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In the new wave of epidemics, many people may think that they do not need to be vaccinated after being infected. This is an incorrect view. In the three years since the COVID-19 epidemic, there have been enough data to prove that vaccination with effective vaccines can bring greater benefits. First of all, vaccines are […]

Asian Americans are at disproportionately high risk of developing lung cancer, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Lung cancer is the third leading cause of death in the world, and the incidence of lung cancer in the United States is very low, but the risk of lung cancer among

The FTC filed a lawsuit earlier this month seeking to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC believes the deal could potentially harm consumers and competition in the gaming industry. The FTC’s complaint cited Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda’s parent company, ZeniMax Media, in 2020. Microsoft responded that the ZeniMax acquisition had nothing to do

The U.S. Congress passed the appropriation bill, which includes a ban on installing TikTok on government equipment, and the bill will take effect after President Biden signs it. The appropriations bill failed to include more aggressive policies for the tech industry, such as requiring Apple and Google’s app stores to allow developers to use third-party

Most people have two sex chromosomes, either two Xs, or an X and a Y. In addition to generating male and female physiological characteristics, sex chromosomes have a major impact on immune system function, neuronal development, disease susceptibility, and drug response, among other things. But studying the specific role of sex chromosomes is difficult, and

Researchers at Kaiser Medical in Southern California published a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine investigating the correlation between physical activity and symptoms of COVID-19. Researchers reviewed the medical center’s records of 194,191 adults infected with COVID-19 between January 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021, of whom 6.3% were hospitalized, 3.1% experienced exacerbations,

A research team at the Leipzig University Faculty of Medicine has discovered a new mechanism associated with severe obesity in children. This genetic rearrangement led to abnormal expression of a gene involved in hunger control that was missed by most conventional genetic tests for obesity. The findings were published in the journal Nature Metabolism. While

Android banking Trojan called Godfather is targeting users of banking and cryptocurrency apps in 16 countries, including the US, Turkey, Spain, Canada, Germany, France and the UK, researchers from security firm Group-IB report 215 international banks, 94 cryptocurrency wallets and 110 cryptocurrency trading platforms. An interesting feature of Godfather, the researchers report, is that it

NASA’s InSight probe concludes more than four years of exploring Mars. After two consecutive unsuccessful attempts to contact InSight, mission controllers at JPL concluded the probe’s batteries were dead. NASA has previously announced that if the probe misses two contact attempts, it will declare the mission over. NASA will continue to monitor the signal, but

Before 1978, the longest period of copyright protection in the United States was 56 years after publication – 28 years plus 28 years, and the last 28 years were renewed by the author, and statistics showed that 85% of authors gave up extending another 28 years. However, in 1998, the U.S. Congress passed a new

Microsoft released the December routine patch last Tuesday, but some Windows 10 users who installed the cumulative patch KB5021233 reported a blue screen of death. According to Microsoft, the problem may be caused by a file version mismatch between hidparse.sys in c:/windows/system32 and c:/windows/system32/drivers (assuming the operating system is installed on the C drive). The

Musk (Elon Musk) voted on Twitter last week on whether he should resign as CEO. As a result, more than half wanted him to resign. Allow Blue Label users to vote. But on Tuesday, Musk expressed his willingness to respect the results of the vote, saying, “As long as I find someone stupid enough to

Weilai issued an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. On December 20, 2022, the company learned that some Chinese user information and vehicle sales data were illegally sold online by third parties before August 2021. Weilai has issued a public statement on the incident in China, which provides a dedicated hotline and email address