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CDC releases blood test results on Missouri bird flu patient as cases spread
The bird flu virus hasn’t yet spread from person to person, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, releasing findings from a monthslong probe into a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1. The patient, who tested positive for bird flu in August, had no known contact with dairy cows or poultry.…
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Sinwar’s death offers an opening to end the war in Gaza – and a test for Netanyahu
The killing of Hamas’ leader Yahya Sinwar represents a major symbolic and military victory for Israel a year after the hardline ideologue masterminded a devastating terrorist attack that shattered the country’s sense of security. But it’s unclear if Sinwar’s demise will open the door to the release of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas, end…
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SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster in dramatic landing during fifth flight test
SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday and made a dramatic first catch of the rocket’s more than 20-story tall booster. Elon Musk’s company launched Starship at 8:25 a.m. ET from its Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas. The rocket’s “Super Heavy” booster returned to land on the arms of the…
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Hera spacecraft launches toward asteroid that NASA slammed in earlier test
A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth. Launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, it’s the second…
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Is bird flu spreading in people? Without blood test results, officials can’t say.
A total of seven people who were in close contact with a bird flu patient in Missouri developed symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, but it remains unclear whether these represent cases of human-to-human spread of the virus. Antibody blood test results, which will come back later this month, officials said,…
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Satellite images show Russia arms depots hit by Ukraine, failed Sarmat missile test
The general staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said it had struck another weapons depot in Tikhoretsk in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, which it said was one of the largest ammunition depots in the country and “one of the key points in the Russian military logistical system.” A train carrying at least 2,000 tons…
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Initial DNA test on remains believed to be of suspected Kentucky highway shooter is inconclusive
An initial DNA test on remains believed to be those of Joseph Couch, the suspect in the Interstate 75 shootings, was inconclusive, but an autopsy confirmed the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, state officials said. The soft tissue DNA test was “inconclusive due to extreme decomposition of the body,” and a further DNA…