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20 Apr 17:03

America Reports Its First Cases of A Fungus Resistant To All Major Drugs

by EditorDavid
An anonymous reader quotes the New York Times: About 90 percent of C. auris strains are resistant to at least one drug, and 30 percent are resistant to two or more of the three major classes of antifungal drugs. However, on Tuesday, the C.D.C. confirmed that it has learned in the last month of the first known cases in the United States of so-called "pan-resistant" C. auris -- a strain resistant to all major antifungals, said Dr. Tom Chiller, head of the agency's fungal division, in an interview. Such cases have been seen in several countries, including India and South Africa, but the two new cases, from New York State, have not been reported previously. Dr. Chiller said that it appeared that, in each case, the germ evolved during treatment and became pan-resistant, confirming a fear that the infection will continue to develop more effective defenses. "It's happening and it's going to happen," Dr. Chiller said. "That's why we need to remain vigilant and rapidly identify and control these infections." It often has been hard to gather details about the path of C. auris because hospitals and nursing homes have been unwilling to publicly disclose outbreaks or discuss cases, creating a culture of secrecy around the infection. States have kept confidential the locations of hospitals where outbreaks have occurred, citing patient confidentiality and a risk of unnecessarily scaring the public. In an interview with CBS News, the reporter stressed that while this was a serious issue, especially in hospitals, it's not yet a threat to the general public: "The people who are susceptible are people with weakened immune systems, the infirm, older folks in hospitals," Matt Richtel said. "So let me put the finest possible point on this: the general public walking down the street [is] not going to be felled by this. You're not gonna get it walking to Walmart. You're not going to get it in your house."

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04 Nov 19:02

A Bit of Everything (EOS 5D Mark IV, G7 X Mark II, EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM)

by Canon Watch
Above: The Calling 4K – CanonUSA Cinematographer Russell Carpenter, ASC and Canon Explorer Of Light Tyler Stableford team up for the first U.S. based EOS C700 shoot which shows off the versatility and low light capabilities of Canon’s new EOS…

10 May 21:09

Images of Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 IS STM Macro Lens

by Canon Rumors
Canon will announce the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 IS STM Macro lens shortly, and as you can see it is quite a unique design, especially with the built-in macro light. This lens is a 1:2(correction!) 1.2x magnification, just like the EF 50mm f/3.5 compact macro. This lens has an effective focal length of 48mm on the APS-C Read more...
18 Sep 17:50

Advent

The few dozen doors that have little Christmas trees on them are a nice touch.
06 Jul 15:38

The gadget lover’s guide to lightweight holiday packing

by simonwatmans
27 Dec 22:02

Tradycyjna polska wigilia pełna symboli

12 potraw na stole, sianko pod obrusem a do tego jedno puste nakrycie - tak powinna wyglądać wigilia przyrządzona zgodnie ze staropolską tradycją.

Jak mówi prof. Bogdan Matławski, etnolog Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, siano oznacza związek z miejscem narodzin Jezusa Chrystusa. - Wszystko wzięło się z szopy. Pan Jezus urodził się na sianie - dodaje prof. Matławski. Puste nakrycie zwyczajowo zostawiamy dziś dla "strudzonego wędrowca". - Ale kiedyś było przeznaczone dla kogoś innego - tłumaczy profesor. - To puste miejsce zostawialiśmy dla osoby, która ostatnia umarła w danym domu. To było miejsce dla ducha tej osoby. Z kolei 12 potraw kiedyś gościło zazwyczaj tylko u szlachty i innych bardziej zamożnych osób. Ta liczba regułą stała się dopiero współcześnie. - Były regiony, w których były trzy potrawy. Teraz przyjęło się, że dwanaście, w nawiązaniu do dwunastu apostołów, do dwunastu miesięcy w roku - wyjaśnia prof. Matławski. Wigilia Bożego Narodzenia w tradycji chrześcijańskiej jest dniem poprzedzającym narodziny Jezusa Chrystusa. Jednocześnie kończy okres Adwentu.
12 Dec 10:21

Policja zatrzymała dziesięć osób z listy poszukiwanych. W ciągu jednej doby

by ajm



02 Oct 16:57

On October 9, Tesla is going to give us “the D”—whatever that is

by Lee Hutchinson

Tesla founder Elon Musk made an ambiguous post on Twitter yesterday evening, announcing that the company will unveil something on October 9:

"About time to unveil the D and something else," the tweet stated. It was accompanied by a shadowy picture of what appears to be the nose of a Tesla Model S peeking out from a half-open garage. The garage has the letter "D" emblazoned on it. Beneath the car, the date "October 9, 2014" is written.

We know that the next vehicle due out from Tesla is an SUV known as the Model X; after that, the company has previously said that it will turn its focus to releasing a lower priced entry-level vehicle it’s calling the Model 3 (speculation prior to the Model 3’s announcement was that the entry-level car would be called the "Model E," but this was changed to avoid a trademark dispute—and possibly also to avoid Tesla’s line-up spelling out S-E-X). The headlights, fog lights, and nose cone in the poster do indeed look like those on the Model S. Compare them to this still from our Model S video review:

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