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What are the symptoms of meningitis and is there a vaccine?

BBC News

What are the symptoms of meningitis and is there a vaccine? Two people have died following an outbreak of meningitis in Kent. The death of a year 13 pupil at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Faversham was confirmed by the local MP on Monday. The second person who died was a student at the University of Kent. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it was notified of 13 cases with signs and symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia from Friday to Sunday in the Canterbury area.


Britain's most dangerous spider strikes again: Man is hospitalised with flesh-eating bite 'the size of a bowling ball' as experts warn false widows are rapidly spreading across the UK

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Horrifying next twist in the Alexander brothers case: MAUREEN CALLAHAN exposes an unthinkable perversion that's been hiding in plain sight Alexander brothers' alleged HIGH SCHOOL gang rape video: Classmates speak out on sick'taking turns' footage... as creepy unseen photos emerge Model Cindy Crawford, 60, mocked for her'out of touch' morning routine: 'Nothing about this is normal' Kentucky mother and daughter turn down $26.5MILLION to sell their farms to secretive tech giant that wants to build data center there Live Nation executives mocked'stupid' concert-goers in emails where they bragged about how to best rip them off: '$60 for closer grass' NFL superstar Xavier Worthy spills all on Travis Kelce, the Chiefs' struggles... and having Taylor Swift as his No 1 fan Heartbreaking video shows very elderly DoorDash driver shuffle down customer's driveway with coffee order because he is too poor to retire Amber Valletta, 52, was a '90s Vogue model who made movies with Sandra Bullock and Kate Hudson, see her now Nancy Mace throws herself into Iran warzone as she goes rogue on Middle East rescue mission: 'I AM that person' Hidden toxins in kids' treats EXPOSED: Health guru Jillian Michaels' sit-down with Casey DeSantis reveals dangers lurking in popular foods Britain's most dangerous spider strikes again: Man is hospitalised with flesh-eating bite'the size of a bowling ball' as experts warn false widows are rapidly spreading across the UK READ MORE: World's biggest spider web contains 111,000 creepy crawlies A man was left hospitalised with a flesh-eating infection after a'pinprick' false widow spider bite left him with a hand'the size of a bowling ball'. Chris Keegan, 40, woke up with a small insect bite on his right hand and initially thought nothing of it. But after it began to turn red, he decided to speak to a pharmacist who prescribed him with antibiotics for what he was told was a spider bite. Another round of antibiotics from the doctors also failed to stop the redness and Mr Keegan decided to go to the hospital after his hand'swelled up and turned purple'. Within a few hours, his hand was being operated on to remove any dying skin to prevent the infection from taking hold.


5,000-year-old bacteria thawed in Romanian ice cave

Popular Science

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Whether it's the ocean's deepest hydrothermal vents or tall mountain peaks, bacteria is likely surviving and thriving. Ice caves can host a wide variety of microorganisms and offer biologists a bevy of genetic diversity that still has to be studied. And it could help save lives. A team of scientists in Romania tested antibiotic resistance profiles with a bacterial strain that was hidden in a 5,000-year-old layer of ice inside an underground ice cave.


Measles outbreak could see unvaccinated pupils excluded from schools in north London

BBC News

Parents in north London have been told their children could be excluded from school if they are not fully vaccinated against measles amid an outbreak of the highly-contagious disease. Unvaccinated pupils identified as close contacts of people with measles could be excluded for 21 days in accordance with national guidelines, Enfield Council said in a letter to all parents in the borough in late January. At least 34 children have contracted measles in Enfield so far this year, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, and a number sent to hospital. A local health chief meanwhile told the BBC: We are worried because actually, this is a significantly increased number than what we're used to. Asking unvaccinated, close contacts of measles cases to stay off school is fairly standard practice when there are local outbreaks.


The scientist using AI to hunt for antibiotics just about everywhere

MIT Technology Review

César de la Fuente is on a mission to combat antimicrobial resistance by looking at nature's own solutions. César de la Fuente is an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he leads the Machine Biology Group. When he was just a teenager trying to decide what to do with his life, César de la Fuente compiled a list of the world's biggest problems. He ranked them inversely by how much money governments were spending to solve them. Antimicrobial resistance topped the list. Twenty years on, the problem has not gone away.


CounterfactualTemporalPointProcesses

Neural Information Processing Systems

Machine learning models based on temporal point processes arethe state ofthe artinawide variety ofapplications involving discrete events incontinuous time.