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Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of
mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize
in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of
mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the
pandemic — technology that's also being studied to fight cancer and
other diseases.
Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman were
cited for contributing "to the unprecedented rate of vaccine
development during one of the greatest threats to human health,"
according to the panel that awarded the prize in Stockholm.
WHAT IS THE NOBEL FOR?
The panel said the pair's "groundbreaking findings ... fundamentally
changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune
system."
Women's voices and votes loom large as pope is set to open a Vatican
meeting on church's future - A few years ago, Pope Francis told the
head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women's organization to be
"brave" in pushing for change for women in the Catholic Church.
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Maria Lia Zervino took his advice and in 2021 wrote Francis a letter,
then made it public, saying flat out that the Catholic Church owed a big
debt to half of humanity and that women deserved to be at the table
where church decisions are made, not as mere "ornaments" but as
protagonists.
Francis appears to have taken note, and this week opens a global
gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople discussing the future of the
church, where women — their voices and their votes — are taking
center stage for the first time.
For Zervino, who worked alongside the former Cardinal Jorge Mario
Bergoglio when both held positions in the Argentine bishops'
conference, the gathering is a watershed moment for the church and
quite possibly the most consequential thing Francis will have
undertaken as pope.
10 people are dead after Mexico church roof collapses. No more
survivors believed buried in rubble - The collapse of a church roof
during a mass in northern Mexico has killed at least 10 people and
injured 60, and searchers said Monday that no further people were
believed to be trapped in the wreckage.
State police had initially estimated about 100 people were inside the
church in the Gulf coast city of Ciudad Madero when it collapsed during
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a baptism Sunday, and said that approximately 30 parishioners may
have been trapped in the rubble when the roof caved in.
But Tamaulipas state Gov. Américo Villarreal later said only 70 may
have been inside. Villarreal said that, after sending search dogs and
thermal imaging cameras under the collapsed concrete slab, it
appeared that nobody was still trapped, apart from the ten bodies
already recovered.
"The most likely thing, I can't affirm it 100%, is that there aren't any
more people trapped," Villarreal said. Describing the searches by dogs
and rescue teams, he said "there are no indications of life inside the
collapsed area."
UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight
violent gangs - The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a
multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs
in the troubled Caribbean country.
The resolution drafted by the U.S. was approved with 13 votes in favor
and two abstentions from Russia and China.
The resolution authorizes the force to deploy for one year, with a
review after nine months. It would mark the first time a force is
deployed to Haiti since a U.N.-approved mission nearly 20 years ago.
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A deployment date has not been set, although U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken recently said a security mission to Haiti could deploy "in
months."
3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry for quantum dots research used in
electronics, medical imaging - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in
chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles
just a few nanometers in diameter that can release very bright colored
light and whose applications in everyday life include electronics and
medical imaging.
Moungi Bawendi of MIT, Louis Brus of Columbia University, and Alexei
Ekimov of Nanocrystals Technology Inc., were honored for their work
with the tiny particles that "have unique properties and now spread
their light from television screens and LED lamps," according to the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which announced the award in
Stockholm.
The suspense surrounding the academy's decision took an unusual turn
when Swedish media reported the winners several hours before the
prize was announced. The advance notice apparently came from a
news release sent out early by mistake.
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Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of
mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize
in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of
mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the
pandemic — technology that's also being studied to fight cancer and
other diseases.
Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman were
cited for contributing "to the unprecedented rate of vaccine
development during one of the greatest threats to human health,"
according to the panel that awarded the prize in Stockholm.
WHAT IS THE NOBEL FOR?
The panel said the pair's "groundbreaking findings ... fundamentally
changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune
system."
Women's voices and votes loom large as pope is set to open a Vatican
meeting on church's future - A few years ago, Pope Francis told the
head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women's organization to be
"brave" in pushing for change for women in the Catholic Church.
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& CURVE
Maria Lia Zervino took his advice and in 2021 wrote Francis a letter,
then made it public, saying flat out that the Catholic Church owed a big
debt to half of humanity and that women deserved to be at the table
where church decisions are made, not as mere "ornaments" but as
protagonists.
Francis appears to have taken note, and this week opens a global
gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople discussing the future of the
church, where women — their voices and their votes — are taking
center stage for the first time.
For Zervino, who worked alongside the former Cardinal Jorge Mario
Bergoglio when both held positions in the Argentine bishops'
conference, the gathering is a watershed moment for the church and
quite possibly the most consequential thing Francis will have
undertaken as pope.
10 people are dead after Mexico church roof collapses. No more
survivors believed buried in rubble - The collapse of a church roof
during a mass in northern Mexico has killed at least 10 people and
injured 60, and searchers said Monday that no further people were
believed to be trapped in the wreckage.
State police had initially estimated about 100 people were inside the
church in the Gulf coast city of Ciudad Madero when it collapsed during
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a baptism Sunday, and said that approximately 30 parishioners may
have been trapped in the rubble when the roof caved in.
But Tamaulipas state Gov. Américo Villarreal later said only 70 may
have been inside. Villarreal said that, after sending search dogs and
thermal imaging cameras under the collapsed concrete slab, it
appeared that nobody was still trapped, apart from the ten bodies
already recovered.
"The most likely thing, I can't affirm it 100%, is that there aren't any
more people trapped," Villarreal said. Describing the searches by dogs
and rescue teams, he said "there are no indications of life inside the
collapsed area."
UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight
violent gangs - The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a
multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs
in the troubled Caribbean country.
The resolution drafted by the U.S. was approved with 13 votes in favor
and two abstentions from Russia and China.
The resolution authorizes the force to deploy for one year, with a
review after nine months. It would mark the first time a force is
deployed to Haiti since a U.N.-approved mission nearly 20 years ago.
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A deployment date has not been set, although U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken recently said a security mission to Haiti could deploy "in
months."
3 scientists win Nobel in chemistry for quantum dots research used in
electronics, medical imaging - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in
chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — tiny particles
just a few nanometers in diameter that can release very bright colored
light and whose applications in everyday life include electronics and
medical imaging.
Moungi Bawendi of MIT, Louis Brus of Columbia University, and Alexei
Ekimov of Nanocrystals Technology Inc., were honored for their work
with the tiny particles that "have unique properties and now spread
their light from television screens and LED lamps," according to the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which announced the award in
Stockholm.
The suspense surrounding the academy's decision took an unusual turn
when Swedish media reported the winners several hours before the
prize was announced. The advance notice apparently came from a
news release sent out early by mistake.
WHAT DISCOVERY WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY?
