Crypto ransom attack payments hit record $1-billion in 2023, analytics firm says
Payments from crypto-related ransom attacks nearly doubled to a record $1-billion in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on Wednesday. Scammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, schools and government offices for ransom pocketed $1.1-billion last year, compared with…#etf #cl0p #blackbasta #russian #garantex #northkorea (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Great British Bake Off's Prue Leith says weight loss jabs like Ozempic 'take the joy out of life' as she calls for schools to teach children how to cook healthy meals
The Great British Bake Off judge said those who take the injections were setting themselves up to take the drugs for life and it would be better if people learn to love the food that is good for them. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cough? Sore throat? More schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway
Schools are confronting soaring absence rates (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Nonprofit Teams With Firefighter Union for Asbestos Ban Campaign
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is teaming with the International Association of Fire Fighters on a new anti-asbestos campaign. In a continued push toward a national ban of the toxic mineral, the organizations have created a 120 foot high and 84 foot wide billboard in New York City’s Times Square.
A firefighter in full gear is the focal point of the advertisement. Written on the picture are the words: “Firefighters Face Risk.” Under that in large red letters it reads: “Ban Asbestos Now.”
The message is expected to make 1.5 million impressions a day and will be seen 4 times every hour for 1...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - February 6, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Awareness/Advocacy Mesothelioma Support/Support Groups/Organizations Source Type: news
Why I Stopped Being A “Good” Cancer Patient
“You are allergic to your oral chemotherapy,” explains my oncology team at a recent appointment. “We are going to try a newer drug,” I am on my fourth attempt to find an oral treatment suitable for both my body and my cancer, so that I can maintain a remission that took three years and a stem cell transplant to achieve. “We want to get ahead of it before it gets ahead of us.” In my headphones, Weezer achingly croons, “Say it ain’t so, your drug is a heartbreaker.”
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Since being diagnosed with phase three chronic myeloid leu...
Source: TIME: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Walela Nehanda Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
A Chicago Children ’ s Hospital Has Taken Its Networks Offline After a Digital Attack
CHICAGO — A Chicago children’s hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified digital attack, limiting access to medical records and hampering communication by phone or email since the middle of last week.
Lurie Children’s Hospital initially described the issue Wednesday as a network outage. On Thursday, officials released public statements saying the hospital had taken its networks offline as part of its response to a “cybersecurity matter.”
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“We are taking this very seriously, investigating with the support ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: KATHLEEN FOODY/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Building resilience to hate in classrooms: innovation in practice and pedagogy to prevent extremism and violence in U.S. schools - Sabic-El-Rayess A, Joshi V, Hruschka T.
Reimagine Resilience (2023), designed and established at Teachers College, Columbia University, is an innovative program that builds awareness and understanding among educators and educational personnel in the U.S. on the precursors and causes of education... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The Week Unwrapped podcast: Musical misogyny, empty schools and wealthy woe
Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. A podcast for curious, open-minded people, it delivers fresh perspectives on politics, culture, technology and business. On each episode, writers and editors from The Week are joined by…#ollymann #arctic (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The simmering row over Spanish-language teaching in Catalan schools
WHEN THE PISA worldwide educational comparisons came out late in 2023, most countries fell to wondering how to do better. In Catalonia the results were seen through the lenses of nationalism and language—as everything is. Spain had lost ground since the last time the tests were done, in 2018. But…#pisa #catalonia #spain #spanish #catalan #europeanparliament #escolasantjaume #elpratdellobregat #barcelona #arturoramírez (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Byju's Alpha, U.S. Unit of Indian Ed-Tech Startup, Files for Chapter 11
Once valued at $22 billion, Byju’s faced difficulties postpandemic as students returned to schools. Lenders controlling the U.S. shell entity required it to seek bankruptcy protection as a condition of funding. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Computer science versus data science? How do they compare?
Computer science interacts with data, and data science interacts with computers. Some schools have schools have distinct computer science and data science programs. Others combine them into one. UNC Kenan-Flagler's #1-ranked online MBA is a top choice for experienced professionals with strong…#unckenanflagler #mba #uncchapelhill #gmat #dice #sql #jigneshpatel #mamdoughrefaat #altair #javascript (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ARRS awards scholarships to two emerging researchers
Ian Mark, MD. Image courtesy of the ARRS.The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) is awarding its two 2024 ARRS Scholarships to Ian Mark, MD, of Mayo Clinic Minnesota and Evan Calabrese, MD, PhD, of Duke University Medical Center.
The scholarships, provided by ARRS' "The Roetgen Fund," support early-career faculty members pursuing radiological research seeking to change how medical imaging is practiced. They are intended to advance emerging scholars and prepare them for leadership. Each scholarship is a two-year grant that totals $180,000.
Mark completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Mayo Clinic, where he was chi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Tied to a Range of Cancers
NEW YORK — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about the North Carolina base’s contaminated drinking water.
Federal health officials called the research one the largest ever done in the United States to assess cancer risk by comparing a group who live and worked in a polluted environment to a similar group that did not.
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The study found military personnel stationed at U.S. Marine Corps ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Oklahoma Backs Off Teacher-Bonus Clawback After Uproar
After lawsuit and criticism, the state schools chief says educators possibly can keep money if they commit to more than five years. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Data From Vector Solutions Reveals Students Benefit From Key K-12 Safety & amp; Wellness Courses
Vector Solutions' efficacy study shows digital training has a positive impact on bullying and youth suicide prevention outcomes TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Vector Solutions, the leading provider of training and software solutions to help schools make their... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: SVY CHI Source Type: news
