Thursday, October 8, 2026

Helene ravaged the NC plant that makes 60% of the country’s IV fluid supply

Hurricane Helene's catastrophic damage and flooding to the Southeastern states may affect the country's medical supply chain. Hospitals nationwide are bracing for a possible shortage of essential intravenous fluids after the cataclysmic storm inundated a vital manufacturing plant in North Carolina. The plant is Baxter International's North Cove manufacturing facility in Marion, which is about…

YouTube fixes glitch that wrongly removed accounts, deleted videos

YouTube confirmed Friday that a bug mistakenly removing seemingly thousands of accounts wrongly marked as sharing spam and deceptive content was finally fixed. The problem started Thursday afternoon, 9to5Google reported, when non-content creators, including paid subscribers, complained that they had lost access to YouTube content. YouTube eventually confirmed the issue in a support thread, promising…

How London’s Crystal Palace was built so quickly

London's Great Exhibition of 1851 attracted some 6 million people eager to experience more than 14,000 exhibitors showcasing 19th-century marvels of technology and engineering. The event took place in the Crystal Palace, a 990,000-square-foot building of cast iron and plate glass originally located in Hyde Park. And it was built in an incredible 190 days.…

Human cases of H5N1 confirmed in California amid rapid dairy spread

Two California dairy farm workers who had contact with H5N1-infected cows have contracted an H5 avian influenza virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Thursday evening. In a news release from earlier today, California's health department announced only one presumptive positive case awaiting confirmation from the CDC. In that case, the person's illness…