A modeling study using data for 79 low- and middle-income countries projects up to $79.7 billion in additional patient-incurred TB costs from 2025–2050 if all external funding ends, and finds the poorest households would carry most of the added burden.
Organizers say nearly all electricity for the Milan‑Cortina 2026 Winter Games will come from certified renewable sources, with Enel supplying 85 gigawatt‑hours backed by guarantee of origin certificates. Organizers and experts note that indirect emissions from travel and accommodations remain the largest share of the Games' carbon footprint.
A source confirmed the WNBA reached its revenue-sharing target in 2025, creating $16 million in shareable revenue; the WNBPA received the League Revenue Report on Feb. 9 and has 30 days to decide on distribution.
Lindsey Vonn said she developed compartment syndrome after her downhill crash at the Milan‑Cortina Olympics, and an on‑site fasciotomy by surgeon Tom Hackett prevented amputation. She has been released from hospital and will need additional surgeries for a complex tibia fracture, with bone healing expected to take about a year.
A large Danish analysis of about 370,000 people found that crime convictions fall in the first year after a cancer diagnosis but then rise starting two years later, averaging a 13% increase; researchers link the rise to income loss, reduced social support and changes in survival probability.
Researchers recovered a 5,000-year-old Psychrobacter strain from a Romanian ice cave and found laboratory resistance to multiple modern antibiotics; the study noted no evidence the microbe is infecting people.
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 5.99% on Monday, matching Mortgage News Daily's lowest level since 2022, and applications to refinance are reported about 130% higher than a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Authorities say Michelle Hundely Smith, reported missing in December 2001, was located alive in North Carolina on Feb. 20 after detectives received new information; her location is being kept private and the motive for her disappearance remains unknown.
Police said Michele Hundley Smith, who was reported missing from Eden, North Carolina, in 2001, has been located alive after a tip; her current whereabouts remain undisclosed at her request and her family has been notified.
Researchers reported that blood levels of the protein p‑Tau217 followed a consistent pattern and that a model combining age and p‑Tau217 estimated symptom onset within about a three- to four-year margin in the study cohort.
