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It’s Wednesday, July 24 — here’s what you’ll find in today’s newsletter:

• Delta’s IT meltdown

• The 7th instance of a person being cured of HIV

• 4 quick hits of news from the last 24 hours

Delta’s IT meltdown

Delta is struggling to recover from the tech outage that grounded planes worldwide. NYT says their slow recovery led to continued flight cancellations and customer service complaints.

CBS: And now there's a federal investigation for customer service failures.

CNN: Delta CEO Ed Bastian apologized — and blamed the issue on a problem with the “crew tracking” software.

The WSJ says this is reminiscent of the 2022 Southwest collapse -- after the dust settled, the DOT hit Southwest with a hefty fine. Something similar could definitely happen to Delta.

7th HIV cure

A German man has likely been cured of HIV after a groundbreaking stem cell transplant. Axios says he's the 7th person to be considered cured.

NBC: It only worked because he had HIV and blood cancer -- the treatment is toxic to anybody else.

New York Post: Yeah, but it's still a great sign -- the man is the first to receive stem cells with just one copy of a mutated gene necessary to fight HIV. This means way more people could eligible for this treatment.

Kff Health is also optimistic. We need more research, but this is a great sign for future treatment.

1) “Dark oxygen” found at the ocean's floor may change theories about life on Earth and its origins.

2) At least five dead after an explosion at a Jose Cuervo tequila plant in Tequila, Mexico.

3) JFK Airport's Terminal 8 was evacuated after an escalator caught fire, injuring four. Operations have since resumed.

4) Salt Lake City wins the bid for the 2034 Winter Olympics amid IOC's push against a US doping probe.