Weizenexporte aus ukrainischen Häfen: Enger Korridor

Verhandelt wird über ein Koordinierungszentrum unter der Schirmherrschaft der UN. Die Kontrolle der Ein- und Ausgänge der Schwarzmeer-Häfen soll von russischer und ukrainischer Seite gemeinsam erfolgen.

Verhandelt wird über ein Koordinierungszentrum unter der Schirmherrschaft der UN. Die Kontrolle der Ein- und Ausgänge der Schwarzmeer-Häfen soll von russischer und ukrainischer Seite gemeinsam erfolgen.

Gaskrise: Der soziale Zusammenhalt wird brüchig

Außenministerin Baerbock will Spaltung der Gesellschaft nicht zulassen. Doch die Gasrechnung könnte sich verdreifachen, warnt die Bundesnetzagentur. Und in einigen Regionen explodiert bereits die Warmmiete.

Außenministerin Baerbock will Spaltung der Gesellschaft nicht zulassen. Doch die Gasrechnung könnte sich verdreifachen, warnt die Bundesnetzagentur. Und in einigen Regionen explodiert bereits die Warmmiete.

Long COVID patients spend their life savings on unproven “blood washing”

British investigation reveals thousands traveling across borders and paying huge sums.

A plasma donor is connected to an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines, at the Twickenham Donor Centre, southwest London on April 7, 2021.

Enlarge / A plasma donor is connected to an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines, at the Twickenham Donor Centre, southwest London on April 7, 2021. (credit: Getty | Johnathan Brady)

The COVID-19 pandemic is considered by many experts to be a mass disabling event. Though most people fully recover from a battle with the highly infectious coronavirus, a significant chunk of patients develop lingering, sometimes debilitating symptoms—aka long COVID. Estimates of how many COVID patients endure long-term symptoms can vary considerably. But the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently estimated that nearly one in five COVID patients report persistent symptoms. With hundreds of millions of COVID-19 cases reported around the globe, even the more modest estimates would still suggest that tens of millions have lasting effects.

Yet, as those patients seek effective care, researchers are still scrambling to define, understand, and treat this new phenomenon. Many patients have reported uphill battles for finding care and relief, including long waits at clinics and few treatment options when they see a care provider.

Cue the quacks. This situation is ripe for unscrupulous actors to step in and begin offering unproven products and treatments—likely at exorbitant prices. It's a tried-and-true model: When modern medicine is not yet able to provide evidence-based treatment, quacks slither in to console the desperate, untreated patients. Amid their sympathetic platitudes, they rebuke modern medicine, scowl at callous physicians, and scoff at the slow pace and high price of clinical trials. With any ill-gotten trust they earn, these bad actors can peddle unproven treatments and false hope.

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Gewerkschaften warnen vor Folgen der Energiekrise

Drohende Knappheit bedroht Löhne und Arbeitsplätze. Einhellige Warnungen von Arbeitnehmer- und Unternehmerseite. IG-Metall fordert hohen Lohnzuwachs

Drohende Knappheit bedroht Löhne und Arbeitsplätze. Einhellige Warnungen von Arbeitnehmer- und Unternehmerseite. IG-Metall fordert hohen Lohnzuwachs

Der Ukraine-Krieg wird enden. Die Frage ist wann und wie

Russland wird sich nicht einfach aus der Ukraine zurückziehen. Während die Kosten für die Ukrainer steigen, wird Ukraine-Müdigkeit im Westen zunehmen. Es gibt drei mögliche Zukunftsszenarien für ein Kriegsende.

Russland wird sich nicht einfach aus der Ukraine zurückziehen. Während die Kosten für die Ukrainer steigen, wird Ukraine-Müdigkeit im Westen zunehmen. Es gibt drei mögliche Zukunftsszenarien für ein Kriegsende.

Amazon finally admits giving cops Ring doorbell data without user consent

Amazon Ring gave police data without user consent 11 times so far in 2022.

Amazon finally admits giving cops Ring doorbell data without user consent

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More than 10 million people rely on Ring video doorbells to monitor what's happening directly outside the front doors of their homes. The popularity of the technology has raised a question that concerns privacy advocates: Should police have access to Ring video doorbell recordings without first gaining user consent?

Ring recently revealed how often the answer to that question has been yes. The Amazon company responded to an inquiry from US Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), confirming that there have been 11 cases in 2022 where Ring complied with police "emergency" requests. In each case, Ring handed over private recordings, including video and audio, without letting users know that police had access to—and potentially downloaded—their data. This raises many concerns about increased police reliance on private surveillance, a practice that's long gone unregulated.

Ring says it will only "respond immediately to urgent law enforcement requests for information in cases involving imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to any person." Its policy is to review any requests for assistance from police, then make "a good-faith determination whether the request meets the well-known standard, grounded in federal law, that there is imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requiring disclosure of information without delay."

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