Investigators in Pennsylvania identified a suspect in an unsolved slaying through DNA obtained from a discarded cigarette butt and a bitten-off piece of a styrofoam cup, authorities said Monday. Vallis Slaughter, 39, was arrested last week in connection with the fatal 2012 shooting of Julio Torres, 34, in a diner parking lot in West Reading,… Continue reading DNA from cigarette butt, styrofoam cup lead to arrest in unsolved Pennsylvania slaying
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MRI scanning could lead to major cut in prostate cancer deaths, finds UK study | Prostate cancer
Using MRI scans to screen men for prostate cancer could reduce deaths from the disease significantly, researchers have suggested. Scientists said current tests, which detect the level of the protein prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood, have been linked to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of low-risk cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in… Continue reading MRI scanning could lead to major cut in prostate cancer deaths, finds UK study | Prostate cancer
Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum grows lead for ruling party presidential ticket
MEXICO CITY — Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has grown her lead to a 13-point advantage in the contest to be the ruling party’s candidate in Mexico’s 2024 presidential election, a poll published on Wednesday in newspaper El Universal showed. With less than a month until the candidate is announced, the survey showed Sheinbaum… Continue reading Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum grows lead for ruling party presidential ticket
Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor | NHS
Rishi Sunak’s “increasingly intransigent” and “belligerent” stance on medics’ pay is blocking the path to ending the industrial action in the NHS, leaving no option but to strike until the next general election, one of Britain’s top doctors has warned. Speaking to the Guardian on Friday after junior doctors launched a fifth round of industrial… Continue reading Sunak’s ‘intransigence’ on pay will lead to more NHS strikes, warns top doctor | NHS
AI interview: Krystal Kauffman, lead organiser, Turkopticon
Globally dispersed digital gig workers tasked with training artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are in the process of coordinating collective responses to common challenges they face in the workplace, says Turkopticon lead organiser Krystal Kauffman, who has been involved in the transnational organising process with other Mechanical Turk workers since 2020. While the popular perception… Continue reading AI interview: Krystal Kauffman, lead organiser, Turkopticon
Delays in federal workers’ comp can lead to delayed medical care, turning injuries into disabilities
Injured federal employees say their treatable injuries are at risk of progressing into lifelong disabilities because the workers’ compensation program that covers their medical costs and procedures is clogged by low staffing, convoluted processes and an increase in claims. Workers and their advocates say filing a claim is a knotty experience of complicated paperwork and… Continue reading Delays in federal workers’ comp can lead to delayed medical care, turning injuries into disabilities