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IL-6 emerges as early sepsis indicator in high risk groups
2025-05-11 03:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesApr 11 2025A pioneering study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has uncovered the potential of interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a powerful diagnostic biomarker for the early detection of sepsis in high-risk patient groups, including neonates, children and pregnant women. This study is the first to evaluate IL-6's diagnostic performance in a real-world cohort across all three populations.Sepsis, a life-threatening condition resulting from the immune system's overreaction to infection, remains a leading global cause of mortality, accounting for an estimated 11 million deaths annually.Young children, especially those under five, and pregnant women are highly vulnerable due to immunological changes and increased susceptibility.Diagnosing sepsis during pregnancy is especially challenging, as physiological changes can obscure its early signs.Prompt diagnosis is critical, yet challenging, due to the non-specific symptoms of sepsis an...
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Thousands of federal workers would be easier to fire under Trump rule change
2025-05-11 01:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
President Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Friday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is moving forward with efforts to make it easier to fire some federal workers from their jobs, as part of its push to both shrink the federal government and exert more control over it. On Friday the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposed a rule reclassifying tens of thousands of career civil servants as "at-will" employees, the White House announced in a statement. Removing civil service protections would make workers easier to fire. The White House said the proposed rule would address "unaccountable, policy-determining federal employees who put their own interests ahead of the American people's." President Trump and his allies, including billionaire Elon Musk, have said they want to "dismantle government bureaucracy," which they criticize as a "deep state," and root out what Trump has called "rogue bureaucrat...
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Students to be able to watch drama Adolescence after Netflix announces huge news
2025-05-11 01:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with the creators of the crime drama Adolescence as Netflix announced it is making it free to all secondary schools across the countryNewsSophie Huskisson Political Correspondent13:36, 31 Mar 2025Updated 09:49, 01 Apr 2025Students will be able to watch hit drama Adolescence after Netflix today made it free to all secondary schools across the country.Keir Starmer met with the creators of the crime drama, which follows the story of a teen accused of murder, to discuss how to prevent young boys being dragged into a whirlpool of hatred and misogyny. The PM invited co-writer Jack Thorne and producer Jo Johnson to Downing Street as well as charities and young people, who shared their experience of becoming immersed in harmful online content.The PM, who watched the drama with his kids, said the show "hit home hard". After years spent working as the Director of Public Prosecutions, he has seen the devastation that misogyny and violence leaves behind, and how...
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