needed for Aspergillus fumigatus. This points to an increased advancement of azole resistance through diesel pollution, according to […]