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Bengaluru: The Trump administration’s decision to pause U.S. foreign aid would undo progress made in containing tuberculosis (TB) infections across low- and middle-income countries, putting the lives of millions at risk, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.”Without immediate action, hard-won progress in the fight against TB is at risk. Our collective response must be swift, strategic, and fully resourced to protect the most vulnerable and maintain momentum toward ending TB,” said Tereza Kasaeva, director of WHO’s Global Programme on TB and Lung Health. Critical international aid, particularly from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), helped avert about 3.65…

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, on the comeback trail seven months after giving birth to a son, was ousted in the first round at Indian Wells on Wednesday by France’s 70th-ranked Varvara Gracheva. The Czech, who welcomed son Petr last July, was playing her second tournament since her return from an 18-month maternity leave but remains in search of her first match win. Wednesday’s match looked a lot like her loss to Jodie Burrage in Austin last week, with Kvitova unable to close it out after pocketing the first set. Gracheva, 24, was full of admiration for her…

The Democratic mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City on Wednesday pushed back against House Republicans’ claims that they are harboring dangerous immigrants and violating immigration laws as so-called “sanctuary cities.”During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and New York City Mayor Eric Adams all defended their actions on immigration enforcement in their respective cities as Republicans on the committee accused them of increasing crime and impeding on law enforcement actions.Chairman James Comer, a Republican, said these mayors lead towns that have policies that only…

LONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog said Wednesday it has dropped its review of Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, saying it’s satisfied that the deal doesn’t need a closer investigation under the country’s merger rules. The Competition and Markets Authority said that based on “available evidence,” the partnership between the U.S. tech giant and the ChatGPT maker doesn’t qualify for a merger investigation. “In particular the CMA does not consider there has been a change of control by Microsoft from material influence to de facto control over OpenAI,” the watchdog said in a statement. Microsoft was a big initial backer of OpenAI,…

HOUSTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died two months after taking office and hours after attending President Donald Trump’s address before Congress in Washington, D.C., officials and his family said on Wednesday. He was 70.While attending Trump’s speech to Congress, Turner was taken to a hospital and later released, Turner’s family said in a statement. Turner’s family said that at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, “he died at his home from enduring health complications.” The family did not offer additional information on those health complications. In November 2022, Turner revealed he had undergone treatment, including surgery and radiation…

New Delhi: Union Health Minister JP Nadda chaired the ninth meeting of Mission Steering Group (MSG) of National Health Mission (NHM) on Tuesday at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital.Union Ministers of State for Health & Family Welfare, Prataprao Jadhav and Anupriya Patel, Suman K. Bery, Vice chairman, NITI Aayog, VK Paul, Member, NITI Aayog were also present. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Mission Steering Group is the highest policy-making and steering institution under the NHM, providing broad policy direction and governance for the health sector. Secretaries of Ministries of Government of India including MoHFW,…

Barcelona vs Benfica Live Streaming, Champions League Live Telecast: Barcelona look to continue their solid run in the Champions League as they take on Benfica in the Round of 16 1st Leg encounter in Lisbon. Barcelona qualified as the second best team in the group stages just behind Liverpool and had just one loss in eight matches. On the other hand, Benfica were 16th with just 4 wins in 8 matches. They defeated Monaco in the playoffs to book their spot in the knockout stages of the competition. The game comes less than two months after the two teams…

This post was co-authored with Johann Wildgruber, Dr. Jens Kohl, Thilo Bindel, and Luisa-Sophie Gloger from BMW Group. The BMW Group—headquartered in Munich, Germany—is a vehicle manufacturer with more than 154,000 employees, and 30 production and assembly facilities worldwide as well as research and development locations across 17 countries. Today, the BMW Group (BMW) is the world’s leading manufacturer of premium automobiles and motorcycles, and provider of premium financial and mobility services. BMW Connected Company is a division within BMW responsible for developing and operating premium digital services for BMW’s connected fleet, which currently numbers more than 23 million vehicles worldwide.…

Introduction Modern biomedical research is driven by the promise of precision medicine—tailored treatments for individual patients through the integration of diverse, large-scale datasets. Yet, the journey from raw data to actionable insights is fraught with challenges. Our team of researchers at Microsoft Research in the Health Futures group, in collaboration with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (opens in new tab), conducted an in-depth exploration of these challenges in a study published in Nature Scientific Reports. The goal of this research was to identify pain points in the biomedical data lifecycle and offer actionable recommendations to…

Ninety percent of information transmitted to the human brain is visual. The importance of sight in understanding the world makes computer vision essential for AI systems. By simplifying computer vision development, startup Roboflow helps bridge the gap between AI and people looking to harness it. Trusted by over a million developers and half of the Fortune 100 companies, Roboflow’s mission is to make the world programmable through computer vision. Roboflow Universe is home to the largest collection of open-source computer vision datasets and models. Cofounder and CEO Joseph Nelson joined the NVIDIA AI Podcast to discuss how Roboflow empowers users…