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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked fresh whole onions to a growing and mysterious salmonella outbreak. In a food safety alert Wednesday, the CDC said 652 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Oranienburg from 37 states as of Oct. 18. The number of cases is expected to grow as more illnesses are reported. The outbreak was first reported in mid-September but the CDC, Food and Drug Administration and local health officials had not identified a… Source link

“Can you get medicine for someone at the pharmacy?” It’s a simple enough question for humans to understand, says Pandu Nayak, vice president of search at Google, but such a query represents the cutting-edge of machine comprehension. You and I can see that the questioner is asking if they can fill out a subscription for another person, Nayak tells The Verge. But until recently, if you typed this question into Google, it would direct you to websites explaining how to fill out your… Source link

Members of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue team look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 26, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images An engineering firm said it’s “deeply troubled” by the Florida condo collapse. Morabito Consultants documented “major structural damage” at the building in 2018. Officials have confirmed five deaths so far, with 156 people still unaccounted for. Visit Insider’s homepage for… Source link

Mongolia promised its people a “COVID-free summer.” Bahrain said there would be a “return to normal life.” The tiny island nation of the Seychelles aimed to jump-start its economy. All three put their faith, at least in part, in easily accessible Chinese-made vaccines, which would allow them to roll out ambitious inoculation programs at a time when much of the world was going without. But instead of freedom from the coronavirus, all three countries are now battling a surge in… Source link

In Minnesota, the HealthPartners system has seen a “precipitous decline” in COVID-19 hospitalizations, says Dr. Mark Sannes, an infectious disease physician and senior medical director for the system, which operates nine hospitals and more than 55 clinics. But now, nearly every admitted patient he does see is unvaccinated. “Less than 1% of our hospitalized COVID patients are vaccinated,” he said. In Ohio, at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, only 2% of the COVID-19 patients… Source link

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that fully vaccinated Americans are so unlikely to transmit COVID-19 or fall ill from the virus that they no longer need to wear masks in most indoor situations. According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, the CDC’s surprise shift could finally signal the beginning of the end of masking in the U.S. — while also ushering in a new era defined by growing divisions between vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans. The survey of… Source link

Firework is the brainchild of co-founders Vincent Yang and Jerry Luk, that officially launched in … [+] 2017. Firework App Serial entrepreneur Vincent Yang envisioned his next project after a trip in China. An app called Douyin had exploded in the country and offered users compelling short form video. He wanted to create a similar experience for American users.  He knew that ByteDance, the parent company of Douyin, had acquired an app called Musical.ly in 2017, and had… Source link

Without warning, hackers drained every dollar of cash, stock, or bitcoin out of accounts linked to Cash App, Square’s (SQ)’s popular payments platform, six of its customers told Yahoo Finance. Cash App functions as a substitute bank for many of its more than 36 million monthly users. “I had to sell my car seat that I just bought for my baby that I’m going to have in a couple of months, so that I could feed my kids, because I have no money now,” Shania Jensen, 24, a Cash App user from… Source link

TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Cannabis Stocks Showing Monster Growth Investors have been fixated on growth companies over the past year, and one segment which has been on the rise is the fledgling cannabis industry. The sector offers a unique proposition and the prospect of further growth, as there is still a major catalyst on the horizon which will completely alter the industry. As expected, a Democrat led senate has been good news for those banking on marijuana reform at the federal level; And… Source link

As the pandemic brought travel to a standstill in the first quarter and bookings were cancelled en masse, advertisers spent millions of dollars on Google advertising that turned into nothing. Since then, Google made concessions to some advertisers — but they scoff at the paltry amount. Eight German travel companies that sent a letter to Google at the end of April seeking payment concessions on $80 million in first quarter advertising invoices ultimately got relief of less than 10 percent… Source link