Recent public initiatives span health monitoring, safety policies, and cultural preservation across several sectors. The New York State Department of Health introduced a dedicated dashboard to monitor flu, COVID-19, and RSV hospitalizations, while UK regulators prepare strict social media age checks for minors. Meanwhile, UK Biobank is working to recover from an April data breach that compromised 500,000 genomic records and disrupted thousands of medical researchers. Digital creators and comic enthusiasts also gained new resources, including the searchable Find Calvin and Hobbes strip archive.
Key points
Scientific institutions face steep recovery challenges following major cyber incidents, a…: Scientific institutions face steep recovery challenges following major cyber incidents, as demonstrated by the UK Biobank platform lockout.
Authors and academic groups are pushing back against artificial intelligence agreements o…: Authors and academic groups are pushing back against artificial intelligence agreements over disputes regarding fair settlement splits and claims handling.
Public interest projects continue to expand cultural access through dedicated digital sea…: Public interest projects continue to expand cultural access through dedicated digital search tools and historical literary acquisitions.
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NEW RESOURCES
Spotted on Reddit: Find Calvin and Hobbes. From the GitHub page: “A searchable, browsable archive of every Calvin and Hobbes comic strip (1985–1995) with full-text transcripts, a calendar grid, and collection browsing.” The special syntax are a dream!
State of New York: New York State Department of Health Announces the Launch of a Comprehensive Seasonal Respiratory Virus Dashboard. “The New York State Department of Health today announced the launch of a new Seasonal Respiratory Virus Dashboard. The Department’s longstanding reporting has now expanded to include a new dashboard encompassing influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), offering a more comprehensive view of respiratory illness trends statewide. The new dashboard provides a visual snapshot of laboratory-confirmed cases and hospitalizations associated with flu, COVID, and RSV with options to view data by geographic location and track trends over time.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
The Register: UK Biobank back online soon, months after someone tried to sell 500k people’s data on Alibaba. “UK Biobank’s Research Analysis Platform (UKB-RAP) has locked out all medical researchers trying to access its dataset since the April…
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