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At least three women were infected with HIV during "vampire facial" cosmetic procedures at an unlicensed spa in Albuquerque, federal officials said Thursday. It is the first time HIV transmission through cosmetic injection services has been documented, they said.The three were part of a group of five people who shared very similar HIV strains, four of whom had undergone a procedure called platelet-rich plasma microneedling at the spa. The fifth individual, a man, had a sexual relationship with one of the women.Investigators do not yet know the precise origin of the contamination. A 2018 HIV diagnosis in a client who reported having no behavioral risk factors led to a public health investigation when the woman said she received a cosmetic needle treatment, called platelet-rich plasma fac...

Tony Probst's passion for the Titanic is unshakable.Since the mid-1990s, he has amassed hundreds of artifacts dating back to the ship's maiden voyage in 1912, including a plaque on a lifeboat, porcelain, sheet music and a number of personal documents.“I believe I am the only person on planet Earth who has all the necessary documents for an individual to board the Titanic,” Mr. Probst, 64, said proudly this week.His collection is sometimes displayed in the audio and video store he runs with his children in California's Bay Area, but he has also visited notable spaces, including the National Geographic Museum in Washington; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California; and the Titanic museums in Branson, Missouri, and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.Mr. ...

Listen and follow 'Hard Fork'Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YoutubeOn Wednesday, President Biden signed a bill that would force the sale of TikTok or ban the app outright. We explain how this all came to pass, when just a few weeks ago it seemed unlikely this would happen, and what legal challenges the law will face next. So let's check out Tesla's dismal year and what's next for the company after this week's dismal quarterly earnings report. Finally, to boldly support technology where technology has never been supported before: Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab try to fix a chip malfunction from 15 billion miles away.Guests:Andrew Hawkins, transportation editor at The VergeTodd Barber, propulsion engineer at Jet Propulsion LabAdditional reading:Credits“H...

The main UN coordinator for humanitarian aid in Gaza said Israel had taken steps to improve the delivery of humanitarian aid to the enclave, but warned that much more needed to be done to meet the huge need in the area.Israel has announced efforts to increase the flow of aid to Gaza, including by opening an additional border crossing and accepting shipments at a nearby port. But the United Nations has warned with growing urgency that a famine is imminent and that deliveries are still below the level needed to stop the spread of hunger.Aid coordinator Sigrid Kaag said in a Security Council briefing on Wednesday that while Israel has made efforts to increase the entry and distribution of aid, “further definitive and urgent steps are needed to set the course for a sustained flow of aid." hu...

Federal regulators discovered fragments of the avian influenza virus in about 20 percent of retail milk samples analyzed in a nationally representative study, the Food and Drug Administration said in an online update Thursday.Samples from parts of the country known to have dairy farms infected with the virus were more likely to test positive, the agency said. Regulators have said there is no evidence that this milk poses a danger to consumers or that live virus is present in the milk on store shelves, an assessment that public health experts agree with.But finding traces of the virus in such a high percentage of samples from across the country is the strongest sign yet that the avian flu outbreak in dairy cows is larger than the official count of 33 infected herds in eight states.“That su...

A wave of political unrest hit Spain on Thursday as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez publicly considered resigning from his post after a judge agreed to investigate his wife over allegations that he and other officials denounced as a campaign politically driven defamation.The judge's decision to take over the case - which was brought by a self-styled anti-corruption group based on online news reports of alleged influence peddling - prompted Mr Sánchez supporters will unite behind him and prosecutors will move quickly Thursday to try to get the case dismissed.Mr. Sánchez, whose political survival skills have amazed both his supporters and detractors for years, wrote in a public letter on Wednesday that the allegations against his wife, Begoña Gómez, were false and amounted to harassment. ...

The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to reinstate regulations that expand government control over broadband providers and aim to protect consumer access to the Internet, a move that will reignite a long-running battle over the open internet.Known as net neutrality, the regulations were first put in place nearly a decade ago under the Obama administration and aim to prevent internet service providers like Verizon or Comcast from blocking or curtailing the service provision of competitors like Netflix and YouTube. The rules were repealed under President Donald J. Trump and have proved a contentious issue over the years, pitting tech giants against broadband providers.In a 3-2 vote along party lines, the five-member commission appointed by President Biden revived rules declar...

Sheppie Abramowitz, a seasoned political insider who became a powerful ally for refugees around the world, died April 7 in Washington. He was 88 years old.Her death was confirmed by her son, Michael Abramowitz, who said his mother died at Sibley Memorial Hospital, due to an infection and an aortic aneurysm.For more than five decades, Abramowitz has been active in movements to resolve refugee crises – in Vietnam, Thailand, Turkey and Kosovo. With a steady, persuasive and unusually effective hand, she used her intimate knowledge of government officials, logistics and the struggles of those fleeing war and oppressive governments to secure real relief.She was the wife of a diplomat — her husband, Morton I. Abramowitz, was a U.S. ambassador — and became his humanitarian assistant, putting her...

Antidepressants are among the most prescribed medications in the United States. This is due, in part, to the fact that the number of people diagnosed with depression and anxiety is rising and prescriptions have increased sharply in some age groups during the pandemic.Despite the prevalence of these drugs, some patients have "significant misconceptions" about how the drugs work, said Dr. Andrew J. Gerber, a psychiatrist and president and medical director of Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut.About 80% of antidepressants are prescribed by primary care physicians who have not had extensive training in the management of mental illnesses.Dr. Paul Nestadt, an associate professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, said patients tell him, "'You know, doctor, I'...

The Moulin Rouge's bright red windmill has been a ubiquitous sign atop the famous cabaret venue for more than a century.But on Thursday, Parisians woke up to an alarming sight: the windmill's blades bent and fell to the ground after breaking loose and falling overnight.Footage circulated in local media on Thursday showed the blades tangled on the ground in front of the building. Three letters from the illuminated “Moulin Rouge” sign also appear to have fallen.Firefighters were called to the scene after 2 a.m., a Paris fire brigade spokeswoman said, and examined the structure to make sure nothing else threatened to fall. With the area secured and with no injuries, firefighters quickly left. The workers were clean up debris Thursday morning.A Moulin Rouge spokeswoman said via text...