Going for a night out? What you need to know about Hong Kong’s new Covid rapid-test rule for bars and clubs
The Post answers questions on authenticity of test results and authorities’ policy direction ⌘ Read more

Patients almost 10 times more likely to survive cardiac arrests with CPR or AED applied, but few in Hong Kong receive such aid, research finds
Of the 829 young patients studied, only 34 per cent received CPR while less than 7 per cent had help with AED. ⌘ Read more

WHO will share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears
Agency chief says the initiative for ‘fair access’ to vaccines and treatments will be ready within weeks, but health experts say it’s a missed opportunity to control monkeypox in Africa where it has been for decades. ⌘ Read more

Singapore ramps up ‘Wolbachia’ mosquito breeding as dengue crisis escalates
Amid earlier-than-usual surge in cases, which can be fatal, nation will breed 5 million male Aedes mosquitoes a week instead of 2 million. Carrying Wolbachia bacteria, when they mate with female urban mosquitoes the eggs that are laid do not hatch. ⌘ Read more

Coronavirus: Hong Kong bar and club patrons cancel bookings over rapid-test proof rule, as industry leader slams ‘unclear guidelines’
‘What did our industry do wrong?’ sector representative Ben Leung says on radio show. ⌘ Read more

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Erlang Solutions: Using Elixir and WhatsApp to Fight COVID19

Discover the inside story of how the World Health Organisation’s WhatsApp COVID-19 hotline service was launched in 5 days using Elixir. At the beginning of March 2020, Turn.io launched the world’s first WhatsApp-based COVID-19 response for the South African Ministry of Health. The service was designed, deployed, stress-tested, and launched.

In 5 days. It scaled, before any kind of public launch, to 450K unique … ⌘ Read more

An update on recent service disruptions
Over the past few weeks, we have experienced multiple incidents due to the health of our database. We wanted to share what we know about these incidents while our team continues to address them. ⌘ Read more

Off to my first health check-up in 3 ½ years. I’m almost 40 pounds lighter than I was back then, so I hope this goes well.

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Hopefully OneUI 4 will extend the life of my smartphone
Last year I wrote about how I check the battery health of my smartphone. The app I used for that shows a notification when a certain charge level is reached that you can unplug the smartphone so it doesn’t charge to 100%. ⌘ Read more

How Docker containers are supporting the COVID-19 genomic monitoring effort
This is a guest blog post from Dr. Kelsey Florek and Curtis Kapsak. A video presentation of this post from Docker’s Community All-Hands can be found here. Dr. Kelsey Florek is the Senior Genomics and Data Scientist at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and a steering committee member of the State Public Health Bioinformatics […]

The post [How Docker containers are supporting the CO … ⌘ Read more

How I checked the battery health of my Android phone 🔋
My smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite, which has been my daily driver for a year and a few months, has a 4500mAh Li-Po battery (“lithium-ion polymer” – like lithium-ion, but with solid or gel-like electrolytes that allow a thinner design). My smartphone can be charged with a maximum of 45 watts. The included charger, which I always use for charging, delivers a maximum of 25 watts. ⌘ Read more

@jlj@twt.nfld.uk Lol! Fantastic that your grandma has been able to live to that age! My grandfather made it to 96, quite healthy and happy, and actually walking around by himself until the end. Best wishes of health!

How to design a sailing ship for the 21st century?
It is surprisingly difficult to build a carbon neutral sailing ship. This is even more the case today, because our standards for safety, health, hygiene, comfort, and convenience have changed profoundly since the Age of Sail. ⌘ Read more

@adi@twtxt.net “I usually seen the opposite. Women are more interested in longevity and happy that studies show that they live more than men.” -> I probably could have been clearer: It seems to me that women are on average much less interested in life-extension (methods beyond usual health advice such as the old “exercise, eat vegetables”) than men. This might just be founder/sampling bias (life extension comes out of the relatively male dominated libertarian/techno-optimist cluster). Actually, maybe there’s just a variance thing here: median man cares less about his longevity than the median woman, but the variance for men is higher.

K: The Overlooked Variable That’s Driving the Pandemic - The Atlantic ⌘ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/

a podcast on medical alert sounds: [[https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sound-and-health-hospitals/]] #links #sound

Random link from the archives: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/paying-for-fake-friends-and-family/545060/?single_page=true originally archived Thu Nov 9 09:49:05 EST 2017

Are smartphones bad for you? The science is still out - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18126154/screen-time-smartphones-bad-health-risk-science-study-wrong-depression-anxiety

What the dip in US life expectancy is really about: inequality - Vox https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/9/16860994/life-expectancy-us-income-inequality

Why it’s so hard to develop the right material for brain implants - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/30/17408852/brain-implant-materials-neuroscience-health-chris-bettinger

How Self-A… https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/03/you-dont-know-yourself-as-well-as-you-think-you-do/554612/?single_page=true

The Bizarre Motivating Power of Aging Into … https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-end-is-near-time-to-run-faster/549014/

Older Adu… https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/18/571120472/older-adults-forgetfulness-tied-to-faulty-brain-rhythms-in-sleep

The Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend Business - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/paying-for-fake-friends-and-family/545060/?single_page=true

How Getting Enough Sleep Can Make You Less Afraid - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/10/rem-and-trauma/543573/

The Touch of Madness - Pacific Standard https://psmag.com/magazine/the-touch-of-madness-mental-health-schizophrenia

How Blade Runner got its name from a dystopian book about health care - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/4/16416082/blade-runner-name-backstory-ridley-scott-william-burroughs-alan-nourse

How Blade Runner got its name from a dystopian book about health care - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/4/16416082/blade-runner-name-backstory-ridley-scott-william-burroughs-alan-nourse

Could the Answer to the Antibiotic-Resistance Crisis Be Found on a Toilet Seat? - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/could-the-answer-to-our-most-urgent-health-crisis-be-found-on-a-toilet-seat/528687/?src=longreads

England’s Mental Health Experiment: No-Cost Talk Therapy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/health/england-mental-health-treatment-therapy.html?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

The U.S. fertility rate just hit a historic low. Why some demographers are freaking out. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/30/the-u-s-fertility-rate-just-hit-a-historic-low-why-some-demographers-are-freaking-out/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email