A Customer Support Agent Noticed a Terrifying Trend of Customer Delusions—Until He Deployed a Genius Back-Up Method - TwistedSifter

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Ebola Burial Team Attacked, 11 Patients Flee Care in Widening Outbreak in Congo - Bloomberg.com

A burial team was attacked and 11 Ebola patients fled isolation facilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the outbreak spread to another health zone in the country’s hardest-hit province.

Why Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes in California - San Francisco Chronicle

Google wants the EPA’s OK to try a pest control method to quell the spread of an invasive mosquito species that spreads dengue and other serious diseases.

Cat Ownership Linked to Increased Risk of Schizophrenia, Study Suggests - ScienceAlert

Having a cat as a pet is linked to an increased risk of schizophrenia-related conditions, according to a 2023 analysis of 17 studies.

Unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths annually, young children at highest risk - World Health Organization (WHO)

A natural depsipeptide antibiotic binds the E-site of the bacterial ribosome - Nature

Improved fractionation strategies can identify antibiotics with previously unseen scaffolds and mechanisms, exemplified by manikomycin from Streptomyces rimosus, which acts by targeting the E-site of the bacterial large ribosomal subunit.