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Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities in 2020-2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Equally concerning was a tripling in 2021 of the number of cases that were resistant to echinocandins, the antifungal medicine most recommended for treatment of C. auris infections. In general, C. auris is not a threat to healthy people.People who are very sick, have invasive medical devices, or have long or frequent stays in healthcare facilities are at increased risk for acquiring C. auris. CDC has deemed C. auris as an urgent AR threat, because it is often resistant to multiple antifungal drugs, spreads easily in healthcare facilities, and can cause severe infections with high death rates.

The rapid rise and geographic spread of cases is concerning and emphasizes the need for continued surveillance, expanded lab capacity, quicker diagnostic tests, and adherence to proven infection prevention and control, said CDC epidemiologist Dr. Meghan Lyman, lead author of the paper.

As further explained in the article, C. auris has spread in the United States since it was first reported in 2016, with a total of 3,270 clinical cases (in which infection is present) and 7,413 screening cases (in which the fungus is detected but not causing infection) reported through December 31, 2021. Clinical cases have increased each year since 2016, with the most rapid rise occurring during 2020-2021. CDC has continued to see an increase in case counts for 2022. During 2019-2021, 17 states identified their first C. auris case ever. Nationwide, clinical cases rose from 476 in 2019 to 1,471 in 2021. Screening cases tripled from 2020 to 2021, for a total of 4,041. Screening is important to prevent spread by identifying patients carrying the fungus so that infection prevention controls can be used.

C. auris case counts have increased for many reasons, including poor general infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in healthcare facilities. Case counts may also have increased because of enhanced efforts to detect cases, including increased colonization screening, a test to see if someone has the fungus somewhere on their body but does not have an infection or symptoms of infection. The timing of this increase and findings from public health investigations suggest C. auris spread may have worsened due to strain on healthcare and public health systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CDCs Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network, which provides nationwide lab capacity to rapidly detect antimicrobial resistance and inform local responses to prevent spread and protect people, provided some of the data for this report. CDC worked to significantly strengthen laboratory capacity, including in state, territorial, and local health departments, through supplemental funding supported by the American Rescue Plan Act. These efforts include increasing susceptibility testing capacity for C. auris from seven Regional Labs to more than 26 labs nationwide.

CDC continues to work with state, local, and territorial health departments and other partners to address this emerging threat to public health. Review more informationon C. auris, the Antimicrobial Resistance Threats Reportthat identified C. auris as an urgent threat in the United States, or the WHO fungal priority pathogen list that identifies C. auris as a priority globally.

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March 23, 2023

(WOODLAWN, MD) Maryland State Police identify the six highway workers involved in the fatal pedestrian crash on Interstate 695 yesterday.

Emergency medical personnel from the Baltimore County Fire Department pronounced six contractual highway workers deceased on the scene. The victims are identified as:

Rolando Ruiz, 46, of Laurel

Carlos Orlando Villatoro Escobar, 43, of Frederick

Jose Armando Escobar, 52, of Frederick

Mahlon Simmons III, 31, of Union Bridge

Mahlon Simmons II, 52, of Union Bridge

Sybil Lee Dimaggio, 46, of Glen Burnie

Lisa Adrienne Lea, 54, of Randallstown remains at Shock Trauma where she is currently receiving medical treatment. Lea was the driver and sole occupant of a 2017 Acura TLX involved in the crash.

Melachi Brown, 20, of Windsor Mill was uninjured in the crash. He was the driver of a 2017 Volkswagen, the second vehicle involved in the crash. Brown stopped his vehicle north of the scene on I-695 where his vehicle became disabled.

The preliminary investigation indicates the driver of the Acura, later identified as Lea, was traveling in lane 2 at about 12:40 p.m. yesterday when she attempted to change lanes. As Lea attempted to move into lane 1, police believe her vehicle struck the front corner panel on the passenger side of the Volkswagen. Crash Team investigators believe this caused the Acura to lose control and subsequently travel through the barrier opening into the work zone and overturned. The construction workers were working in an active work zone on the left shoulder of the inner loop of I-695 in Baltimore County when the incident occurred.

Maryland State Police from the Golden Ring Barrack and the Traffic Incident Management Section responded to the scene. Officers from the Baltimore County Police Department also responded to assist. Investigators from the Maryland Department of Transportation Occupational Safety Office, Maryland Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are working in coordination with the Maryland State Police Crash Team.

Once the investigation is complete, the Crash Team will submit its findings to the Baltimore County States Attorneys Office for review to determine whether charges will be filed.

Anyone with information relevant to the crash is asked to call the Maryland State Police Golden Ring Barrack at 410-780-2700. The crash remains under investigation.

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Photo Roster of 2023 Winter All-Big Ten Honorees

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The Big Ten Conference office released its winter 2023 Academic All-Big Ten team Thursday (March 23), with 106University of Michigan student-athletes earning the distinction.

Criteria for making the Academic All-Big Ten team includes being in at least their second academic year at their institution and maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.

The conference office also awards Academic All-Big Ten distinction in the fall and spring seasons. U-M had 164 honorees in the fall to give the Wolverines 270so far for 2022-23.

Student-athletes with a GPA of 3.7 or higher for the current academic year, excluding summer school, are eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Award announced in the summer.

Men's Basketball (7)

Ian Burns, So., Business AdministrationHunter Dickinson, Jr., General StudiesJace Howard, Jr., SociologyJackson Selvala, Sr., Political ScienceCooper Smith, Jr., General StudiesWill Tschetter, So., Earth & Environmental StudiesTerrance Williams II, Jr., Sport Management

Women's Basketball (9)

Jordan Hobbs, So., Business AdministrationEmily Kiser, Gr., ManagementMaddie Nolan, Sr., Sport ManagementMichelle Sidor, Sr., Business AdministrationWhitney Sollom, Jr., General StudiesElise Stuck, Jr., Movement ScienceIzabel Varejo, Sr., Gender and HealthAri Wiggins, So., Sport ManagementCameron Williams, Jr., Sport Management

Men's Gymnastics (17)

Javier Alfonso, Jr., PsychologyCrew Bold, Sr., Sport ManagementCasey Cummings, Sr., PsychologyPaul Juda, Sr., PsychologySteven Lukasik, Sr., Mechanical EngineeringLogan McKeown, Jr., Computer ScienceLais Najjar, Jr., Computer ScienceRithik Puri, Jr., Biomedical EngineeringChris Read, Jr., Applied Exercise ScienceMarkus Shears, Sr., Communication and MediaKyle Shuttle, Sr., Cognitive ScienceEvgeny Siminiuc, Jr., Computer ScienceColin Stenger, Sr., Aerospace EngineeringVirgil Watkins, Sr., Materials Science & EngineeringDavid Willett, Sr., Biomedical EngineeringAdam Wooten, Sr., Business AdministrationEdward Yao, Jr., Economics

Women's Gymnastics (12)

Carly Bauman, Jr., Biology, Health & SocietySierra Brooks, Sr., Business AdministrationReyna Guggino, Jr., Biology, Health & SocietyAbby Heiskell, Gr., ManagementNicoletta Koulos, Sr., Applied Exercise ScienceAshley Lane, So., Business AdministrationNaomi Morrison, Jr., Communication & MediaJenna Mulligan, Jr., Movement ScienceAbigael Vides, So., Gender and HealthJacey Vore, So., Communication & MediaGabby Wilson, Sr., EnglishNatalie Wojcik, Gr., Management and Leadership MSW

Ice Hockey (13)

Eric Ciccolini, Sr., Sport ManagementDylan Duke, So., Sport ManagementEthan Edwards, So., Sport ManagementMark Estapa, So., Business AdministrationNick Granowicz, Sr., EconomicsSteven Holtz, Jr., Mechanical EngineeringLuke Hughes, So., LSA UndeclaredJay Keranen, Sr., Sport ManagementPhilippe Lapointe, Jr., Sport ManagementNolan Moyle, Gr., Real EstateKeaton Pehrson, Sr., Communications & MediaErik Portillo, Jr., Business AdministrationJacob Truscott, Jr., Applied Exercise Science

Men's Swimming and Diving (14)

Nadav Aaronson, Sr., InformationJack Callan, Jr., Sport ManagementJuan Ceresa, Jr., SpanishAnsel Froass, Jr., Business AdministrationConnor Hunt, So., Business AdministrationKameron Liberman, Jr., NeuroscienceCameron Luarde, So., UndeclaredJack McCurdy, Sr., Movement ScienceCam Peel, Sr., Sport ManagementBence Szabados, Jr., EconomicsAndrew Trepanier, Sr., Mechanical EngineeringYugo Tsukikawa Jr., Jr., EconomicsJacque Wenger, So., Sport ManagementNoah Yarian, Sr., Business Administration

Women's Swimming and Diving (18)

Kathryn Ackerman, Sr., Biomedical EngineeringMadeleine Bauer, Sr., International StudiesLauren Cheetham, Sr., Political ScienceCasey Chung, Jr., Biopsychology, Cognition & NeuroscienceChrismon Clark, So., UNDECLAREDClaire Donan, Jr., Pharmaceutical StudiesMegan Glass, Sr., Data ScienceLucy Hogan, Sr., Political ScienceEvie Johnson, So., International StudiesNatalie Kan, Jr., Sport ManagementAbbey Ketslakh, So., Movement ScienceSophia Kudryashova, Sr., EconomicsClaire Newman, Sr., EnvironmentTaylor Peters, Sr., Biopsychology, Cognition & NeuroscienceLetitia Sim, So., Applied Exercise ScienceKatii Tang, Sr., PsychologySophia Tuinman, Sr., Computer ScienceMariella Venter, Sr., Business Administration

Wrestling (16)

Cameron Amine, Jr., Sport ManagementJoaquin Consuelos, So., ActingMatt Finesilver, Gr., Social WorkAustin Jordan, So., Computer ScienceDzhabrail Khurshidov, So., Applied Exercise ScienceWill Lewan, Sr., Environmental EngineeringCole Mattin, Sr., Biology, Health & SocietyZack Mattin, So., LSA UndeclaredMatt McKenna, Jr., Sport ManagementJack Medley, Gr., ManagementPat Nolan, Sr., Spanish & EconomicsKeegan Nugent, So., Mechanical EngineeringMason Parris, Sr., Civil EngineeringDylan Ragusin, Jr., Communication & MediaJoseph Walker, Jr., Biomolecular ScienceBrendin Yatooma, Jr., Economics

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Press Release PubMatic Partners with Proximic by Comscore,Giving Media Buyers Scalable, ID-less Targeting Solutions

New York, NY, March 23, 2023 PubMatic (NASDAQ: PUBM), an independent technology company delivering digital advertisings supply chain of the future, and Proximic by Comscore, a division of Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR) and leading provider of addressable programmatic targeting, today announced the integration of Proximic by Comscores Predictive Audiences and Content Targeting solutions into the PubMatic platform.

Proximic by Comscores solutions are contextually driven alternatives to ID-based targeting. They are powered by Proximics industry-leading contextual natural language processing engine and intelligent categorization technology, allowing marketers and media companies to drive incremental reach and performance at scale without IDs.

Data from Proximic by Comscore is now available to media buyers via PubMatics Connect platform which provides privacy-first access to market leading data and insights to enhance how inventory and data are packaged and transacted. The integration enables PubMatics clients to leverage new targeting options to reach key audiences in premium, brand safe environments across desktop, mobile, and connected TV (CTV).

We are excited to partner with PubMatic to make our Predictive Audiences easily accessible for targeting on the sell-side, said Jessica Trainor, Head of Partnerships, Proximic by Comscore. This partnership offers buyers access to ID-less audiences that can be applied to private marketplaces to help close the addressability gap left by the many compounding factors driving signal loss in our industry.

PubMatic is committed to providing advertising solutions that deliver results. This partnership with Proximic by Comscore enables us to offer addressable audiences, incremental reach and performance to our clients, said Mark Williams, Senior Director, Audience Solutions, EMEA at PubMatic. Digital advertising industry is shifting from buy-side to sell-side targeting, a strategy that delivers superior addressability and performance for both publishers and advertisers in a privacy-centric matter.

For additional information aboutProximic by Comscore Targeting Solutions or PubMatic Connect, please contact us.

About PubMaticPubMatic (Nasdaq: PUBM) is an independent technology company maximizing customer value by delivering digital advertisings supply chain of the future.PubMatics sell-side platform empowers the worlds leading digital content creators across the open internet to control access to their inventory and increase monetization by enabling marketers to drive return on investment and reach addressable audiences across ad formats and devices. Since 2006, our infrastructure-driven approach has allowed for the efficient processing and utilization of data in real time. By delivering scalable and flexible programmatic innovation, we improve outcomes for our customers while championing a vibrant and transparent digital advertising supply chain.

About Proximic by ComscoreProximic by Comscore, a division of Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a leader in programmatic targeting. Powered by Comscores trusted datasets and one of the industrys leading natural language processing contextual engines, Proximic by Comscore enables media buyers and sellers to maximize the scale and performance of their campaigns. Through its innovative suite of ID-based and ID-less audience and content targeting segments, Proximic by Comscore supports the evolution of the programmatic ecosystem, enabling clients and partners to continue executing impactful advertising strategies. For more information about Proximic by Comscore, please visithttps://www.proximic.com.

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People pose with the Chinese Communist Party flag during a visit to the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing on March 3, 2023, ahead of the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress on March 5.

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BEIJING The ruling Communist Party of China is establishing commissions to oversee finance and tech, state media announced Thursday.

The changes come as Chinese President Xi Jinping sees unity under the party as essential for building up the country. That contrasts with a tendency of Chinese leaders in past decades to delegate more power to the government and its ministries.

A new "Central Financial Commission" is set to strengthen the party's "centralized and unified leadership over financial work," state media said Thursday in Chinese, according to a CNBC translation. The commission is responsible for high-level planning in financial stability and development, the report said.

The Chinese government's annual legislative meeting this month emphasized that addressing financial risks is a priority for policymakers this year.

The report said the new commission's administrative office will take on the responsibilities of the State Council's Financial Stability and Development Committee a group once overseen by the essentially retired Liu He and now dissolved.

Alongside that administrative office, a "Central Financial Work Commission" will be established to focus on ideological and party-related work in the finance industry, state media said.

While state media did not specify, a financial work commission of the same name had been set up in the aftermath of the 1998 Asian financial crisis. The commission was dissolved after about five years, leading to the establishment of the now-defunct China banking regulator in 2003.

It's unclear how the commission's future work will compare with history.

Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Central Financial Work Commission helped to make financial regulation and supervision more streamlined minimizing the influence of powerful interest groups on regulators, Sebastian Heilmann, professor of political economy of China at the University of Trier, said in a paper. He later became founding president of the Mercator Institute for China Studies.

"But the hierarchical institutions of Party control were incapable of introducing market-based incentive structures for financial executives and failed to suppress financial mismanagement and corruption," Heilmann wrote in 2004. "Moreover, they caused frictions with the emerging new forms of corporate governance and the increasing activity of foreign investors."

Thursday's announcement included previously released details on plans to restructure the State Council the Chinese government's top executive body with the establishment of the Central Science and Technology Commission.

Responsibilities of that party commission are borne by the restructured Ministry of Science and Technology.

The State Council changes established a National Financial Regulatory Administration to oversee most of the financial industry except for the securities industry. The plan also changed the designation of the China Securities Regulatory Commission within the State Council from one similar to the council's Development Research Center to that of the customs agency.

Beijing has yet to announce who will head the financial administration or the new party commissions.

The changes announced Thursday are set to take effect at a national level by the end of this year.

Other new commissions include groups to oversee the party's work in industry associations, and the affairs of Hong Kong and Macao, state media said. Beijing has tightened its control of the regions, which under the "one country, two systems" structure enjoy freedoms non-existent on the mainland.

Xi president of China and general secretary of the party has consolidated his power and overseen increased party presence in the economy, including among businesses that aren't state-owned.

The new commissions are part of the party's central committee, which has about 200 members. From those members come the core leadership the Politburo and its standing committee.

Membership changes are made every five years at party congresses, the most recent of which was held in October. At that congress, Xi paved the way for his unprecedented third term as president and packed party leadership with loyalists.

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