Japan startup develops'Gundam'-like robot with $3 million price tag
Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can be yours for $3 million. Called ARCHAX after the avian dinosaur archaeopteryx, the robot has…#tokyo #tsubameindustries #mobilesuitgundam #archax #avian #japanmobilityshow #ryoyoshida #yoshida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Japan startup develops'Gundam'-like robot with $3 mln price tag
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Tokyo-based start-up Tsubame Industries has developed a 4.5-metre-tall (14.8-feet), four-wheeled robot that looks like "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the wildly popular Japanese animation series, and it can yours for $3 million. Called ARCHAX after the avian dinosaur…#tokyo #tsubameindustries #mobilesuitgundam #archax #avian #japanmobilityshow #ryoyoshida #yoshida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Avian Flu Threatens to Send Chicken, Egg Prices Soaring
[allAfrica] Harare -- South African consumers will have to put up with higher chicken meat and egg prices as the industry confronts its worst highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemic to date, according to economists and industry insiders. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Agribusiness Food and Agriculture Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Trade Source Type: news
South Africa: South Africa Battles High-Path H7N6 Avian Flu in Poultry
[UMP] Outbreaks of highly pathogenic H7N6 avian flu that began at the end of May have led to the loss of about a quarter of South Africa's poultry, with layer farms hit hardest, according to a poultry industry official quoted in a South African agriculture publication. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Deadly avian flu reaches Gal ápagos Islands
In a development that has alarmed conservation biologists, the avian flu strain that has devastated birds and marine mammals on five continents has reached Ecuador’s Galápagos National Park, home to species that are found nowhere else.
“It is extremely concerning from a conservation perspective,” says Marcela Uhart, a wildlife veterinarian at the University of California (UC), Davis. “Outbreaks could pose an acute threat to the future of these endemic species.”
So far only a few animals have tested positive for the H5N1 virus, which migratory birds can carry over long distances. But the highly contag...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 25, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Gas prices drove higher August inflation numbers: Breaking down where prices increased and fell
Inflation accelerated for a second straight month in August as a spike in the cost of rent and gasoline kept prices abnormally high for millions of U.S. households. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the consumer price index, a broad measure of the price for everyday goods that includes…#labordepartment #refinitiv #robertfrick #avian #double #moody #jeffreyroach #lplfinancial #airline (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists raise alarm over bird flu strain spreading in China with 'pandemic potential', which has killed one person this year
UK and Chinese scientists issued a warning after lab tests on ferrets and mice infected with the bird flu strain showed humans could be 'vulnerable to infection at epidemic or pandemic proportions'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
White House seeks input on tightening rules for risky pathogen research
A panel’s recommendations earlier this year to tighten U.S. rules for funding research on dangerous pathogens
sparked concerns
that some of the changes would hamper routine studies important to public health. Now, the White House is looking at ways to narrow the swath of federally funded research that would undergo the heightened reviews proposed in a
final report
released in March by the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB).
A
notice
posted today in the
Federal Register
by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) seeks comments by 16 October on a...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Bird Flu Raced Through South America. Antarctica Could Be Next.
More than 100 million birds breed in the region, and many are likely to be vulnerable to the virus, scientists warned. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science your-feed-animals Avian Influenza Wildlife Die-Offs Birds Penguins Endangered and Extinct Species Viruses Seals (Animals) and Sealing University of California, Davis Antarctic Regions South America United States Source Type: news
Dealing With Avian and Variant Influenza A Infections Dealing With Avian and Variant Influenza A Infections
The CDC ' s Tim Uyeki, MD, discusses trends in avian influenza A and variant influenza A viruses, as well as guidance on prevention and treatment.CDC Expert Commentary (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - August 29, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news
UK should be preparing for bird flu pandemic, scientist warns amid concern over virus mutations that could see it take off in humans
Professor Devi Sridhar, of Edinburgh University, said there are 'signals' of a pattern emerging in avian flu's mutations, which means it could take off among humans at 'some point'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can This Breakfast Food Reverse Alzheimer ’ s?
I’m sure you’ve noticed how expensive eggs have gotten lately. The price has soared more than any other food in the supermarket…up 60% from one year ago.1
One reason for skyrocketing prices is the ongoing avian flu epidemic. But another reason is that demand for “nature’s perfect food” has increased substantially.
And that is good news because eggs are essential for your health – including the fight against Alzheimer’s.
And that means they’re worth every penny for the way they protect your brain.
Two breakthrough studies back up what I’ve been telling my patients for over three decades…
That ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - August 25, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Brain Health Nutrition Source Type: news
Risk for Human H5N1 Virus After Exposure to Infected Birds Risk for Human H5N1 Virus After Exposure to Infected Birds
This report provides some insight.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
What wildfire smoke means for birds
Avian species are “especially vulnerable,” scientists say. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: internal-paywall-exempt Birds Wildfires Air Pollution Source Type: news
Inflation ticked up in July, reversing some progress in fight to slow price hikes
Consumer prices rose 3.2% last month compared to a year ago, marking an uptick that reverses some of the progress achieved in the monthslong fight to bring inflation down to normal levels, government data showed. The data, however, outperformed economist expectations of a larger increase.…#federalreserve #avian #bacon #jeromepowell (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
