‘My jaw dropped’: Ex-NSA workers stunned after museum covers names of women and minorities

President Donald Trump’s sweeping anti-diversity executive action struck again – this time in the halls of the National Cryptologic Museum – where staff were ordered to cover up displays celebrating women and people of color who served at the National Security Agency, according to media reports.The ...

Labor groups sue to keep DOGE from key economic data

It's one of the first preventative suits to keep DOGE out before it comes knocking.

Outcomes of COVID-19 in the Omicron-predominant wave: large-scale real-world data analysis with a comparison to influenza - Pneumonia

Purpose Studies on COVID-19 mortality during the Omicron-predominant wave have focused primarily on the inpatient/emergency room setting, and real-world data including both inpatients and outpatients are lacking. Methods Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 (n = 27,440,148) or influenza (n = 8,179,641) from January 2020 to April 2023 were identified using nationwide claims data in Japan. Patients with COVID-19 in the Omicron-predominant wave were compared with their counterparts in earlier waves, and a subset of the former group (May 2022–April 2023) was compared with patients with influenza as controls. Results The mortality rates (average number of deaths/cases per week) of COVID-19 decreased over time, being 2.7% (169/6312), 2.1% (397/18,754), 0.7% (195/28,273), and 0.4% (1613/378,848) in the wild-type–, Alpha-, Delta-, and Omicron-predominant waves, respectively. However, the number of deaths increased substantially in the Omicron-predominant wave, especially among the elderly (e.g., in the Delta- and Omicron-predominant waves, the average numbers of deaths/cases per week were < 1/5527 (< 0.01%) and 4/105,763 (< 0.01%) respectively, in patients aged 0–19, versus 101/925 (10.9%) and 1212/20,771 (5.8%), respectively, in patients aged ≥ 80). The mortality rate was lower for patients with COVID-19 than in those with influenza among those aged ≤ 39 years but higher among those aged ≥ 40 years. Conclusions In the Omicron-predominant wave, the mortality rate of COVID-19 decreased, but the number of patients increased, leading to a substantial increase in the number of deaths, especially among the elderly. The mortality rate of COVID-19 was higher than that of influenza in the elderly but not in the young, highlighting the need for age-specific interventions.

Labor groups sue to keep DOGE from key economic data

It's one of the first preventative suits to keep DOGE out before it comes knocking.

A Powerful Conservative Think Tank Is Targeting One of the Last Good Things on the Internet

The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” Wikipedia editors it accuses of antisemitism.

Right-wing media routinely frame banal remarks by Democrats as calls to violence. Trump's legal team will use that dishonest tactic to defend him