Tag Archives: Increase

Speedcast Awarded Multi-Year Contract Extension with Lindblad Expeditions Enabling Significant Bandwidth Increase Across Expanded Fleet

Expedition cruise company adds five vessels to agreement as Speedcast upgrades onboard services benefitting guests and crew across global fleet Houston, Texas — August 2, 2022 — Speedcast, a leading communications and IT services provider, announced today that the company has been awarded a multi-year contract with Lindblad Expeditions to expand their agreement to deliver… Read More »

Women with HIV have sixfold increase in risk of cervical cancer

Vaccination, screening and treatment could achieve elimination within a decade, says World Health Organization Women with HIV have a sixfold increase in the risk of cervical cancer compared to their HIV-negative peers, investigators report in The Lancet Global Health. They also found that globally 6% of all cases of cervical cancer are in women with… Read More »

Covid cases increase rapidly as next steps planned

Coronavirus cases in England have “increased rapidly”, data shows, as ministers grapple with what to do next. Estimates suggest between one-in-170 and one-in-240 people you meet in the street has the virus. Both current cases, and the speed at which they are increasing, are much higher in the north of England than the national average.… Read More »

Florida shatters national record for the largest, single-day increase in COVID cases

Health News Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives an update on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic during a press conference at Florida’s Turnpike Turkey Lake Service Plaza, in Orlando, Fla., in a Friday, July 10, 2020 file photo. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida shattered the national record… Read More »

China virus cases increase as more preventive measures taken

BEIJING — The rate of increase in new cases of the virus in China rose again after a brief respite, as the death toll rose to 722 on the mainland and countries around the world enforced stricter measures to contain its spread. A U.S. citizen died of the virus in Wuhan, the city at the… Read More »

Study examines biomarkers, economic factors that may increase risk for cognitive decline

AMES, Iowa – An image of your retina may help Iowa State University researchers determine your risk for Alzheimer’s disease even before other symptoms are detectable. Numerous studies have shown the inner layer of the retina is thinner in people with Alzheimer’s disease. But what if a noninvasive scan could spot changes to the retina… Read More »

Research shows hair dye and straighteners increase risk of breast cancer in Black women

Adobe Stock Images A study has sparked concerns about how permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners affects the safety of African American women. The study was recently published in the International Journal of Cancer. Past research has found a connection in the chemicals of hair dye and straighteners with cancer. However, when tested within… Read More »