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32 noticiasKFF poll finds Medicare for All support at 66% in US, highest since 2016
A KFF poll published Tuesday found 66 percent of U.S. adults support Medicare for All, the highest level since 2016, with 32 percent saying they strongly favor a single government health plan. Support was up about 13 points from 2020, but t…
Rusia pone en cuarentena un hospital tras la muerte de una trabajadora de laboratorio que deja casi 200 personas bajo observación
Una empleada del Instituto de Investigación Antipeste de Siberia y Extremo Oriente de Irkutsk murió la semana pasada de neumonía de causa desconocida, informaron las autoridades rusas, y un hospital de la localidad de Shelekhov fue puesto e…
Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin over suspected plague death in Siberia
President Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled with Vladimir Putin about the suspected pneumonic plague case in Siberia, after saying Monday the US was willing to help Russia. The case follows the death of Darya Shipilova, 28, a worke…
Kenia confirma la primera muerte por ébola tras la llegada de un paciente desde el Congo vía Uganda
El Ministerio de Salud de Kenia confirmó el martes el primer caso importado de ébola en el país, después de que un keniano que llegó desde la República Democrática del Congo vía Uganda fuera atendido en el Nairobi Hospital y falleciera la n…
La OMS dice que el riesgo es bajo mientras EE. UU. presiona a Rusia para que sea transparente sobre la muerte en un laboratorio de peste
El Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. está monitoreando informes sobre un caso mortal de sospecha de peste neumónica en la región de Irkutsk, Rusia, y el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, ha pedido públicamente a Moscú mayor transparencia s…
Nueva York declara emergencia por desastre de sarampión ante el aumento de casos rurales
La gobernadora de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul, declaró el lunes una emergencia estatal por desastre debido a un brote de sarampión, una orden que, según CNN, es la primera declaración de este tipo de un estado de EE. UU. desde que los casos co…
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to Francis Halzen for neutrino discovery
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Francis Halzen for his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in Stockholm. Halz…
El Premio Nobel de Física recae en Francis Halzen, investigador de neutrinos de IceCube
La Real Academia Sueca de Ciencias anunció el 6 de octubre que el Premio Nobel de Física de 2026 se concede a Francis Halzen, de la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison, por sus contribuciones decisivas al Observatorio de Neutrinos IceCube y el…
WHO and Russia say no further plague infections after Siberian lab worker's death
A female worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week from pneumonia of undetermined origin, according to Russian authorities and the WHO. Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said 60% of the identified contact…
WHO says Russia reported no plague case in Irkutsk as US tracks lab worker's death
The World Health Organization said Russian authorities reported no plague case had been recorded in the Irkutsk region, while the cause of a 28-year-old anti-plague laboratory worker's death remained unconfirmed. The US State Department sai…
Trump says Putin call scheduled soon on suspected Siberia plague case
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a suspected plague case. The case centres on Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab technician who died Friday in a hospita…
El Nobel de Medicina va para tres investigadores por la optogenética
El Instituto Karolinska anunció el 5 de octubre que el Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina de 2026 es para Karl Deisseroth, de la Universidad de Stanford; Peter Hegemann, de la Universidad Humboldt de Berlín, y Georg Nagel, de la Universi…
El G7 liberará 100 millones de barriles de reservas de petróleo y diésel en cuatro meses
El G7 dijo el viernes que liberará hasta 100 millones de barriles de reservas de petróleo y diésel en cuatro meses, con una parte sustancial de diésel adelantada a los primeros 20 días y coordinada por la Agencia Internacional de la Energía…
Russia denies plague after worker at Siberian institute dies of unknown pneumonia
A woman who worked at a plague-control research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia has died; Japanese outlets differ on whether she died on Oct 1 or Oct 2. Russian authorities say the cause was “pneumonia of unknown cau…
Google signs 20-year nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy
Google signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy covering six nuclear plant sites, according to The Verge. Reuters described the agreement as a 3.6-GW power deal; The Verge said the companies expect 890 megawatts o…
Citizen Medical Lecture wins newspaper association's regional contribution grand prize
The Japan Newspaper Association selected the “Citizen Medical Lecture” run by Nishi-Nippon Shimbun Area Group Kitafukuoka for its 2026 Regional Contribution Grand Prize. Eleven newspaper sales outlets have held the lectures with doctors as …
Buques cisterna vuelven a ser atacados cerca del estrecho de Ormuz mientras Irán reitera sus condiciones para reabrirlo
Al menos dos embarcaciones fueron atacadas durante el fin de semana en aguas cercanas a Omán e Irán, según el Centro de Operaciones de Comercio Marítimo del Reino Unido, que informó que un buque cisterna de crudo fue alcanzado por un proyec…
US solar makers say tandem panels could narrow China's lead
Solar panel producers in the United States say they are close to perfecting tandem solar panels, which add second and third layers of material and could generate 25% more energy than most devices available today. Companies including Tandem …
RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI draws criticism from MAHA allies and medical experts
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a MAHA summit that artificial intelligence would free Americans from “medical tyranny” by letting them “fact check their own medical advice.” Some prominent MAHA voices criticized him for cozying …
Scientists report first evidence of a planet formed from a dead star's ashes
A study published Monday in Nature Astronomy says a planet may have formed from material expelled by its dying star, which would be the first recorded “second-generation” planet. The likely gas giant orbits a white dwarf called HS 0209+0832…