Available for over a year With the festive season approaching in parts of the world, Ruth Alexander explores what’s actually happening in the body during a hangover, why some people suffer more than others, and whether common remedies make any real difference. How the body processes alcohol and why that can make you feel so…
A shortage of epidural kits in the UK is expected to last until at least March, the government’s medicines regulator has warned. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) told healthcare providers in a patient safety alert earlier this month that the shortage followed manufacturing issues concerning epidural bags. Hospitals are being sent substitutes…
Available for over a year The future looks bright… thanks to rising artificial light pollution. Our towns and cities are more illuminated than they have ever been. And this light might be spilling over into our lives and impacting our health. Recent headlines have linked exposure to artificial light at night with Alzheimer’s disease, capturing…
Introduction Recent and forthcoming policy changes may have important implications for American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) people and could widen existing disparities in health and health care. This brief provides an overview of recent policies affecting health and health care for AIAN people and their potential impacts. It draws on data from KFF’s Key…
AIAN people have a shorter life expectancy at birth compared to White people (Figure 8). Since 2019, life expectancy has fallen for AIAN people, reflecting the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The existing gap in life expectancy widened between people who identify as AIAN alone and White people from 7 years in 2019 (71.8 vs….
Brian Barrett: I just this week was looking back at some of our earliest DOGE reporting and reminded of what a crazy couple of months that was. So just as a reminder for folks who were slumbering through the first half of the year, A, I’m jealous. I respect that. Zoë Schiffer: I was just…
In this episode, we look back at 2025 and look ahead to what’s happening in 2026—including what’s in store for Uncanny Valley. Source link
React2Shell Payload Improvements Last week Metasploit released an exploit for the React2Shell vulnerability, and this week we have made a couple of improvements to the payloads that it uses. The first improvement affects all Metasploit modules. When an exploit is used, an initial payload is selected using some basic logic that effectively would make a…
Executive Summary PCI DSS 4.0.1 compliance mandates stricter security controls for web applications and APIs. Key updates include maintaining an inventory of custom software (PCI 6.3.2) and managing payment page scripts to prevent skimming attacks (PCI 6.4.3). Organizations must also adopt risk-based vulnerability prioritization (PCI 11.3.1.1), perform authenticated internal vulnerability scans (PCI 11.3.1.2), implement mechanisms…
The latest episode of the Google AI: Release Notes podcast looks at how we are integrating our most capable frontier models directly into Search. Host Logan Kilpatrick talks with Robby Stein and Rhiannon Bell about how Gemini 3 uses advanced reasoning and coding capabilities to solve complex user questions — creating everything from physics simulations…
