Singapore Health News API

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            "title": "Acinetobacter baumannii’s lifestyle includes soil-dwelling colonization of decaying plant material and airborne spread",
            "description": "Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative nosocomial pathogen that is notorious for its rapid development of antibiotic resistance. However, its ecology and evolution outside hospital settings remain poorly defined. Here, we demonstrate that the natural lifestyle of A. baumannii includes soil-dwelling and airborne dissemination, which helps explaining its adaptability and tolerance to desiccation, radiation and antibiotics, and thus its predisposition to establish within hospitals. Starting from white stork nestlings previously discovered as a reservoir, we studied food chains and associated environments and identified soil and decaying plants as habitats. We demonstrate that sterilized plant material is rapidly colonized by airborne A. baumannii. A set of 401 genomes were sequenced and compared to publicly available genomes, revealing numerous links between wildlife isolates and hospital strains, and disclosing intercontinental dispersal. Our pan-genome estimate of the species (~51,000 gene families) more than doubles that of previous studies. Our data further suggest massive radiation of the species early after its emergence, possibly fostered by human activity since the Neolithic. Now, it is possible to study the ecology and evolution of A. baumannii in nature at an unprecedented temporal and spatial resolution and to elucidate the adaptive evolution of environmental bacteria towards multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogens. Little is known about the ecology and evolution of the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii outside the hospital. Here, Wilharm et al. show that the lifestyle of A. baumannii includes soil-dwelling and airborne dissemination, which helps to explain its adaptability and predisposition to establish within hospitals.",
            "content": "Nemec, A. et al. Acinetobacter silvestris sp. nov. discovered in forest ecosystems in Czechia. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 72, 4 (2022).\nNemec, A. et al. in Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria ... [24449 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70072-4?error=cookies_not_supported&code=1e82b4bc-2ace-41e8-8dbf-dee4f57f3707",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T10:41:15Z",
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                "name": "Nature",
                "url": "https://www.nature.com"
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            "title": "AI-Powered Memory Care Devices",
            "description": "radio time machine - Developed by TBWA\\HAKUHODO and launched in partnership with elderly care provider Nichii Gakkan, Radio Time Machine is an AI-powered memory care de...",
            "content": "TBWA\\HAKUHODO's Radio Time Machine Supports Elderly Well-Being\nLaura McQuarrie — March 10, 2026 — Tech\nDeveloped by TBWA\\HAKUHODO and launched in partnership with elderly care provider Nichii Gakkan, Radio Time Machine is an AI-powered memory care de... [2128 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/radio-time-machine",
            "image": "https://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/603/radio-time-machine.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T09:09:28Z",
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                "id": "e27502acf81bfa7f194ce885219eeaec",
                "name": "Trend Hunter",
                "url": "https://www.trendhunter.com"
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            "id": "84f5227907ae516e29bd437027f402fc",
            "title": "Testing requirements and deferral or exclusion criteria for allogeneic donations",
            "description": "On 7 August 2027, the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1938 on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin (SoHO Regulation) becomes applicable.",
            "content": "On 7 August 2027, the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1938 on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin (SoHO Regulation) becomes applicable. Pursuant to Articles 56(4)(a)(i) and 59 (4)(a)(i) of the SoHO Regulation, ECDC is ma... [2150 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/infectious-disease-topics/related-public-health-topics/substances-human-origin/testing-requirements",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T08:27:50Z",
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                "name": "European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control",
                "url": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu"
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