covid-19

Growth in the Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) industry is guided by the high probability of chromosomal anomalies with elevated maternal age, increased demand for non-invasive procedures over invasive approaches, enhanced NIPT reimbursement scenario and increased understanding of NIPT. A...

Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: Microsoft cancels in-person plans for CES, joining Google, Meta, Amazon, Twitter, and others, amid ongoing concerns over COVID-19 — Microsoft joins Intel, GM, Amazon, and Google in canceling — Microsoft is the latest company to drop a physical presence at CES...

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Amid COVID-19 concerns, Google, GM, and Waymo cancel in-person plans for CES, following Meta, Amazon, Twitter, and others, while Intel scales back its presence — The world's biggest technology show may not be — CES, the world's largest technology show, appears to...

Jon Fingas Contributor Jon Fingas is a contributing writer at Engadget. More posts by this contributor GM plans to start Silverado EV production in early 2023 FTC sues to block NVIDIA’s purchase of ARM Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill will already have some competition in the US. As the...

The Markup: Amazon warehouse workers in Oregon say they saw a spike in COVID-19 cases this fall after the company started rolling back pandemic safety protocols — Two Oregon warehouses have been in an active outbreak for nearly 19 months. Elsewhere in the country, warehouse workers report...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Amid COVID-19 concerns, Meta, Pinterest, and Twitter cancel in-person CES plans, while T-Mobile and AMD plan a limited presence, as others monitor conditions — - Google, HTC, Samsung and Sony still currently plan to go — Host of CES conference remains steadfast in...

A security researcher found a Bluetooth vulnerability in a popular at-home COVID-19 test allowing him to modify its results. F-Secure researcher Ken Gannon identified the since-fixed flaw in the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test, a self-administered antigen test that individuals can use to check to see...

PMID: Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 17 ;22(22). Epub 2021 Nov 17. PMID: 34830267 Abstract Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Possible Action of Phenolic Compounds in COVID-19 Protection and Prevention. Abstract: The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 was caused by a pathogenic virus called Severe Acute...

PMID: Med Chem Res. 2021 Dec 2:1-12. Epub 2021 Dec 2. PMID: 34873386 Abstract Title: A review of natural products, their effects on SARS-CoV-2 and their utility as lead compounds in the discovery of drugs for the treatment of COVID-19. Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic lasting now for...

PMID: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2021 ;2021:7170736. Epub 2021 Dec 3. PMID: 34899956 Abstract Title: A Comprehensive Review of the Potential Use of Green Tea Polyphenols in the Management of COVID-19. Abstract: Green tea is produced from(L.) buds and leaves that have not gone through...

What one year ago would be considered a crazy conspiracy theory is now becoming a reality.

Originally published on www.truththeory.com What one year ago would be considered a crazy conspiracy theory is now becoming a reality. A Swedish company, Epicenter, has brought forward new tech where they created a subdermal implant to show the COVID-19 vaccination certificates. This made it...

This is starting to get scary. No need to panic, but I hope you guys are taking this seriously and getting some emergency supplies just in case. Better to have and not need than to need and not have, or try to get when supplies run low. We are going to town today to get supplies.. N95 masks...

Hi there, I am currently recruiting parents of children aged between 12 and 24 months to take part in my undergraduate dissertation in Psychology at Durham University. We are hoping to examine the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on childrens' emotional responses. Having spent so much time with...

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As exposed in audio recordings, hospital executives in Arizona admitted meeting several times a week to lower standards of care, with coordinated restrictions on visitation rights

Originally published on www.aapsonline.org by Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. and Ali Shultz, J.D. read more

Ina Fried / Axios: In an interview, Meta's Andrew Bosworth says political and COVID-19 misinformation are societal problems, not issues that have been magnified by social networks — Longtime Facebook veteran Andrew Bosworth insists that political and COVID-19 misinformation are societal...

Angelica Mari / ZDNet: Brazil's Ministry of Health suffers a major ransomware attack, resulting in the unavailability of millions of COVID-19 certificates and the loss of 50TB of data — Hackers claimed to have copied and deleted 50 TB worth of data from internal systems. — Websites under...

Queenie Wong / CNET: Meta says its new AI system, Few-Shot Learner, adapts more quickly to tackle new types of harmful content, including COVID-19 misinformation — Meta, formerly known as Facebook , said Wednesday it has created artificial intelligence technology that can adapt more quickly to...