Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, visited Israel this week. Pahlavi participated in both a Holocaust memorial service and a visit to a desalination plant, as well as meeting with representatives of Israel’s Bahai community and Iranian Jews. Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel praised Pahlavi’s decision to visit...
UC Offers New Support for Community College Students Who Want to Become Doctors
UCSF Fresno News The California Medicine Scholars Program (CMSP) this month is welcoming its first class of 138 California community college students, a group of scholars from across the state who will receive tailored academic support on their path to medical school. The inaugural class is part of a new...
ICE Employees Misuse Confidential Databases, Records Show
Since 2016, over 400 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have faced investigations for abusing confidential law enforcement databases and computers. The alleged misconduct ranges from stalking and harassment to sharing information with criminals. Vital Tools or Subversion of Law? Even though ICE claims these databases are essential...
As Temps Rise, Fresno Residents Find Lower-Cost Ways to Keep Homes Comfortable
Hot days are uncomfortable — and sometimes they’re deadly. “Elderly people in particular are very vulnerable to heat,” says Susan Mazur-Stommen of Indicia Consulting, an environmental research and consulting firm. “And also people with other health vulnerabilities, such as diabetes, asthma … can have difficulties when it gets very hot.”...
AI-Powered Medical Model Promises Faster, Informed Health Care
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help medical professionals provide patients with expedited and better-informed health care, according to a paper in the journal Nature. Scientists have revealed the details of Generalist Medical Al, or GMAI, a model that can draw from a broad range of inputs, from medical records to scientific...
Zakaria: TikTok Is Dangerously Addictive. We Should Regulate It Now.
Last week, I argued against banning TikTok. In talking to people about the platform, I came to see that the real concern most had was not about TikTok’s Chinese ownership, but rather just how scarily addictive it — and much of social media — is. That’s true and deeply worrying, and we...
Fresno State’s Vintage Days Starts Friday at New Campus Location
Fresno State News The 49th annual Vintage Days will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday in and around the newly opened Lynda and Stewart Resnick Student Union at Fresno State. Admission to Vintage Days is...
Tech Layoffs, Studio Cutbacks, and Flooding Fuel CA Recession Fears
Amid fears of a national recession, California's once-dominant industries, including tech and supply chain logistics, have been hit hard by high interest rates, investor uncertainty, labor disputes and natural disasters. Severe flooding caused by atmospheric rivers has caused hundreds of millions in crop losses in the Central Valley, devastating those...
New Details Emerge in Mysterious 2019 China Lab Accident
In the summer of 2019, an accident occurred inside a government-run biomedical lab in China that handles pathogens that can easily pass from animal to human. This happened not in Covid origin Wuhan, but in another Chinese city, Lanzhou. The mysterious accident in Lanzhou eventually exposed 10,000 people to millions...
Leaked Pentagon Docs Surface on Discord Amid Gamer Dispute Over Ukraine War
Pentagon documents have been linked to the video game chat platform Discord, where they were shared to win an argument about the war in Ukraine. The leak is not the first to originate from a dispute between gamers. The vehicular combat simulation War Thunder has also been linked to multiple...