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BALTIMORE, MD, January 13, 2025 – A groundbreaking new study in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science reveals the severe and far-reaching consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on global food security. The research highlights an urgent need to address disruptions in the transportation of Ukrainian grains, which have caused dramatic price spikes and worsened food insecurity worldwide, particularly in vulnerable regions such as the Middle East and North Africa.
Cutting-edge chips, especially those designed to power emerging AI applications, tend to receive the most attention in the media and generate the most excitement. However, so-called “legacy” chips are just as important — if not more — to our daily lives.
January is National Blood Donor Month and, not coincidentally, a time when donations tend to ebb. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood for serious injuries, childbirth, cancer treatments and more, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Good morning from Lake Geneva, Wisc., where the cheese curds are aplenty, Spotted Cow flows freely and raspberry-flavored kringle is what drives you from bed.
People are seeking exemptions to avoid COVID-19 vaccination. A closer look at them reveals that they are creating more harm than good, both for the people looking to get out of being vaccinated and efforts to end the pandemic.
BOSTON — Congestion in and around Boston has been slowly creeping up.
Mick Mitchell, of Edmond, Okla., smiles as he gets a COVID-19 vaccination shot from Dondie Hess, left, of the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, at a vaccination event before an NCAA college football game between Missouri State and Oklahoma State, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma State University announced that it will host COVID-19 vaccine clinics before home football games this fall to make it easier for students, fans and the community to receive a vaccine.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – How can you protect yourself as COVID-19 cases spike across the country and in the Triangle?
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