3 women got HIV after ‘vampire facials’: CDC explains how it happened The report released by the CDC on Thursday contained data that was collected by researchers with the federal agency, and the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH), about individuals who received ... 04/26/2024 - 1:30 pm | View Link
Healthwatch: Warnings about ‘vampire facials’ The CDC has issued a warning about a cosmetic procedure called a “vampire facial.” ... 04/26/2024 - 1:23 pm | View Link
CDC confirms HIV infections linked to 'vampire facials' The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said HIV transmission through cosmetic injection services via contaminated blood has not been documented before. 04/26/2024 - 11:39 am | View Link
Three women likely contracted HIV from 'vampire facials' at closed New Mexico Spa: CDC HIV cases have been attributed to "vampire facials" three women received at an Albuquerque, New Mexico spa, the CDC says. 04/26/2024 - 8:30 am | View Link
"Vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa infected three people with HIV, CDC finds First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers. 04/26/2024 - 6:50 am | View Link
(NEW YORK) — Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable.
Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions of dollars over the past month by betting that the stock price of his social media business — Truth Social — will keep dropping despite massive buying by Trump loyalists and wild swings that often mirror the candidate’s latest polls, court trials and outbursts on Truth Social itself.
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Several of these investors interviewed by The Associated Press say their bearish gambles using “put” options and other trading tools are driven less by their personal feelings about the former president (most don’t like him) than their faith in the woeful underlying financials of a company that made less money last year than the average Wendy’s hamburger franchise.
“This company makes no money.
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A federal appeals court today reversed a ruling that prevented New York from enforcing a law requiring Internet service providers to sell $15 broadband plans to low-income consumers. The ruling is a loss for six trade groups that represent ISPs, although it isn't clear right now whether the law will be enforced.
New York's Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) was blocked in June 2021 by a US District Court judge who ruled that the state law is rate regulation and preempted by federal law.
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Google says it has patched a nasty loophole in the Android TV account security system, which would grant attackers with physical access to your device access to your entire Google account just by sideloading some apps. As 404 Media reports, the issue was originally brought to Google's attention by US Sen.
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Hackers are assailing websites using a prominent WordPress plugin with millions of attempts to exploit a high-severity vulnerability that allows complete takeover, researchers said.
The vulnerability resides in WordPress Automatic, a plugin with more than 38,000 paying customers. Websites running the WordPress content management system use it to incorporate content from other sites.
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On Thursday, the US Department of Energy released its preliminary estimate for the nation's carbon emissions in the previous year. Any drop in emissions puts us on a path that would avoid some of the catastrophic warming scenarios that were still on the table at the turn of the century.
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Spy Pet, a service that sold access to a rich database of allegedly more than 3 billion Discord messages and details on more than 600 million users, has seemingly been shut down.
404 Media, which broke the story of Spy Pet's offerings, reports that Spy Pet seems mostly shut down.