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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Federal Data Mixup

General Services Administration(“GSA”) employee records were basically being used without permission. Is that possible? An IBM employee got a peculiar request to share on GSA's 14, 000 employees. The request to obtain human resources records for all employees of the GSA was odd. The GSA wasn't thin

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Feb 10 2025HEALTH

Bird Flu on the Move: A Dairy Worker's Close Call

A dairy worker in Nevada might have caught a new version of bird flu. This strain, called D1. 1, has been making people sick and has even caused one death. The worker had pink eye, a common symptom of H5N1 bird flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still checking to c

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Feb 10 2025POLITICS

Goodbye, careers: A fresh start or a sudden end? .

They were fired at all times. One in the middle of the night, another termintated with no goodbyes. A lot of federal workers were researched by text for emails. These employees were hit by the mass firings within a small window of time from random to sudden stops of work. A behavioral scientist tha

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Feb 10 2025SCIENCE

Spherical Wonders: A New Material for Oil and Water Separation

Picture this: A tiny, spherical material that doesn't like water but loves oil. Sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, right? But this is real. Scientists have cooked up a new material called TAPB-TFA. It's a fancy name for a type of material called a covalent organic framework, or CO

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Feb 09 2025EDUCATIONAL

Latino Workers Race Against the Clock: Tech Skills or Left Behind?

Latinos are a big part of the workforce in fields like agriculture, construction, retail and food services. These fields are starting to use more automation. Some people are left out because they don’t have the right digital skills. Latinos working in these fields are at risk. They might get left b

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Feb 09 2025TECHNOLOGY

PSN Outage: Sony's Fix and Player Frustration

Imagine this: you're all set for a weekend of online gaming. Then, without warning, PSN goes dark for a full day. Not cool, right? It's not the first time this has happened, but Sony's explanation was a bit too vague. They said there was an "operational issue" with network services. In plain term

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Hidden Threats: How Healthcare Workers Faced COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping healthcare workers (HCWs) safe was a top concern. A big study called to discover just how many HCWs got sick with SARS-CoV-2 and what put them at risk. The search looked at almost 500 reports and narrowed it down to 63 studies that were deemed reliable and relev

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Can Checking Kids' Pasts Change Their Future?

In the world of pediatric care, there is a growing interest in asking children and teenagers about tough stuff they might have gone through in their lives. But what does this actually do for kids who need extra help? First, it is important to understand what these past experiences are. Word

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Axial Spondyloarthritis: How Your Life Affects Your Health

Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is an inflammatory condition that affects the spine and joints. It's not just about your body it's also about where you live, who you are, and how you live. This condition doesn't just show up randomly, it has a story behind it and that story is very complex.

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Stress on the Frontlines: How COVID-19 Changed the Game for Healthcare Workers

COVID-19 has been a major challenge for healthcare workers. Health professionals have been under a lot of stress. This isn't a new thing during pandemics but it has been different this time, because it has been happening for so long. Healthcare workers have been dealing with a lot of stress d

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