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OC’s Chief Health Officer Provides Coronavirus Update, Says Flu Greater Risk Currently – NBC Los Angeles
Orange County’s chief health officer told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday the county faces a much greater risk from the flu than the coronavirus that has killed more than 1,000 people, mostly in China, but “all of the science on this is changing rapidly.” The virus, which was renamed COVID-19 on Tuesday by the World …
Breaking: Air Italy Suspending Operations, Liquidating
This really came out of nowhere. This was rumored earlier today, and just hours later the company is ceasing operations. Air Italy has just announced that they’ll be liquidating and suspending operations effective immediately. From February 11 through 25, 2020, all Air Italy flights will be operated by other carriers at the times and on …
Godfread issues cease & desist to Air Ambulance Company for breaking North Dakota law
BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today issued a cease and desist order to AirMedCare Network for selling air ambulance subscriptions to North Dakotans illegally. Consumer protection legislation enacted in 2017 banned the sale of air ambulance subscriptions in North Dakota. “The complete disregard for North Dakota law displayed through the business practices of …
Cycling through Europe’s deadliest air
Cities in parts of Europe have been suffering from some of the worst air quality in the world. Winter smog has become a big issue in the Western Balkans. Serbia is the country with the highest rate of pollution-related deaths in Europe, according to the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution. Jasna Cizler is a …
AFRL Sensors Directorate hosts design challenge, sparks technology advances > Robins Air Force Base > Article Display
DAYTON, Ohio – For today’s warfighters, advances in technology are the key to remaining competitive. Design challenges generate competitiveness between teams that create cutting-edge products with real-world application. The Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate and Wright Brothers Institute hosted the Gallium Nitride (GaN) Radio Frequency (RF) Power Amplifier Design Challenge kick-off session, Jan. 28, …
Airbus’ Skytra selects Nasdaq to provide the technology for its new venue for air travel price derivatives
Newly established Skytra Ltd. is developing a new trading venue in the UK to enable the $1 trillion global air travel industry to hedge revenue risk Nasdaq’s marketplace platform will deliver full trading venue functionality including: matching, surveillance, risk management and MiFID II regulatory reporting to power the derivatives trading venue LONDON and NEW YORK, …
576th AMXS leverages robotic paint stripping technology on A-10 Lightning II > U.S. Air Force > Article Display
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) — Robotic media blasting used to strip paint from fighter aircraft such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon has been around at Hill Air Force Base for more than three decades. Now, the technology is being used for the first time to remove paint from the A-10 Thunderbolt II. The …
Lockdown at MacDill Air Force Base lifted after report of armed person
MacDill Air Force Base was on lockdown for about an hour this morning as officials there investigated a report of an armed person on the base grounds. The base went on lockdown about 7 a.m. after receiving a report of an armed and dangerous person near the Tanker Way gate area. Local authorities immediately began …
New air monitoring technology to be installed
DPE has met with regulators and community members many times since purchasing the facility in late 2015, and continues to meet regularly with a group of near neighbors and community leaders. In addition, DPE has voluntarily reduced the facility’s emissions by more than 85 percent at a cost of over $35 million since purchasing it, …
Food ‘made from air’ could compete with soya
Image caption Pasi Vainikka at the Solar Foods plant near Helsinki Finnish scientists producing a protein “from thin air” say it will compete with soya on price within the decade. The protein is produced from soil bacteria fed on hydrogen split from water by electricity. The researchers say if the electricity comes from solar and …
