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UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) — In moments when she is alone, when there is a break in the beatings from her husband, the girl cries for the school that was once her place of peace in a world that has otherwise offered her none.Ever since the military in her homeland of Myanmar killed her father in 2017, forcing her to flee to neighboring Bangladesh with her mother and little sisters, the school had protected Hasina from the predators who prowl her refugee camp, home to 1.2 million members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority.It had also protected her from being forced into…

MoEngage, a customer engagement platform used by consumer brands across 75 countries, has raised $180 million in a Series F follow-on round just over a month after securing $100 million, with a majority of the latest funding providing liquidity to investors and employees through secondary transactions. In the latest raise, about $123 million was secondary, including a $15 million employee tender that provided liquidity to 259 current and former employees, while the remaining $57 million was raised as primary capital and went into the business. The round was led by ChrysCapital and Dragon Funds, with participation from Schroders Capital and…

Cate Blanchett, 56, says she loves a good icy plunge in the morning to “jolt” her awake.The actor also swears by Tai Chi and facial massages to give her a youthful glow.”If your skin is in good shape, there’s no need for a lot of cover-up,” she said.Cate Blanchett, 56, says she doesn’t skip her go-to wellness routine, even when traveling.”It’s so popular it’s almost a cliché, but I do get into cold water every morning. It’s a real leveler and brings me into the day with a fabulous jolt,” Blanchett told Byrdie in an interview published on Tuesday.To keep…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fernando Moreno has been on dialysis for about two years, enduring an “unbearable” wait for a new kidney to save his life. His limited world of social contacts has meant that his hopes have hinged on inching up the national waiting list for a transplant.That was until earlier this year, when the Philadelphia hospital where he receives treatment connected him with a promising pilot project that has paired him with “angel advocates” — Good Samaritan strangers scattered around the country who leverage their own social media contacts to share his story.So far, the Great Social Experiment,…

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick, according to a study, as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease.Absences in Seminole Independent School District, a school system that served students at the heart of the outbreak, climbed 41% across all grade levels compared with the same period the two previous years, according to the Stanford University study.The preliminary study, which has not been published or finished a formal peer review, offers a glimpse…

Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.Between Friday and Tuesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an outbreak in and around northwestern Spartanburg County. In two months, 111 people have been sickened by the vaccine-preventable virus.More than 250 people, including students from nine area elementary, middle and high schools, are in quarantine — some for the second time since the outbreak began in October. Most of the state’s new cases stemmed from exposures at Way of Truth Church in Inman. Church leaders have been “very helpful,”…

Tesla may have to rebrand Autopilot.Steve Gordon, the Director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles, said in a media briefing on Tuesday that Tesla has 90 days to amend its advertising language or face a 30-day suspension from selling in California.Gordon said on Tuesday that the DMV is specifically asking Tesla to change the name “Autopilot” to clarify that the company has advanced driving systems, which do not equate to an automated system or an autonomous vehicle. Changes must be made within 90 days, or the DMV will “enforce the cessation of sales.””My guess is that they will pursue…

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick, according to a study, as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease. Absences in Seminole Independent School District, a school system that served students at the heart of the outbreak, climbed 41% across all grade levels compared with the same period the two previous years, according to the Stanford University study. The preliminary study, which has not been published or undergone a formal peer review, offers…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities have asked the public for any footage they might have of the gunman who fatally shot two students and wounded nine others at Brown University, even as they released a new video timeline and a slightly clearer image of a possible suspect. Investigators provided no indication Tuesday that they were any closer to zeroing in on his identity. In all the videos made public, the suspect’s face was masked or turned away, and authorities have only been able to give a vague description of him as being stocky and about 5 feet, 8 inches (173…

Dec 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on ​Tuesday adopted its advisers’ recommendation allowing ‌parents, in consultation with a healthcare provider, to ‌decide whether infants born to hepatitis B-negative mothers should get the vaccine, including the birth dose, ending the long-standing policy ⁠that all ‌U.S. newborns receive it.For those infants not receiving the birth dose, ‍the agency now recommends that the initial dose be administered no earlier than two months ​of age.An advisory panel appointed by ‌Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., earlier this month, recommended that a birth dose should only be given to…