U.S. officials say the FBI's database of people prohibited from purchasing firearms only works if it has "complete, accurate and timely information."
Mental health records are a key prong in the system. But three states – New Hampshire, Montana and Wyoming – refuse to submit them, Phys.org reports.
As U.S. Senators iron out gun-reform initiatives, many Republicans including Sen. John Cornyn of Texas have repeatedly pointed to legislation that stops people with criminal records or mental health...
Elon Musk has in a meeting with Twitter employees hinted at potential job cuts if his $44-billion takeover bid for the social media company is successful.
He also addressed topics including remote working, freedom of speech, and potential extraterrestrial life.
Musk was talking to staff for the first time since launching his bid for the firm in April. He has said he may quit the deal if he is not given data about fake accounts.
On a wide-ranging...
Stock markets have suffered another bruising day, tumbling as worries about the economy intensify following a series of interest rate hikes around the world.
The U.K. and Switzerland raised interest rates on Thursday, a day after the United States' central bank announced its steepest interest rate rise since 1994, the BBC reports.
Policymakers are raising rates to slow demand in hopes of easing some of the pressures pushing up consumer prices.
Investors fear the moves will tip...
Millions of iPhone users could be eligible for payouts, following the launch of a legal claim accusing Apple of secretly slowing the performance of older phones.
Justin Gutmann alleges the company misled users over an upgrade that it said would enhance performance but, in fact, slowed phones.
He is seeking damages of around $800 million for up to 25 million U.K. iPhone users.
Apple says it has "never" intentionally shortened the life of its products.
The claim, which...
An international group of researchers and experts by experience have identified 12 core symptoms of long COVID to be measured in research and clinical practice using a technique known as "Delphi consensus."
The study, which was co-led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, Imperial College London, Sechenov University Moscow, and the University of Liverpool, has described a set of core outcomes for long COVID that are recommended for...
Twenty-five people have been treated for burns in northern Switzerland after they walked across hot coals as part of a team-building exercise.
Thirteen of them were taken to hospital and treated for more severe injuries after the incident on Tuesday evening, the BBC reports.
A large emergency response, including 10 ambulances, arrived at the private event around 18:00 local time.
The group walked over a bed of coals that was several metres long, police said. Officials have opened an...
Early-phase clinical trials in a pandemic: learning from the response to COVID-19
Alex Horsley, Chris Brightling, Jane Davies, Ratko Djukanovic, Liam G Heaney, Tracy Hussell, et al.
The Lancet
The first cases of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. Within 2 months, WHO had declared a public health emergency and the first cases were detected in the UK. The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 caused widespread disruption across society and health care, and...
A new study from Tel Aviv University offers a new and unique treatment for AIDS which may be developed into a vaccine or a one-time treatment for patients with HIV. The study examined the engineering of type B white blood cells in the patient's body so as to secrete anti-HIV antibodies in response to the virus.
The study was led by Dr. Adi Barzel and the PhD student Alessio Nehmad, both from the school of...
Most of us have been told by a friend that we have a doppelganger – some stranger they passed on the street who bore an uncanny resemblance to you.
But imagine if you could create your very own twin, an exact copy of yourself, but one that lived a purely digital life?
We are living in an age where everything that exists in the real world is being replicated digitally – our cities, our cars, our...
For the first time in the last 30 years, the consumption of ultra-processed foods among teenagers in the United States declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study presented at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga.
The decline in junk food consumption among teens took place in the wake of several unprecedented changes brought by the pandemic, including the closure of schools, social restrictions, and the shift to working from...
