290 articles from WEDNESDAY 23.9.2020

Women orthopaedic surgeons report high rates of sexual harassment

More than two-thirds of women orthopaedic surgeons report experiencing sexual harassment during their residency training, according to a survey study in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® (CORR®), a publication of The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Your neighborhood may raise your risk of chronic kidney disease

A neighborhood's overall socioeconomic status, including income and education-level, may influence its residents' risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a study recently published in SSM Population Health by researchers from Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health.

Nearly 500 pilot whales stranded in Australia; 380 dead

More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. Authorities had already been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a beach and two sand bars near the remote coastal town of Strahan on the southern island state of...

School Bus-Size Asteroid to Safely Zoom Past Earth

Portal origin URL: School Bus-Size Asteroid to Safely Zoom Past EarthPortal origin nid: 464735Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - 19:56Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Roughly 15 to 30 feet wide, the object will make its closest approach on Sept. 24.Portal image: Artist's concept of...

ISS forced to move to avoid space debris

Nasa says astronauts sheltered in the Soyuz spacecraft so they could evacuate if necessary during the ‘avoidance manoeuvre’Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were carrying out an “avoidance manoeuvre” on Tuesday to ensure the station would not be hit by a piece of debris, the US space agency Nasa announced.The debris should pass within “several kilometres” of the...

Flu vaccine critical to avoid stretching US healthcare amid Covid, scientists warn

Flu season could be like no other this year and a national campaign to promote the flu vaccine is urgent, say scientistsA national public health campaign promoting the flu vaccine is urgently needed to avoid stretched healthcare services being overwhelmed this winter as the US faces cold season while still struggling to gain control of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have warned.Influenza or...