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☆ Perdue made Chix Mix, a chicken feed for humans to eat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The company has created “Chix Mix,” a new snack that is “made from most of the same ingredients” that’s in the company’s chicken feed. Instead, Chix Mix is designed as a marketing opportunity as the industry faces controversy about antibiotics in chicken feed and treatment of its animals. Chix Mix is similar: The snack contains corn, wheat puffs and edamame, but with a dash of barbecue spices “just for humans,” a release said. Chicken concernsIn 2014, Perdue removed “routine use of all human antibiotics” amid concerns that they could be putting human health at risk. For Perdue, offering Chix Mix is a way to partially remind people of Tyson’s change as they begin to see its rival’s new antibiotic label.

Persons: New York CNN — Perdue, Perdue, Tyson, hasn’t, Tyson —, ”, David Zucker Organizations: New, New York CNN, USDA, World Health Organization, Perdue Locations: New York

☆ Common antibiotics are still in shortage as strep cases rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Some group A Strep bacteria are resistant to these antibiotics,” according to Dr. Kristina Bryant, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville. The precautions many people took to protect themselves from Covid-19, like wearing masks and social distancing, also protected them from strep throat. “Strep throat is a routine infection, and we know that cases are going to go up every year,” she said. If your child’s strep throat doesn’t get better with antibiotics, Bryant says, it may be that other bacteria in the throat are making the antibiotics less effective. “If the strep infection goes untreated, that individual can potentially be contagious with strep for weeks,” she said.

Persons: Amoxicillin, Kristina Bryant, Jennifer Stevenson, ”, “ Strep, ” Stevenson, Bryant, “, hasn’t, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Stevenson, McPhillips, Brenda Goodman Organizations: CNN, US Food, FDA, Norton Children’s Hospital, US Centers for Disease Control, Epic Research, Henry Ford Medical Center, CDC, Rapid, CNN Health Locations: Louisville, Dearborn , Michigan, Covid

☆ How clean-air-tech companies are trying to change the way we breathe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Hazel Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The impacts of air pollution are a growing concern for health organizations and climate regulators. The pandemic prompted some countries to prioritize finding ways to alleviate and prevent air pollution, including encouraging people to wear face masks. Vitale said exposure to negative ions could increase serotonin levels in the brain, which would help alleviate stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as improve sleep quality. At the same time, the UV light shines on the nanoparticle catalyst, which causes a reaction that releases negative ions. Trahms said the device emitted a constant stream of millions of negative ions, which bind to pollutants — or agglomerate — rather than destroy them.

Persons: —, Jay Vitale, COVID, Vitale, there's, Christiaan Trahms, Trahms, Nicola Carslaw Organizations: Service, World Health Organization, Air, National Library of Medicine, King's, AA, Food and Drug Administration, University of York Locations: Milton Keynes, South Africa, London

☆ Food production is accelerating the climate crisis, but AI and other emerging technologies could turn things around
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Hazel Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Many common consumer food products are derived from fossil fuels. AdvertisementAdvertisementMultinational consumer food brands, including the fast-food giants McDonald's and Burger King, are under increasing pressure to decarbonize their supply chains and meet global net-zero and ESG goals. Many common ingredients used in consumer products are derived from fossil fuels or produced through unsustainable farming methods. AdvertisementAdvertisementHoxton Farms, a London-based biotech company, is working on creating cultivated fat as a sustainable alternative to traditional animal fats. Regulatory challenges and the path forwardWhile the potential for sustainable and alternative food products is promising, regulatory challenges exist.

Persons: —, Twig, Russ Tucker, Tucker, Ed Steele, Steele, Shivin Kohli, Kohli Organizations: Service, Department, Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, USDA, Access Locations: Burger, Hoxton, London

☆ 35 elephants suddenly dropped dead in 2020. Their case has finally been solved.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In 2020, 35 elephants dropped dead in Zimbabwe over a month timespan. Between August and September 2020, 35 elephant carcasses were retrieved from various safaris and protected lands in Zimbabwe — with eleven of these animals dying within a 24-hour period. AdvertisementAdvertisementThey concluded that most, if not all, the elephants died as a result of septicemia, or blood poisoning, caused by the bacteria. The 35 deaths in Zimbabwe also coincided with a mass die-off of elephants in Botswana in 2020. At least 350 elephants died within a three-month timespan, and researchers at the time concluded that blue-green algae contaminated local water sources and poisoned the elephants.

Persons: —, Dr, Chris Foggin, Foggin Organizations: Service, Nature Communications, Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust, CNN Locations: Zimbabwe, Africa, Asia, Victoria Falls, Botswana

☆ Climate tech startups Montinutra, Harvest Thermal, Bisly, and Twig recently raised a combined $13.6 million. We got a look at the pitch decks they used to raise the funds.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Climate tech startups Montinutra, Harvest Thermal, Bisly, and Twig have recently raised a collective $13.6 million between them as early-stage deals continue to dominate the venture capital industry. Biochemicals startup Montinutra, founded in 2018, raised 2 million euros, $2.1 million, in October to convert forestry sidestreams into sustainable alternatives to petrochemicals. Check out the 18-slide pitch deck below:MontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraMontinutraHeat pump startup Harvest Thermal raised $4 millionCalifornia-based Harvest Thermal raised a $4 million round for its heat pump and thermal storage combination in October. It is riding political tailwinds amid the US' recent commitment to install 20 million heat pumps by 2030. Check out the redacted pitch deck that it used to raise the funds below:Harvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest Thermal Harvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalHarvest ThermalBuilding energy management startup Bisly secured $3.8 millionEstonian startup Bisly, which wants to make it cheaper to improve the energy efficiency of buildings, just raised 3.6 million euros, $3.8 million, in seed funding in October.

Persons: Twig, Pajunen, Portfolia, Russ Tucker Organizations: Metsä, Earth Foundry, Climate Partners, Starshot, National Science Foundation, California Energy Commission, International Energy Agency, Aconterra, Second Century Ventures, SmartCap, Fund, Pinorena, Innovation, Seed Fund Locations: California, London

☆ CDC to expand disease surveillance at four major US airports to include flu, RSV
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its infectious disease surveillance program at four major US airports to more than 30 pathogens, including flu, RSV and other respiratory viruses. The program currently operates Covid-19 surveillance at seven major international airports in the United States. The traveler surveillance program was introduced in 2021 when the CDC began collecting nasal swab samples from anonymous international travelers arriving at participating airports who volunteer to get swabbed. The program has collected samples from travelers from more than 135 countries and has sequenced more than 14,000 samples for further analysis. The wastewater program, which was introduced in August 2022, collects wastewater from a single plane using a custom-made collection device.

Persons: Dr, Cindy Friedman, John F, “, ” Friedman, Friedman, Ginkgo Bioworks, Matthew McKnight, ” McKnight, Sanjay Gupta, Deidre McPhillips Organizations: CNN, Centers for Disease Control, CDC’s, Health, Boston Logan International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Dulles International, Washington , D.C, Kennedy International, CDC, Get CNN, CNN Health Locations: United States, Washington ,, New York, Ginkgo

☆ Scientists solved the mystery of African elephant die-offs. The threat may not be over
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Thirty-five African elephants in northwestern Zimbabwe dropped dead under baffling circumstances between late August and November 2020. And the extreme conditions that scientists project will occur with more frequency as Earth warms could mean more elephant deaths in the future. Foggin said there was no proven connection between the Zimbabwe and Botswana elephant deaths. An embattled species under threatThe African elephant is a flagship species that faces significant pressure from poaching and habitat loss. Additionally, exporting wildlife samples for analysis involves obtaining multiple permits from different entities — a process which can take months,” the study said.

Persons: —, “, ”, Chris Foggin, ” Foggin, cyanobacterial, Foggin, Pasteurella Organizations: CNN, Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust, Nature Communications, International Union for Conservation of Locations: Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls, Botswana, Kazakhstan

☆ Mosquitoes are driving the ‘akikiki’ to extinction. With only 5 birds left in the wild, scientists are racing to save the species
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

This summer, the team successfully rescued 10 eggs that were placed in a portable incubator and brought safely back to the Kauaʻi Bird Conservation Center. The goal is that as soon as the threat of avian malaria is eradicated, the birds can be released back into their native habitat. Eradicating mosquitoesThe looming challenge is how to eradicate avian malaria – which not only threatens the ‘akikiki but also other endangered forest birds. In June, the US government committed nearly $16 million as part of an initiative to prevent the imminent extinction of Hawaiian forest birds. The process could help to reduce the likelihood of forest birds being affected by avian malaria, which is only carried by female mosquitoes.

Persons: ”, Hannah Bailey, Bailey, we’ll, “ Organizations: CNN, state’s Department of Land, Resources, Conservation Program, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Department of Land, Bird Conservation, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Hawaii’s Department of Land Locations: Hawaii, Kauaʻi, Maui, San

☆ A rat exterminator who's helped successfully eliminate nearly 100% of rats in a section of NYC says people clap, cheer, and offer him free beer when he comes around
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New York City has millions of rats. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementThere are millions of rats in New York City. Matt Deodato, the owner of Urban Pest Management, told Insider he's killed thousands of rats with the method. A rat climbs into a box with food in it on the platform at the Herald Square subway station in New York City.

Persons: Matt Deodato, —, he's, Deodato, He's, chewers, New York City Bethany Brookshire, Val Curtis, Michael Parsons, Mongabay, Parsons, Gary Hershorn Organizations: Service, Urban Pest Management, London School of Hygiene, Tropical Medicine, Geographic, Herald, Smithsonian Locations: York City, New York City, New York

☆ Stress rash: What to do when stress gives you hives
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

What causes a stress rash? Stress hives can occur in response to elevated body temperatures caused by stress. What does a stress rash look like? Stress rashes are occasionally paired with swelling of the eyelids or the lips, Ploch said. How to get rid of a stress rashThe best treatment for a stress rash is to prevent it altogether, but don’t panic if after a hard day at work your skin begins to itch.

Persons: ‘, ’ ”, Whitney, dermatopathology, Lauren Ploch, Ploch, “, ” Ploch Organizations: CNN, Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, American Academy of Dermatology Association, Scripps Health, American College of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology, World Health Organization Locations: Augusta , Georgia

☆ Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops because of the risk of infections that could lead to blindness. The Food and Drug Administration advisory applies to lubricating drops sold by six companies, including CVS Health , Target , Rite Aid and Cardinal Health . The agency asked the companies to recall their products last week, because FDA inspectors found unsanitary conditions and bacteria at the facility producing the drops. Earlier this year, federal officials linked an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria to eyedrops from two companies, EzriCare and Delsam Pharma. After the products were recalled in February, health inspectors visited the manufacturing plant in India that made the eyedrops and uncovered problems with how they were made and tested, including inadequate sterility measures.

Organizations: U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Drug, CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid, Cardinal Health, Consumers, FDA, Delsam Pharma, Centers for Disease Control Locations: U.S, White Oak , Maryland, India

The Food and Drug Administration advisory applies to lubricating drops sold by six companies, including CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid and Cardinal Health. Consumers should stop using the products immediately and avoid purchasing any that remain on pharmacy and store shelves, the FDA said in a statement Friday. The agency asked the companies to recall their products last week, because FDA inspectors found unsanitary conditions and bacteria at the facility producing the drops. Earlier this year, federal officials linked an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria to eyedrops from two companies, EzriCare and Delsam Pharma. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.

Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Drug, CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid, Cardinal Health, Consumers, FDA, Delsam Pharma, Centers for Disease Control, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: — U.S, U.S, India

☆ Video shows weird 'kelping' behavior in whales. Scientists think it's the animals using seaweed to exfoliate.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Scientists gathered 105 instances of baleen whales performing a strange behavior called kelping. This could be to help the whales exfoliate, or for them to entertain themselves, researchers said. The group gathered over a hundred videos and photos from social media of whales "kelping", which led them to realize that this behavior isn't isolated to one group of baleen whales. AdvertisementAdvertisementBecause this behavior turned out to be so widespread, the researchers began to speculate why the whales were doing it. But it's also possible, the researchers wrote, that the whales are using the kelp to exfoliate their skin, removing parasites and bacteria.

Persons: —, it's, Olaf Meynecke Organizations: Service, Marine Science, Engineering, Marine Research, Facebook, Flickr Locations: Queensland, Australia, Australia's

One death this year and more than two dozen reports of injuries since 2018 may be tied to the supplements, FDA officials said in a statement. No probiotic products have been approved as a drug or treatment for babies, the FDA said. FDA officials in September said Evivo with MCT Oil, a probiotic made by Infinant Health of Norwalk, Connecticut, led to the death of a premature infant this year. Infinant Health officials said in statement that the firm voluntarily recalled and discontinued the product. Probiotic supplements may be used to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis, a dangerous infection affecting premature infants that inflames and kills intestinal tissue.

Persons: necrotizing, Matthew Perrone Organizations: . Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott, MCT, Infinant, Infinant Health, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Illinois, Norwalk , Connecticut, Washington

☆ Are vampires real? Scientists have linked diseases and decomposition to all the historical tropes of Nosferatu
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Vampires were very real to people in the past, but there are many ways science can explain their characteristics, whether they come from folklore or fiction. But many modern notions of vampires started with the 1700s media frenzy and continued with "Dracula" and other tales. "It's not like a vampire disease where people are wandering the earth for years and years getting to look more and more like vampires," he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile sunlight sapped the count's powers, it was not until the 1922 film "Nosferatu" that the sun's rays killed vampires. As scientists began to learn and understand more about the body and death, stories about vampires started to evolve.

Persons: —, Varney, Michael Hefferon, They're, Hefferon, Michael Bell, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Stoker, Vlad the, Abraham Van Helsing, Vlad III, Vlad, Bram Stoker's, Emily Gerard, Marion McGarry, Charlotte, Charlotte Stoker's, McGarry, sickles, Mercy Bell, she'd, bloating, John Polidori, debonair Lord Ruthven, Lord Byron, Ruthven Organizations: Service, Getty, Dermatology Locations: Serbia, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London, Romania, Serbian, Austria, Poland, Exeter , Rhode Island

☆ This faux-leather jacket is made by bacteria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“A yellow leather jacket” might not be your first answer, but it’s exactly what came out of a collaboration between Danish fashion brand Ganni and Mexican biomaterials company Polybion. “We were impressed by the fact that a lot of people love the jacket because the material did not resemble leather,” said Alexis Gómez-Ortigoza, Polybion’s co-founder. “We isolated our first bacteria from that drink.”Kombucha is an increasingly popular fermented tea drink, and the bacterial biomass used to make the jacket, called Celium, comes from that jar. “We feed the bacteria with fruit waste, which is extremely abundant here in central Mexico,” said Gómez-Ortigoza. Although it shares some similarities with leather, Celium is an organic material that's meant to have its own look and feel.

Persons: ”, Alexis Gómez, Polybion’s, “, Axel, Bárbara González, Gómez, Polybion, Ortigoza, Lauren Bartley, Ganni, Michelle Obama, Bartley, Kate Goldsworthy, who’s, Kate Fletcher Organizations: CNN, Ganni’s Sustainability, University of the Arts London, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Oslo Metropolitan University Locations: Mexican, Mexico, Celium, France, Norway

☆ Britain to return asylum seekers to barge after bacteria scare
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it would once again house a group of asylum seekers on a barge on its southern coast, two months after removing them due to the presence of contaminated water on the vessel. Following safety tests, the government has now started sending letters to asylum seekers confirming they will be moved to the barge, an interior ministry spokesperson said. "The letters confirm the next steps for asylum seekers and reiterate that all asylum accommodation continues to be offered on a no-choice basis," the spokesperson added. A separate plan to deport such migrants to Rwanda is being tested in Britain's Supreme Court this week. ($1 = 0.8158 pounds)Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Kate HoltonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bibby, Sachin Ravikumar, Kate Holton Organizations: Thomson Locations: Britain, Bibby Stockholm, France, Rwanda

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Odenkirk has known he wanted to immortalize the playful poems he created with his kids since they were first scribbled down years ago. But you know, that was a hard time for everyone in the country,” Odenkirk recalled of the coronavirus pandemic. I mean, think of any business partner or any project partner you’ve ever had,” the “ Better Call Saul ” star said. Odenkirk said this was in keeping with his philosophy as a parent when he was raising young children. But it is a tricky business and hard to make a living in,” he said.

Persons: Bob Odenkirk, ”, Erin, “, ” Odenkirk, ‘ Let’s, Odenkirk, I’d, ” Erin, you’ve, Saul ”, “ You’re, “ I’m, —, Saul ” — Odenkirk, Tim, Eric Awesome, we’ll Organizations: ANGELES, Pratt Institute, Writers Guild of America, WGA, Alliance, Television Producers Locations: Los Angeles and New York, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Hollywood

☆ Retired astronaut Leland Melvin says space food is tastier than you think
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Retired astronaut Leland Melvin says a lot of astronaut food is actually pretty tasty. During his two trips to the International Space Station with NASA, he managed to eat pretty well. Astronaut food has come a long way since the early days of dehydrated eggs and Tang. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt Houston's Space Food Systems Laboratory in Johnson Space Center, NASA techs freeze prepared food at about minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Leland Melvin and his NASA STS-129 crew members eat a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

Persons: Tang, Leland Melvin, —, Melvin, Jason Connolly, Mike Massimino, Melvin didn't, Velcro, Chris Hadfield, Hadfield, Daniel Tani, José Andrés Organizations: Service, International, NASA, Station, Food Systems Laboratory, Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, International Space Station, sips, YouTube, Space Station, Michelin Locations: AFP

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest's waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. These are just the first grim visions of extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon. Raimundo Silva do Carmo, 67, makes his living as a fisherman, but these days has been struggling to simply find water. Like most rural residents in Brazil's Amazon, do Carmo typically retrieves water untreated from the biome's abundant waterways. The drought has affected most of the main rivers in the Amazon, the world’s largest basin, which accounts for 20% of the planet’s fresh water.

Persons: Raimundo Silva, Carmo, ” Joaquim Mendes da Silva, ”, Edvaldo de Lira, Ana Paula Cunha, Marcus Suassuna Santos, Brazil’s, Ane Alencar, Alencar, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s, Geraldo Alckmin, Ayan Fleischmann, Fleischmann, Flávia Costa, Fabiano Maisonnave, Eléonore Hughes, Diane Jeantet Organizations: Associated Press, Geological Survey, Amazon Environmental Research Institute, Bolsa, Sustainable Development Institute, National Institute for Space Research, National Institute of, AP Locations: MANAUS, Brazil, Brazil's, Puraquequara, Amazonas state's, Manaus, “, CEMADEN, Amazonas, Parana, Lake Puraquequara, Equatorial, Rio Grande do Sul, Madeira, Bolivia, Porto Velho, Santo Antonio, Negro, Bolsa Familia, Solimoes, Madeira —, Lake Tefe, rocketed, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro

REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The British government will try next week to persuade judges at the country's top court to overturn a ruling which declared unlawful its divisive plan to deport to Rwanda asylum seekers who arrive in small boats across the Channel. The stakes for Sunak are high, as he has made dealing with immigration one of his five priorities. This year, more than 25,000 people have arrived in Britain on small boats, while a record 45,755 were detected in 2022. Housing some of those migrants in hotels costs about 6 million pounds a day. Polls show high immigration remains a major concern to voters, although conversely also suggest there is support for migrants filling labour shortages.

Persons: Suella Braverman, Paul Rwigamba, Flora Uwayezu, Stringer, Rishi Sunak's, Brendan Clarke, Smith, Sunak, Boris Johnson, of Canterbury, King Charles, Robert Reed, Clarke, Michael Holden, Kate Holton, Angus MacSwan Organizations: British, Property Management, REUTERS, Conservative, Reuters, Conservative Party, European Union, Thomson Locations: Kigali Rwanda, British, Rwanda, London's, East Africa, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Sudan, Europe, Britain, East, Africa, Afghanistan, Angus

It’s a case that highlights the vulnerability of prisoners who are dependent on authorities for medical care. Winborn's attorneys played a video showing his difficulties in adapting to life without hands, including feeding himself. “I don't sleep because every time I dream, I dream I have my hands, you know. Jail officials stated in their depositions that they couldn't remember what happened. "The County and MCIT are hopeful the resolution of this matter will help provide Mr. Winborn with the medical care and quality of life assistance he needs,” Hiveley said.

Persons: Terrance Dwayne Winborn, It’s, Winborn, Katie Bennett, Jason Hiveley, Scott County, Winborn’s, “, they're, ”, necrotizing fasciitis, ” Hiveley Organizations: Minnesota, Intergovernmental Trust Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Scott County, Scott, Marshall, Minneapolis, Shakopee

A new global assessment has found that 41% of amphibian species that scientists have studied are threatened with extinction, meaning they are either vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. “Amphibians are the world's most threatened animals,” said Duke University's Junjie Yao, a frog researcher who was not involved in the study. But a growing percentage of amphibian species are now also pushed to the brink by novel diseases and climate change, the study found. The study identified the greatest concentrations of threatened amphibian species in several biodiversity hotspots, including the Caribbean islands, the tropical Andes, Madagascar and Sri Lanka. Other locations with large numbers of threatened amphibians include Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, southern China and the southeastern United States.

Persons: ”, Duke University's Junjie Yao, Michael Ryan, Patricia Burrowes, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Guayasamin Organizations: University of Texas, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Northern, University San Francisco, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Madrid, Quito, Ecuador, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Forest, China, United States

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

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