Windsor mayor supports notwithstanding clause to clear homeless encampments
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens is joining forces with eleven other Ontario mayors in urging Premier Doug Ford to empower municipalities to take stronger action against homelessness, including the potential use of the notwithstanding clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms…
Gardasil 9 at 10 Years: A Brief History
Vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV), a group of more than 200 viruses infecting at least 50% of sexually active people over their lifetimes, has proven more than 90% effective for preventing several diseases caused by high-risk HPV types. Gardasil 4: 2006 It started in 2006 with the approval of Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent…
Video Friday: Trick or Treat, Atlas
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Humanoids 2024: 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCEEnjoy today’s videos…
Bird flu was found in a US pig – does that raise the risk for humans?
A bird flu virus that has been circulating in dairy cattle for months has now been found in a pig in the US for the first time, raising the risk of the virus evolving to become more dangerous to people…Voting Has Never Been More Secure Than It Is Right Now
Efficient machines, paper ballots and human checks make the U.S. voting system robust…The Virus That Causes Mpox Keeps Getting Better at Spreading in People
Analysis of a strain of the virus circulating in Central Africa shows genetic mutations indicative of sustained human-to-human spread…Mauritius lifts social media ban following outcry from civil rights groups
Mauritius lifts social media ban following outcry from civil rights groups
Jury finds Louisville officer guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights
A jury on Friday found former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights after deliberating for three days in the federal trial…