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☆ ChatGPT Will See You Now: Doctors Using AI to Answer Patient Questions
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Behind every physician’s medical advice is a wealth of knowledge, but soon, patients across the country might get advice from a different source: artificial intelligence. In California and Wisconsin, OpenAI’s “GPT” generative artificial intelligence is reading patient messages and drafting responses from their doctors. The operation is part of a pilot program in which three health systems test if the AI will cut the time that medical staff spend replying to patients’ online inquiries.

☆ Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Is Bursting With Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An 80,000-ton cloud of plastic and trash floating in the Pacific Ocean is an environmental disaster. It is also teeming with life. Biologists who fished toothbrushes, rope and broken bottle shards from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch found them studded with gooseneck barnacles and jet-black sea anemones glistening like buttons. All told, they found 484 marine invertebrates from 46 species clinging to the detritus, they reported Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.

☆ Bird Flu Keeps Raging. Some Say Vaccines Are Needed to Stop It.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The current bird-flu outbreak has felled 58 million farmed birds in the U.S.To stop the devastating global bird-flu outbreak that has killed over 100 million poultry, the U.S. and Europe are embracing a tactic many countries have long resisted: vaccines. The U.S. and parts of Europe don’t routinely inoculate poultry against bird flu, which emerges every few years and spreads and kills easily, but typically recedes after domestic birds are culled.

☆ What to Know About ‘Forever Chemicals’ and Your Health
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In the eight decades since they were created, so-called forever chemicals have reached remote corners of the Arctic and been detected in the open ocean and the tissue of animal species as diverse as polar bears and pilot whales. Also known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, they can stay in the environment for years without breaking down.

☆ Pent-up demand in China is 'nowhere near as big' as it was in the U.S., says Nomura
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPent-up demand in China is 'nowhere near as big' as it was in the U.S., says NomuraRob Subbaraman of the financial services firm says that's because there haven't been as much excess savings and as many government handouts.

☆ Zaps to the Spinal Cord Improved Patients’ Paralysis After Stroke
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stroke survivor Heather Rendulic, right, said she was able to open and close her hand for the first time in nine years while taking part in the trial. Photo: Tim Betler, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

☆ Male Birth Control 100% Effective in Lab, Setting Stage for Human Trials
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Human sperm cells magnified. Two options exist for men seeking contraception: vasectomy and condoms. A drug aimed at treating eyes immobilized sperm and prevented pregnancy in mice, encouraging researchers that it might work as a contraceptive for men. Injected into male mice, the drug was 100% effective in preventing pregnancy for 2½ hours and about 91% effective for up to 3 ½ hours, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. The male mice were fertile after a day, the study found.

☆ Male Birth Control Stopped Sperm in Mice, Study Found
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Mammals With Friends Live Longer, Echoing Human Experience
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Mammals that mingle live longer than species that go it alone. A large survey of social behavior in mammals published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications suggests species that live in groups have longer lives than those that are solitary. The authors compared 974 species and accounted for other contributors to lifespan such as body mass. From gerbils to gazelles, they saw a trend.

☆ In our view, the U.S. is already in a recession: Nomura
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIn our view, the U.S. is already in a recession: NomuraRob Subbaraman of the financial services firm says the United States "probably went into recession in December."

☆ Photos: How Sea Spiders and Other Creatures Could Unlock the Secrets of Tissue Regeneration
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The axolotl can regrow multiple organs, including lungs, heart and brain. When regenerative cells from a donor salamander were grafted into the arm of another, they grew into an extra limb. Scientists want to better understand the conditions under which limbs grow back. Catherine McCusker, PhD/University of Massachusetts Boston

☆ Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Wildfires Racked Up $165 Billion in Disaster Damage in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The U.S. experienced an average hurricane season, and though among the warmer years on record, 2022 didn’t break temperature records for the country as a whole, federal climate scientists said Tuesday. But a series of big disasters, including the deadly Hurricane Ian, pushed damage costs from extreme weather events to about $165 billion. In its annual national climate assessment, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration listed drought in the western U.S., early and swift-moving wildfires in Alaska, and Hurricane Ian’s extensive destruction among the record-setting events of last year.

☆ What Is a Bomb Cyclone? A Winter Storm Explained
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Nidhi Subbaraman | Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A major winter storm is forecast to deliver heavy snowfall, strong winds and freezing temperatures to a large expanse of the U.S. later this week. Some are calling the massive storm system a “bomb cyclone” because of the expected rapid drop of barometric pressure in a short period. Such intense storms can be destructive if they move through densely populated areas and drop heavy snow alongside blizzard-like winds. Between 1979 and 2019, about 7% of winter storms that developed in North America were bomb cyclones, according to one 2021 study.

[1/2] Banknotes of Chinese yuan and U.S. dollar are seen in this illustration picture taken September 29, 2022. Yet the euro was flat against the dollar at $1.048, after falling 0.2% in the previous session. In Asia, China's yuan firmed as the government announced measures that marked a sharp change to its tough, three-year-old zero-COVID policy that has battered its economy and sparked historic protests. "Anticipation of further easing of measures in China should continue to favour RMB (and) RMB-linked assets." "China's reopening will be bumpy in coming months and economic data will likely get worse before it gets better."

China's CSI300 Index (.CSI300) was down 1.8% after opening down 2.2% while the yuan also retreated. Australia's benchmark stock index (.AXJO) closed 0.42% lower while its risk-sensitive currency was off more than 1%. Japan's Nikkei stock index (.N225) was down 0.6%. In Shanghai, demonstrators and police clashed on Sunday night as protests over the country's stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day. The COVID rules and resulting protests are creating fears the economic hit for China will be greater than first expected.

☆ Comments from market watchers on the COVID-19 protests in China
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

ALVIN TAN, ASIA FX STRATEGIST, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, SINGAPORE:"The scale of the protests will necessarily elicit a response from Beijing. KEN CHEUNG, CHIEF ASIA FX STRATEGIST, MIZUHO, HONG KONG:"The China economy is heading to the direction of reopening but the road to the reopening could be a bumpy one. "Overall, the China Q4 growth outlook should remain grim given the COVID resurgence and the related mobility tightening. GARY NG, ECONOMIST, NATIXIS, HONG KONG:"The market does not like uncertainties that are difficult to price and the China protests clearly fall into this category. MARTIN PETCH, VICE PRESIDENT, MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE:"We expect the protests ... to dissipate relatively quickly and without resulting in serious political violence.

☆ Market watchers' comments on COVID-19 protests in China
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Here's what market watchers are saying about the unrest:ALLAN VON MEHREN, CHIEF ANALYST, DANSKE BANK, COPENHAGEN:"Normally protests in China are aimed at local governments but a crowd in Shanghai directed their protest against the Communist Party and Xi Jinping." "The protests come as the recent tweaks in the zero-Covid policy seem to have backfired as they led to rising cases across the country that subsequently triggered new restrictions being implemented. MARK HAEFELE, GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CIO, UBS, ZURICH:"We do not expect economic or market headwinds in China to abate significantly over the coming months. KEN CHEUNG, CHIEF ASIA FX STRATEGIST, MIZUHO, HONG KONG:"The China economy is heading to the direction of reopening but the road to the reopening could be a bumpy one. GARY NG, ECONOMIST, NATIXIS, HONG KONG:"The market does not like uncertainties that are difficult to price and the China protests clearly fall into this category.

Organizaţia Mondială a Sănătăţii a avertizat că noul val de infectări este în creştere peste tot cu excepţia Europei, cu o explozie a numărului de cazuri în India, Argentina, Turcia şi Brazilia. Banca Mondială le-a avertizat chiar săptămâna aceasta că trebuie să se pregătească pentru posibilitatea ca recuperarea lor economică să încetinească. Peste 944 de milioane de vaccinuri au fost administrate în 170 de ţări, conform datelor colectate de Bloomberg - doze suficiente pentru 6,2% din populaţia globală. Nestle, cea mai mare companie alimentară din lume, a declarat că „este urgent nevoie să fie promovat accesul echitabil la vaccinuri, în special în ţările cu venituri mici”. Nestle, din Elveţia, a promis mai mult de 6 milioane de franci (6,6 milioane de dolari) pentru a ajuta la accelerarea livrărilor de vaccinuri către comunităţile defavorizate, mai scrie ZF.

Persons: Rob Subbaraman, deşi Organizations: Sănătăţii, Banca Mondială, Nomura Holdings Locations: Europei, India, Argentina, Turcia, Brazilia, SUA, Europa, israelian, Elveţia

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