Research published on November 13 in the BMJ indicates that approximately 38% of adult patients encounter adverse events either during or after surgery.

Alarmingly, nearly half of these complications can lead to serious, life-threatening, or even fatal outcomes.

The study also highlights that “nearly half of the events classified as major and most potentially preventable,” demonstrating “that adverse events remain widespread in contemporary healthcare, causing substantial and preventable patient harm during hospital admission.”

This leads researchers to call into question “the foundational tenet of medical practice, ‘First, do no harm,’ [that] serves as a guiding principle for ensuring patient safety. However, adverse events during hospital admission are a major and widespread cause of harm in healthcare.” […]

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The study was spearheaded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with state health departments in Michigan and Colorado.

“The findings support the need for active monitoring of exposed workers and testing to detect and treat HPAI A(H5) infections, including those in persons with very mild symptoms. These efforts should be coupled with farmworker education about infection risks and prevention measures,” read a summary of the report published by the CDC on November 7.

Based on the findings, the CDC recommends that workers without symptoms take the antiviral medication Tamiflu if they know they have been exposed to infected animals and were not sufficiently protected.

Before the study, those without symptoms were not offered the medication. […]

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In an exclusive FOX Business report, Bailey claimed Google manipulates its search algorithms to push conservative-related content, including information about former President Donald Trump’s campaign, to later pages, making it less visible to users.

He also accuses Google of “waging a war on the Democratic process” and asserts this action interferes with a fair election.

Bailey’s office plans to issue a subpoena to examine Google’s search algorithm practices, particularly regarding the prioritization and ranking of political content.

This investigation joins other recent scrutiny of Google’s practices, as U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, also launched a probe this summer after Google allegedly suppressed search results for news about a failed assassination attempt on Trump. […]

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The Washington Times is reporting that Warner is warning that these adversaries might utilize artificial intelligence to create convincing deepfake videos designed to spread chaos and misinformation, especially in the aftermath of the election.

Warner specifically highlighted the vulnerability of election processes during the days immediately following the vote, when the potential for contested results could lead to significant disarray.

Warner emphasized that the post-election period could be particularly perilous if the outcome is uncertain.

“The two, three, four days after the election is where we could really see bad things happen,” he told the Times. “Think about the potential of a deepfake of someone who appears to be an election official [on] Election Day or the day after election appearing to destroy ballots, and artificial intelligence can just simply allow these activities to be done at speed and scale that’s unprecedented.” […]

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The Firefly Video Model, as the technology is called, will compete with OpenAI’s Sora, which was introduced earlier this year, while TikTok owner ByteDance and Meta Platforms have also announced their video tools in recent months.

Facing much larger rivals, Adobe has staked its future on building models trained on data that it has rights to use, ensuring the output can be legally used in commercial work.

San Jose, California-based Adobe will start opening up the tool to people who have signed up for its waiting list but did not give a general release date. […]

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“The issue of deploying regular troops is highly likely due to the mutual agreements that resemble a military alliance between Russia and North Korea,” Kim Yong-hyun, South Korea’s defense minister, reported The Telegraph.

Even though there have been speculations about Kim Jong-un, the dictator of North Korea, sending troops to support Russia in Ukraine, it seems that we now have proof.

Declassified U.S. intelligence at the start of the year linked fragments of rockets found in Ukraine to images of Kim Jong-un visiting a missile factory, indicating a growing alliance that provides Moscow with essential weapons and assists Kim Jong-un in improving his missile technology. […]

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“Raw milk does a body good. Make America Healthy Again,” Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) posted on Twitter.

The second part of her statement was an homage to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his condemnations of ultra-processed food, which have been even more publicized since he joined campaign forces with former President Trump earlier this summer. Attached was an image of a large mason jar on a kitchen counter, nearly overflowing with raw milk.

Unsurprisingly to readers of The Dallas Express, the positive tweet about raw milk was immediately hit with a community note. Community notes, crowd-sourced fact checks authored by Twitter users, are frequently attached to anything seen as endorsing raw milk, DX has repeatedly reported.

“Raw milk consumption is linked to a number of foodborne illnesses (e.g., Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Listeria, Brucella, and Salmonella) that can result in serious complications and death,” the note said. Below the text were nearly a dozen links from various health agencies and the New York Times, condemning raw milk. […]

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“Our American companies are trying to compete with this shrimp coming in from Ecuador, and it’s just killing the prices,” Nehls (R-TX) noted.

He said he heard from fishermen across his district and the entire Gulf region who told him they are no longer sending out shrimping crawlers because foreign competition has driven prices too low and inflation has driven expenses so high that it is no longer profitable.

“Our American shrimpers are being squeezed to the point that they’re going to lose their businesses. And many of these businesses are second, third, fourth generation,” he added.

This issue, which has been widely reported in fishing outlets, has reached such a proportion that many now believe it is existential for the industry. Five Texas counties have issued disaster declarations over the peril their local shrimping industries are facing, the Texas Observer reported. […]

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After the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, antisemitism and violence soon escalated against Jews in America – by nearly 400%, The Center Square reported.

Violence increased on college campuses with leaders failing to stop it. After congressional investigations, student, alumni and donor outrage, the presidents of Columbia, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard were forced to resign. Last month, three Columbia deans’ disparaging text messages about Jews and money were made public, prompting another congressional investigation.

A new poll conducted by Alums for Campus Fairness shows antisemitism hasn’t subsided but increased in frequency and severity.

“It doesn’t take a survey to tell us that Jewish and pro-Israel students faced significant challenges during the 2023-2024 academic year,” ACF, an alumni network dedicated to combatting antisemitism on U.S. college and university campuses, said. When compared to ACF’s 2021 survey, it shows “dangerous trend lines for Jewish and pro-Israel students on college campuses. Antisemitism is getting worse. Students are hiding their Jewish identity. We are increasingly seeing a lack of safety in both digital and physical spaces.” […]

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“The UP Phone is a revolutionary new smartphone that sets a new standard in mobile phone technology privacy. The Unplugged Up Suite includes encrypted messaging, secure app store, VPN, and anonymized shielded data,” a press release states.

“The UP phone is a privacy-first, secure smartphone designed by cybersecurity professionals for everyday consumer use,” said Glenn Story, Patriot Mobile’s CEO. “Our customers were asking for encrypted email and texting, secure storage, and a phone free from Google or Apple tracking. Patriot Mobile is delivering on those products for our customers with the UP Phone.”

According to the press release, the UP Phone offers users a similar experience to Android phones but without the “pervasive surveillance” associated with other smartphones. UP Phones use the LibertOS operating system built on the Android Open Source Project.

“The revolutionary UP Phone is perfect for those who want a system free of Big Tech components that track, monitor, and monetize your data. This new smartphone provides protection from spying and intrusion without compromising on the intuitive user experience you’ve come to expect,” Patriot Mobile’s product website reads. […]

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