Category: General Interest

Clinical trials are starting in the U.S. for a combination vaccine made by German biotech company Biontech and its partner Pfizer against Corona and the flu. The combination vaccine candidate combines the already approved Corona vaccine against BA.4 and BA.5 from both Biontech and Pfizer with a flu vaccine candidate from Pfizer that is currently being tested in Phase 3 clinical trial. 180 people in the U.S. testing a combination of Corona and influenza vaccineThe Phase 1 trial of the combination vaccine is expected to enroll 180 people in the…

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Starting November 3, WhatsApp is shipping its new Communities feature worldwide. As announced in April, “Communities” allows multiple groups to be placed “under one umbrella.” Since then, the quality has been tested in individual countries. However, it may take time before everyone can access the new function. The feature should be handy for schools, clubs, or neighborhoods. Different school groups, such as “homework,” “field trip,” “parent-teacher conferences,” etc., can be housed in the shared community “school,” for example. Administrators can also send out announcements to the community as a whole.…

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Certain links popping up on WhatsApp inviting to Milka sweepstakes are a particularly dangerous scam. Year after year, supposed sweepstakes from the chocolate giant Milka pop up on WhatsApp, especially around holidays like Easter, Halloween, or Christmas. However, these links are anything but sweet; on the contrary, anyone who opens these lures in the form of messages is in for a bitter surprise. As the online portal “Mimikama” warns, such scams are circulating again. The sweepstakes promise participants the chance to win “Free Halloween gift baskets from Milka” or a…

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An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid about 1.5 kilometers in size that, in the worst-case scenario, could collide with and devastate Earth in the distant future. 2022 AP7 is the giant asteroid “discovered in the past eight years that is potentially dangerous to Earth,” the Noirlab research group said. 2022 AP7 “crosses Earth’s orbit, making it a potentially hazardous asteroid,” said study lead author Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science. However, he said, the danger is low because the asteroid typically crosses its orbit “very…

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Bad news for motorists! Vignette prices will be adjusted by 2.8 percent to the Consumer Price Index in 2023. Drivers will have to dig deeper into their pockets for the vignette in the future.According to legal requirements, vignette tariffs will be adjusted annually to the harmonized consumer price index (HICP) and increased by 2.8 percent for 2023. Thus, the annual vignette for passenger cars will cost 96.40 euros next year and for motorcycles 38.20 euros. As always, the new vignette will be available in the last days of November at…

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On November 1, the situational winter tire obligation comes into force. From then on, all vehicles need the right tires in winter conditions. The law on the situational winter tire obligation stipulates that from November 1 to April 15 of the following year, in winter road conditions such as, in particular, snow road, slush, or ice road, the vehicle may only be operated if winter tires are fitted to all wheels. Only tires with the following markings may be used as winter tires: M+S, M.S., M&S, M/S, or a snowflake…

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Based on high ZACHARIAS, the calm, dry autumn weather will continue over the weekend, UBIMET experts forecast. At low altitudes, especially in the east and south, the air close to the ground will remain susceptible to fog, while generally mild and sunny conditions will prevail in the mountains. At the same time, with the shift of the high center to southeastern Europe, the Alpine region enters an increasingly southwesterly high-altitude current. Thus it remains significantly too warm for the season. The blocking wedge of high pressure will remain until the…

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Daylight saving time ends on Sunday. On October 30, the hands in Europe will be turned back from 3:00 to 2:00 and thus to standard time. Otherwise always good for discussions; the excitement was also limited this year – humanity continues to deal with more pressing issues such as the Ukraine war, the energy crisis, and inflation. That’s why it’s still entirely unclear what will happen with the time change in the EU. The ball is still in the court of the EU Council of Ministers, which discussed the abolition…

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Bright prospects for the autumn vacations: October remains exceptionally mild with a gush of subtropical air. We can look forward to excellent mountain weather because there is still no snow on many hiking trails,” says Alpine Club legend Fritz Macher of the “Austria” section given the current Ubimet forecasts: the meteorologists of the private weather service indeed have sunny-mild long-range views for the clear heights to be climbed. According to them, the temperatures are partly ten degrees higher than the long-term average.According to Ubimet chief meteorologist Manfred Spatzierer, this is…

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