Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Shingles vaccine tied to fewer dementia diagnoses, study in Wales suggests

A person with only hands and legs visible using a walker on a wood floor.

A new study out of Wales has found those who received the shingles vaccine were 20 per cent less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/shingles-vaccine-dementia-wales-1.7500368?cmp=rss

Amazon among bidders to acquire TikTok as deadline looms for a buyer to be found

A silhouetted hand holds a phone where the screen is black with the Tiktok music note logo lit up in the middle of it.

As the weekend deadline approaches for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer to avoid being banned in the U.S., bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up, including Amazon.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-tiktok-bidding-1.7500275?cmp=rss

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

In marathon speech, U.S. Senator Cory Booker accuses Trump of 'recklessly' attacking democratic institutions

U.S. Senator Cory Booker speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker accused U.S. President Donald Trump of "recklessly" attacking the nation's democratic institutions in a speech that began at around 7 p.m. Monday and is approaching a Senate record for continuous speech.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/booker-trump-marathon-speech-1.7499523?cmp=rss

Fungal diseases 'growing increasingly resistant to treatment,' WHO says

An Indian anesthetist and members of a surgical team attend to a patient suffering from mucormycosis at the end of an endoscopic surgery to remove a fungal infection associated with the disease at the Maharao Bhimsingh Hospital on June 2, 2021 in Kota, Rajasthan, India.

Some fungal diseases in humans no longer respond to medicines, which increases the risk of severe illness and death as well disease spread, according to a new report.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/fungal-diseases-who-1.7499070?cmp=rss

IN PHOTOS | It's cherry blossom viewing season

Two visitors take pictures with cherry blossoms at a Tokyo park.

A look at cherry blossom trees in Japan and other parts of the world, as blooming season is underway.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photos/cherry-blossoms-scroller-1.7499287?cmp=rss