CORONAVIRUS ORIGINS
His grandfather died of pancreatic cancer: This Hyderabad startup founder is using AI to develop a personalised cancer vaccines
Hyderabad-based biotech startup PopVax, founded by Soham Sankaran, is developing AI-powered personalised cancer vaccines using mRNA technology. Inspired partly by his family's experience with pancreatic cancer, he aims to help the immune system identify and attack cancer cells using treatments designed around individual patients' tumour genetics.
MV Odyssey world cruise suspended in Cambodia as Iran war pushes fuel costs to $8,000 per cabin
The MV Odyssey is currently docked in Sihanoukville after suspending its voyage due to increased fuel costs. The operator, Villa Vie Residences, has emphasised financial difficulties leading to the ship's current situation. Passengers were given minimal notice to disembark while seeking temporary accommodation and living arrangements. Residents are expressing discomfort over unexpected disruptions after months aboard the vessel.
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Dolly Parton launched a free-book programme in Tennessee in 1995; 30 years later, it has gifted nearly 300 million books to children
Dolly Parton launched the Imagination Library in 1995 to help children in her home county of Sevier County, Tennessee, access books from an early age. Inspired by her father, Robert Lee Parton, who never learned to read or write, the country music star created a programme that mails free, age-appropriate books to enrolled children from birth until they turn five. Over three decades, the initiative expanded beyond Tennessee to reach communities across the United States and other countries. According to the supplied programme fact sheet, the Imagination Library has distributed more than 300 million books to children.
Second plague case in Siberia? Russia responds after WHO presses Moscow for answers over 28-year-old researcher’s death
Russia has rejected claims of a second pneumonic plague case after the death of laboratory worker Darya Shipilova. The World Health Organization sought clarification regarding her death and reports of another employee falling ill. Shipilova worked at a Siberian research institute and passed away from pneumonia of unknown origin. Russian authorities confirmed no connection between her death and pneumonic plague pathogens.
How Russia and the world are responding to possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies
The World Health Organisation has confirmed that Russian authorities reported no cases of plague in Siberia. A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute recently died from pneumonia. Investigations revealed she had a typical acute respiratory viral infection and not pneumonic plague. Russian officials have completed contact tracing and concluded that the epidemiological situation remains stable. US officials are advising Russia to share more information about the ongoing investigation.
Russia pneumonic plague revives fears of COVID-19: What are chances of virulent disease becoming another worldwide pandemic? Read Experts' opinions
Russia pneumonic plague: The woman died at a hospital in Shelekhov, a town just outside the city of Irkutsk, and its mayor said the hospital was placed under quarantine. The top officials from Russia’s national public health watchdog traveled to the region on Friday.
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