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US begins ‘warp speed’ vaccine push as studies ramp up
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to use “every plane, truck and soldier” to distribute COVID-19 vaccines he hopes will be ready by year’s end — even as the country’s top scientists gear up for a master experiment to rapidly tell if any really work. Trump on Friday declared the vaccine program he calls …
Texas Technology Company in a Race to Create COVID Notification App – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
In the fight to stop COVID-19, contact tracing is considered a key tool to helping contain the spread. Contact tracing involves working backward to identify people who may have been in contact with a sick patient, then notifying those at risk of transmission so they can isolate and get tested. But can that painstaking process …
New Technology from Vivtex Accelerates Speed and Accuracy of Testing Methods and Formulations to Increase Drug Absorption in the GI Tract for the Development of Novel Oral Therapeutics
Nature Biomedical Engineering publishes study on breakthrough technology that may help speed drug development and identify medicines that can be taken orally, including remdesivir for COVID-19 Vivtex Corporation, a pre-clinical biotechnology company focused on the oral delivery of biologics into systemic blood circulation or localized into GI tissue, announced today the publication of a new …
AI Weekly: The sudden speed of technological change in a coronavirus world
COVID-19 waits for no one, and the speed of its spread has forced the world to act with unprecedented haste. From world governments to individual households, everyone has suddenly had to scrap plans, make new ones, and then try to hang on to some kind of new normal as the pandemic causes more unexpected and …
Tyson Foods hopes to speed up digital technology conversion | Business
Tyson Foods, Inc., has hired an outside service provider to accelerate the transformation of the company’s digital technology capabilities and reduce costs. “The speed and scale of new technology presents a huge opportunity for us,” said Scott Spradley, chief technology officer for Tyson Foods. “While we’ve made significant progress over the past two years enhancing …
How coronavirus traffic affects internet speed and performance
If you’ve been working from home during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably noticed a tech glitch or two. Maybe your coworker’s face froze in a Zoom meeting, or you watched a YouTube video that seemed grainier than normal. These might seem like telltale signs that the internet in the US is struggling to support …
UC San Diego Health Boosting Local COVID-19 Testing – NBC 7 San Diego
Scientists and physicians with UC San Diego are partnering with in-vitro diagnostics manufacturers to ramp up testing for COVID-19 within two to three weeks, a team at UC San Diego Health and its School of Medicine announced Friday. Partnering with five in-vitro diagnostics manufacturers, UCSD’s Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine (CALM) said it is increasing …
Bloodhound car: A month to save land speed record project
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC’s Andrew Harding made a film about last year’s trials The UK-led bid to break the world land speed record is under threat once more. Ian Warhurst, who owns the Bloodhound car that’s been built to go beyond 800mph (1,290km/h), says new money must come into …
‘Love Is Blind:’ Lauren Speed Talks What Married Life Is Like With Cameron Hamilton
Fans are waiting for the official Love Is Blind reunion but in the meantime, everyone is still gushing over Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton’s love story. As one of the only two couples to say “I do” at the end of the show, they were a standout and fan favorite from the beginning. Lauren recently …
Is Connecticut Ready for The New Technology? – NBC Connecticut
Robust 5G cellphone service is one way Gov. Ned Lamont wants to attract more business and jobs to Connecticut, but some worry the governor’s push to adopt this cutting-edge technology is happening too fast without weighing a variety of concerns. 5G stands for “5th generation” of cellular phone networks. Just like 3G brought texting, and …