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Apple overtakes Samsung as top seller of smartphones
  + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
The new Apple iPhone 15 on display inside the tech giant's flagship store in Regent Street, central London. A slower-than-expected recovery in China, the world's largest smartphone market, also weighed on overall phone sales. Apple and Transsion were the only brands in the top five to record growth in shipments last year, when the market declined 3.2% to 1.17 billion units and hit a decade low. Apple, however, is facing pressure in China from a resurgent Huawei as well as from budget Chinese brands. The iPhone-maker is offering rare discounts of as much as 5% on some models in the country to attract customers.
Persons: Jonathan Brady, Apple, China's Xiaomi Organizations: Apple, Samsung Electronics, International Data Corp, Samsung, IDC's, Huawei Locations: Regent Street, London, China
New COVID Variant Takes Hold in the United States
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter(HealthDay)TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (Healthday News) -- The prevalence of a highly mutated COVID variant has tripled in the past two weeks, new government data shows. Now, nearly 1 in 10 new COVID cases are fueled by the BA.2.86 variant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday. Scientists first warned of the highly mutated variant back in August, but it has since spread in several regions of the United States. The CDC also noted that BA.2.86 variant poses a "low" public health risk. But the CDC data released Monday did show that emergency department visits linked to COVID-19 have begun to climb nationwide.
Persons: Robin Foster HealthDay, Jasmine Reed Organizations: U.S . Centers for Disease Control, EG, WHO, CDC, CBS News, JN Locations: New York, New Jersey, United States, U.S
Urban rivers, lakes, and parks can also be the key to making cities more resilient to climate change. The 1,200 tons of sand near Greenwich Village along the Hudson river would have to do. But there's no public pool nearby, and no sanctioned river swim spots in the city. The sandy bluff on Gansevoort peninsula is part of the much larger Hudson River park and looks out over Little Island, a whimsical, highly instagrammable transformation of Pier 55. Seattle has torn down an elevated freeway downtown to make way for a waterfront park.
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The shortage – and other issues related to insurance coverage – threatens to prevent infants from receiving critical protection against RSV. Each year, the virus kills a few hundred children younger than 5, and 6,000 to 10,000 seniors, according to the CDC. RSV also causes around 58,000 to 80,000 hospitalizations among children younger than 5 years old each year, the CDC said. The U.S. started to see a sharp uptick in RSV cases in the middle of October. The U.S. suffered an unusually severe RSV season last year.
Persons: Sanofi, Nirav Shah Organizations: Disease Control, U.S, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, CDC, Vaccines, Children Program, Food and Drug Administration, FDA Locations: U.S
Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday. Death rates were about the same for Black, Hispanic and white children in 2001, and all went lower during the next decade. Nearly incurable 50 years ago, childhood cancer now is survivable for most patients, especially those with leukemia. The National Cancer Institute is working to gather data from every childhood cancer patient with the goal of linking each child to state-of-the-art care.
Persons: , Sharon Castellino, Emory University’s, Castellino, Paula Aristizabal, ” Aristizabal, Emily Tonorezos Organizations: Black, Emory, Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control, University of California, Rady Children’s, Equity, National Cancer Institute, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Atlanta, U.S, San Diego, Rady
LONDON (AP) — Measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year and cases rose after vaccination levels dramatically dropped during the pandemic, leading health agencies said Thursday. The highly infectious disease triggered epidemics in 37 countries last year, versus 22 countries in 2021. “The increase in measles outbreaks and deaths is staggering, but unfortunately, not unexpected given the declining vaccination rates we’ve seen in the past few years,” said CDC's John Vertefeuille, said in a statement. Two doses of the measles vaccine are highly protective against the disease. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.
Persons: , CDC's John Vertefeuille, Andrew Wakefield Organizations: World Health Organization, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, WHO, CDC, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, India, British, London
download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementYou're probably aware that a severe housing shortage has driven rents and home prices through the roof in recent years. Now, several lawsuits filed across the country contend that the algorithmic software some big landlords use to determine rents has artificially inflated prices. This allegation is unusual, given that RealPage doesn't have any market power over its clients, Stucke said. AdvertisementProsecutors also allege that RealPage monitors the rents that its clients charge and disciplines landlords who don't adhere to its recommendations.
Persons: , Brian Schwalb, RealPage, They're, Maurice Stucke, RealPage didn't, Axios, Department —, Donald Trump —, Steve Winn, ProPublica, Stucke Organizations: Service, University of Tennessee, DOJ, The, Department, Prosecutors, Department of Justice, Democratic, Federal Trade Commission, Computer Locations: Washington, DC, RealPage, Texas, Seattle , New York, Boston, Colorado, Nashville
Nov 7 (Reuters) - The number of newborns with syphilis in the United States surged more than 10-fold in the last decade, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Tuesday. The agency said 3,761 cases were recorded in 2022, the highest in over 30 years, up from 334 cases in 2012. The 2022 cases included 231 stillbirths and 51 infant deaths. Congenital syphilis occurs when a mother with syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy. The CDC recommends screening for syphilis at the first prenatal care visit to reduce perinatal transmission.
Persons: Laura Bachmann, Bachmann, Sriparna Roy, Nancy Lapid Organizations: U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC's, CDC, Thomson Locations: United, Bengaluru
Speaker Mike Johnson is less wealthy than most lawmakers and doesn't appear to have a DC residence. But where does the man who just recently ascended to the next spot in the line of succession sleep when he's in Washington, DC? Most likely in his small congressional office on the unglamorous, fluorescent-lit fifth floor of the Cannon House Office Building, according to several lawmakers and a long-time friend of Rep. Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House. There are likely dozens of lawmakers sleeping in their offices each night, and some well-known former House members have been known to do it, including Florida Gov. Meanwhile, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — one of the richest members of Congress — has a residence in Washington, DC's Georgetown neighborhood.
Persons: Mike Johnson, , Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Johnson, it's, Ross Barrett —, Johnson's —, Barrett, Ron DeSantis, Kristi Noem, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, Ryan, NBC's, John Boehner, Tucker Carlson, Frank Luntz's, McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi —, Jackie Speier, Bennie Thompson, aren't, hasn't Organizations: Service, House, Naval, Cannon, Florida Gov, South Dakota Gov, CNN, Press, Fox News, GOP, Daily, Democratic, NPR, Mississippi, POLITICO, Republicans Locations: Washington, Louisiana, Longworth, Georgetown, California, Johnson's
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. White and Native American infants, infant boys and babies born at 37 weeks or earlier had significant death rate increases. Because the number of babies born in the U.S. varies from year to year, researchers instead calculate rates to better compare infant mortality over time. The U.S. infant mortality rate has been worse than other high-income countries, which experts have attributed to poverty, inadequate prenatal care and other possibilities. The national rate rose to 5.6 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022, up from from 5.44 per 1,000 the year before, the new report said.
Persons: “ It’s, , Marie Thoma, Eric Eichenwald, Eichenwald, Danielle Ely, , ” Ely Organizations: Centers for Disease Control, University of Maryland, American Academy of Pediatrics, CDC, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Philadelphia, U.S, Georgia, Iowa , Missouri, Texas
Pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji, will leave their enclosure in DC next year. During their time at the National Zoo, staff tried to get Mei Xiang and Tian Tian to mate. One of the exercises was to get Tian Tian to stand as tall as he could to work out his legs, according to the newspaper. For Mei Xiang, curators had her lie on a log to help her prepare for when Tian Tian approached her. AdvertisementAdvertisementSince her time in America, Mei Xiang has given birth to four surviving cubs with Tian Tian.
Persons: Xiang, Tian Tian, Xiao Qi Ji, Mei Xiang, Tian, , We're, we're, Brandi Smith, Stefani Reynolds, Pierre Comizzoli Organizations: National Zoo, Service, Washington Post, Post, Zoo, Panda Cooperative Research, National, Getty, FedEx Locations: China, Washington, America
Political Cartoons View All 1223 ImagesNow the agency is aiming to further reduce lead levels in drinking water and tighten a rule that failed to prevent recent drinking water crises in cities like Flint, Michigan and Newark, New Jersey. Bernstein said he is hopeful “that as we remove lead pipes, we’re going to see the numbers continue to fall. “CDC’s work was used in other cities with elevated water lead levels to dampen citizen concerns,” the congressional report said. Joe Cotruvo, a former director of the Drinking Water Standards Division at EPA, said the existing regulations work and should be credited with significantly reducing lead in drinking water, they just aren’t properly enforced. Lead pipes in both cities were rapidly removed and lead levels dropped.
Persons: Ronnie Levin, ” Levin, Joe Biden, , Levin, Flint, Aaron Bernstein, Bernstein, Mark Powell, Yanna Lambrinidou, , Mary Jean Brown, Marc Edwards, wouldn't, Joe Cotruvo, Michael Schock, Schock, we’ve Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Harvard, Centers for Disease Control, Washington , D.C, D.C, Virginia Tech, CDC, Agency, Associated Press, Walton Family Foundation, AP Locations: Flint , Michigan, Newark , New Jersey, U.S, Boston, WASHINGTON, Washington ,, Washington, The Washington, Flint, Benton Harbor , Michigan, Newark, Benton, Benton Harbor
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked in full a lower court ruling that would have curbed the Biden administration's ability to communicate with social media companies about contentious content on such issues as Covid-19. Donald Trump was president at the time, but the district court ruling focused on actions taken by the government after President Joe Biden took office in January 2021. But the appeals court still required the White House, the FBI and top health officials not to "coerce or significantly encourage" social media companies to remove content the Biden administration considers misinformation. The administration turned to the Supreme Court hoping to freeze Doughty's ruling in full. The district court ruling was on hold while the Supreme Court decided what steps to take.
Persons: WASHINGTON —, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Alito, Jim Hoft, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Terry Doughty, Biden, White, Karine Jean, Pierre, Vivek Murthy, Elizabeth Prelogar, Prelogar Organizations: Biden, U.S, Trump, Circuit, FBI, Supreme Locations: Louisiana, Missouri
In that time, he's introduced 30 bills. According to Congress' online legislative tracker, Jordan's introduced just 30 bills in total throughout his time in office. As for amendments he's introduced regarding other members of Congress' legislation, the legislative tracker shows he's batting 1 for 17, amending a single bill in 2012 regarding renewable energy and biofuel. Though he's introduced very few bills while in office, Jordan's co-sponsored 949 pieces of legislation. Now, in October 2023, Jordan's on the verge of becoming speaker himself after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise dropped out of the race.
Persons: Jim Jordan, he's, , Jordan's, Jordan, John Boehner, Steve Scalise, it's, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: Service, Republican, Politico Magazine Locations: Washington, DC's
The Orionid meteor shower will peak early Saturday morning, raining down 10-20 meteors per hour. The moon sets before midnight on Friday, leaving a dark sky perfect for spotting shooting stars. AdvertisementAdvertisementIf you stay up late, are patient, and can handle putting your phone away for a while, you just might catch a view of the Orionid meteor shower this weekend. AdvertisementAdvertisementFind some dark skies for the best showHeadlands International Dark Sky Park, shown here, is an IDA certified spot in Michigan. "Look for prolonged explosions of light when viewing the Orionid meteor shower," per NASA.
Persons: , you'll, Diana Robinson Organizations: Service, Northern, IDA, NASA, Orion, Planetary Society, NSSDC's Locations: Southern, Michigan
The couple, who started tinkering in their apartment kitchen in 2019 in an effort to recreate the breakfast tacos Jaramillo grew up eating, raised $180,000 from family and friends to bring their restaurant to life. That's a relatively small amount for opening a brand-new restaurant, noted May: "We were able to do it on a pretty shoestring budget." When they raised money, they didn't give up any equity, meaning Jaramillo and May own 100% of the company. "I think we both have strong entrepreneurial instincts but we don't come from a finance or a business background," said May. "There's a certain value to the human piece that you get when you come to the shop," said May.
Persons: Tejana, Ana, Maria Jaramillo, Gus May, , tacos Jaramillo, Jaramillo, May, We've, we've, they've, Jaramillo —, McAllen , Texas —, it's, It's, They've, " Jaramillo, Tejana Jaramillo Organizations: GWU, DC Locations: Washington, DC, Mount Pleasant, Monterrey, Mexico, McAllen , Texas, Texas, La, Pleasant
A vial labelled "Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine" is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022. The Maryland-based company, whose COVID vaccine is its lone marketed product, has adopted cost-cutting measures and is counting on commercial sales of its updated shot to help it stay afloat. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will not meet again to discuss the Novavax shot, a spokesperson said. Novavax's original COVID shot received U.S. authorization in July 2022, long after Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were in use. All three of the updated shots target the XBB.1.5 variant of the coronavirus.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, BioNTech, COVID, John Jacobs, Jacobs, Sriparna Roy, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, Pfizer Inc, Moderna, FDA, Pfizer, Moderna's, Thomson Locations: U.S, Maryland, Bengaluru
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked Monday evening blocks from the US Capitol. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was carjacked Monday evening as armed assailants attacked him as he was parking his car blocks from the Capitol. US Capitol Police said it has investigators working with DC Metropolitan Police given that the victim was a member of Congress. The Post previously reported how carjackings are on the rise throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Persons: Henry Cuellar, Cuellar, , Jacob Hochberg, Angie Craig, Lawmakers, Craig, Joe Biden, Jessica Cisneros Organizations: Democratic, Capitol, Service, Metro PD, Capitol Police, Washington Post, Navy Yard, Capitol . US Capitol Police, DC Metropolitan Police, DC, Minnesota Democrat, Democrats, Senate, Washington Locations: Henry Cuellar of Texas, Minnesota
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases. The proposed CDC guideline was released Monday, and officials will move to finalize it after a 45-day public comment period. Doxycycline, a cheap antibiotic that has been available for more than 40 years, is a treatment for health problems including acne, chlamydia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. That kind of antibiotic resistance hasn't materialized in San Francisco, but it will be important to watch for, Cohen said. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.
Persons: , Jonathan Mermin, Mermin, Stephanie Cohen, , Taimur Khan, Khan, Cohen Organizations: , Centers for Disease Control, CDC, New, of Medicine, Fenway Health, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: — U.S, , Boston, San Francisco
By some estimates, there are tens of millions of surveillance cameras in the United States. "In most of the US, CCTV cameras have proliferated over the past few decades," an expert told Insider. There are tens of millions of surveillance cameras in the United States alone, by some estimates, with some of the most populated cities in the country more heavily surveilled than others. There could be up to 100 million surveillance cameras in the USPeterson, an adjunct professor at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that there could be up to 100 million surveillance cameras in the US, but it's impossible to say for sure because "many public and private entities own and deploy their own surveillance systems." "Between Ring cameras, security cameras, store cameras, red light cameras, cameras on the highway, you are always under surveillance," Stanton, who authored the book, "Prepared Not Scared," told Insider.
Persons: it's, Lauren Boebert, vaping, Dr, Bryce Peterson, Peterson, John Jay, Denver's, , Boebert, Boebert vaping, Bill Stanton —, Stanton Organizations: Denver, Service, GOP, CNA, New, John, John Jay College of Criminal, , Buell Theater, Colorado, Denver Arts, Buell, DC's Kennedy, Radio City Music Hall, MSG Entertainment, Garden, Chicago Theatre, New York Police Department Locations: United States, Wall, Silicon, Denver , Colorado, New York, Madison
[1/3] A child suffering from an RSV infection at the pediatric intensive care unit at the Asklepios Clinic in Sankt Augustin, Germany, December, 6, 2022. RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms but can also lead to serious illness and hospitalization. It is typically a seasonal illness, starting in the autumn and peaking in the winter in most of the U.S., according to the CDC. An estimated 58,000 to 80,000 children below the age of five years are hospitalized every year due to RSV infection in the U.S., according to government data. However, the agency said the difference did not appear to be statistically significant, thus might have been due to chance.
Persons: Benjamin Westhoff, Sriparna Roy, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Asklepios, REUTERS, Pfizer, GSK, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, CDC, FDA, Thomson Locations: Sankt Augustin, Germany, U.S, Bengaluru
Supermicro could be set to take advantage of artificial intelligence hype, according to Barclays. The firm initiated coverage of the information technology company on Tuesday with an overweight rating and a $327 per share price target. Analyst George Wang noted that Supermicro is in an advantageous position when it comes to the emerging artificial intelligence opportunity. The analyst noted that AI inferencing, which is the process of a trained neural network model making predictions, already made up 52% of the company's second-quarter revenue. "We model SMCI's revenue growth at 17% in FY25 after 46% growth in FY24, consistent with IDC's [International Data Corporation] forecast of a 17% CAGR [compounded annual growth rate] in 2021-2026E for AI server revenue growth," Wang said.
Persons: George Wang, Wang, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Barclays, Computer, International Data Corporation
Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesA new round of Covid vaccines is finally here in the U.S. Meanwhile, the FDA is still reviewing a third updated vaccine from Novavax for people ages 12 and up. Here's everything you need to know about the updated Covid vaccines, from where to find them, whether you can get them for free and when to get them. The agency's website outlines more specific guidelines for staying up to date on Covid vaccines, which differ depending on age group and risk level. Kroger Americans will soon be able to use the federal website vaccines.gov to find other locations offering the updated Covid shots, according to a CDC spokesperson.
Persons: Brian Cassella, Covid, Biden, Megan Wallace, they've, Brian Snyder, vaccines.gov, Evelyn Twentyman, Will, Moderna's, Twentyman, Taison Bell, Bell, CDC's Wallace, Wallace Organizations: Pfizer, Tribune, Service, U.S, The, Disease Control, Moderna, Food and Drug Administration, CDC, FDA, Walgreens, CNBC, WALGREENS, CVS Albertsons, Kroger, Manufacturers, CVS, University of Virginia Health, Younger Locations: Chatham , Illinois, U.S, Covid, Somerville , Massachusetts
Updated Covid vaccinesOn Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the new Covid vaccine, which will target a variant of Omicron called XBB.1.5. When should you get your updated Covid vaccine? Older adults, and people with heart and lung disease, should also consider getting the RSV vaccine, says Pavia. "Because the ACIP gave a softer recommendation to the RSV vaccine, coverage is going to be variable," says Pavia. For those with certain Medicare plans, the RSV vaccine should be covered, specifically under a Part D plan.
Persons: there's, Andrew Pavia, It's, Don't, Biden, you've, they're, hasn't, it's Organizations: CNBC, Centers for Disease Control, University of Utah, Children's Hospital, CDC, Food and Drug Administration, COVID, FDA, CDC's, U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, Infants, The New York Times Locations: Pavia
An independent advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended that all Americans ages 6 months and up receive updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna , the next step toward the shots reaching Americans in the coming days. Thirteen advisors voted in favor of that "universal" recommendation for Americans, while one voted against it. It is a vaccine-preventable disease," said Dr. Beth Bell, clinical professor at the University of Washington and member of the panel, during the advisory meeting. "And so, for that reason, I favor the universal recommendation." The advisory panel's "universal" recommendation comes a day after the Food and Drug Administration approved the two mRNA jabs, which are designed to target the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5.
Persons: Mandy Cohen, Georgina Peacock, Beth Bell, Hospitalizations, hospitalizations, Megan Wallace Organizations: Moderna, Pharmacy, Centers for Disease Control, Pfizer, CDC, University of Washington, Food and Drug Administration, FDA Locations: Schwenksville , Pennsylvania, U.S
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