Ukrainer aus Donbass-Region sollen nach Russland übersiedeln

Präsident Selenski fordert prorussische Bewohner zum Verlassen des Landes auf. Telepolis präsentiert zentrale Aussagen eines Interviews, über das im Westen nicht berichtet wird

Präsident Selenski fordert prorussische Bewohner zum Verlassen des Landes auf. Telepolis präsentiert zentrale Aussagen eines Interviews, über das im Westen nicht berichtet wird

Microsoft brings game streaming to Xbox app for Windows

The promise of game streaming technology is that you don’t need a console or a high-end gaming PC to play games. Instead, powerful remote servers do the heavy lifting, allowing you to play games on a phone, tablet, smart TV, or just about any ot…

The promise of game streaming technology is that you don’t need a console or a high-end gaming PC to play games. Instead, powerful remote servers do the heavy lifting, allowing you to play games on a phone, tablet, smart TV, or just about any other device… including a PC. When Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service […]

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4th person in US mysteriously stricken with deadly bacteria from South Asia

Cases have been identified in Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, and Georgia.

<Em>Burkholderia pseudomallei</em> grown on sheep blood agar for 24 hours. <em>B. pseudomallei</em> is a Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, and it's the causative agent of melioidosis.

Enlarge / Burkholderia pseudomallei grown on sheep blood agar for 24 hours. B. pseudomallei is a Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, and it's the causative agent of melioidosis. (credit: Getty | CDC/Courtesy of Larry Stauffer, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory)

A fourth person in a fourth US state has mysteriously contracted a deadly South Asian bacterium without leaving the continental US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.

Two of the four cases have been fatal, including the latest one identified in Georgia late last month during a post-mortem exam.

CDC investigators determined that all four cases are connected and they suspect a so-far-unknown imported product may be to blame. The CDC had previously released an advisory on June 30 about the three earlier cases.

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US settles with Trump admin whistleblower who exposed botched COVID response

Rick Bright warned US wasn’t ready for COVID. He was demoted and Trump called him a “creep.”

Rick Bright walks out of a hearing room, wearing a face mask and gloves.

Enlarge / Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, steps out of the hearing room before testifying about the government response to the novel coronavirus pandemic to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill May 14, 2020, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla )

The US government has reached a financial settlement with whistleblower Rick Bright, a former health official who detailed the Trump administration's botched response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bright is an immunology expert who led the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) until he says he was forced out of his position in April 2020. We wrote a detailed summary of the whistleblower complaint he filed shortly after.

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its settlement with Bright today. "The agency would like to thank Dr. Bright for his dedicated public service and for the contributions he made to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic while he served as BARDA Director. We wish him well in his new endeavors," the HHS statement said.

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