Delta Leads in Passenger Bumping as Overbooking Rises
Delta Air Lines headed the overbooking list in the first quarter, with 8,144 involuntary bumpings, more than the other nine majors combined. United and Southwest followed with 2,142 and 1,938 bumps respectively as complaints against airlines climb.
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Alzheimer’s vaccine in mice shows promise for future humans
A San Francisco biotech team led by Dale Schenk reports a vaccine that reduced brain amyloid plaques in mice engineered to overproduce the protein. In early trials the vaccine halted progression and even diminished plaques, prompting plans for human trials later this year and potential FDA submission within five years. Experts caution plaques may be a symptom, not the cause.
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Heat waves claim twenty three lives across regions
After three days of record heat the East and Midwest faced a cooler day as power outages and soaring humidity stressed utilities. New York saw temperatures near 101 with 27 percent humidity and ten heat deaths. Pennsylvania New Jersey and Illinois reported additional fatalities. Con Edison cut power to upper Manhattan due to a substation fire. In Washington a 9 percent tariff on the first 31 851 metric tons of lamb imports will rise to 40 percent on excess shipments to shield U S producers from New Zealand and Australia trade.
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