Day: October 7, 2026

Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea Is Exploding in The US. And It’s Growing Resistant to Medicine : ScienceAlert

Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea Is Exploding in The US. And It's Growing Resistant to Medicine : ScienceAlert

A gut pathogen that causes diarrhea and vomiting is morphing into a dangerous and difficult-to-treat sexually transmitted infection (STI).In the United States, roughly 450,000 people acquire shigellosis each year, which can lead to dysentery.Historically, this highly contagious bug has mostly been spread through contaminated food or water during travel, and among young children in day … Read more

Zelensky condemns ‘vile’ large-scale Russian attacks that killed 22

Zelensky condemns 'vile' large-scale Russian attacks that killed 22

Zelensky renewed a call for allies to provide air defense support packages to Ukraine, saying his military only managed to shoot down “some” of the missiles launched by Russia overnight. According to Zelensky, one of the “key targets” of the attack was the country’s energy infrastructure, which Moscow previously said it would step up attacks … Read more

Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

A group of people detained inside a private Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in Georgia have begun a mass hunger strike this week to protest their prolonged detention and conditions at the facility, according to advocates and family members. Advocates estimate that at least 73 immigrant detainees are participating in the hunger strike inside … Read more

German ex-spy chief arrested for treason: What we know | Espionage News

German ex-spy chief arrested for treason: What we know | Espionage News

The man who headed Germany’s intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005 has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason, according to the country’s federal prosecutor’s office. The office announced Tuesday that August Hanning, 80, was arrested and faces charges including “treasonous espionage, obtaining state secrets, attempted treason” through contact with foreign intelligence services. … Read more

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall after tech rally

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures fall after tech rally

U.S. stock futures fell Wednesday morning as global bonds fell and investors awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September meeting. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) fell 0.7%. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) fell 0.3% and the Nasdaq-100 (NQ=F) fell 0.6% after the two indexes hit all-time highs the previous day. The yield on the 30-year … Read more

The Best Xbox Amazon Prime Day Gaming Deals

The Best Xbox Amazon Prime Day Gaming Deals

Amazon Prime Day is back, just because it’s October and therefore the sale has to have a slightly different name: it’s called Prime Big Deal Days 2026. The sale runs for two days, October 6 and 7. There are plenty of video game deals out there, but we’ve sorted through the listings to bring you … Read more

Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of cosmic neutrinos

Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of cosmic neutrinos

Francis Halzen received the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 6 for his contributions to neutrino physics. Credit: Althea Dotzour/University of Wisconsin-Madison Belgian physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work detecting elusive high-energy particles called neutrinos that come from deep space. The most unusual portrait of the Milky Way … Read more

Shingles rates plummet in some adults who received certain vaccine, study finds

Shingles rates plummet in some adults who received certain vaccine, study finds

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Shingles rates have dropped sharply among younger U.S. adults, as the first generation eligible for routine childhood chickenpox vaccination is now in their late 20s.That’s according to a major study led by Epic Research, which analyzed the electronic health records of more than 85 million adults.The biggest … Read more

French, Japanese scientists share Nobel Prize in Chemistry

French, Japanese scientists share Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Listen to this articleDear 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated using AI-based technology. Pronunciation errors may occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve results. Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in … Read more