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Germany’s move to EVs to affect thousands of workers, new study says
The underbody of an ID.3. electric vehicle being worked on at a Volkswagen facility in Dresden, Germany, on January 29, 2021. Matthias Rietschel | picture alliance | Getty Images The shift to electric vehicles could affect thousands of workers in Germany over the coming years, the Munich-based Ifo Institute said Thursday. The Ifo’s study, which …
UA blockchain case study shows technology benefits
The Blockchain Center for Excellence at the University of Arkansas recently released a whitepaper showing the success of a blockchain software that’s nearly eliminated invoicing disputes between shippers and carriers and allowed carriers to be paid quicker. Blockchain is a digital list of connected and verified records, and worldwide spending on the technology is expected …
US coronavirus: New study shows why vaccinating everybody is essential
In what the authors say is the largest study to date of the long-term impact, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis found that people who had Covid-19 seem to face a much greater risk of death and need more medical care in the six months after their diagnosis, even if they had a milder …
Galaxy Medical ECLIPSE-AF Study to be Featured in Innovative Technology Session at EHRA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
SAN CARLOS, Calif., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Galaxy Medical announced today that the acute results of its Europe-focused ECLIPSE-AF study will be featured during the upcoming EHRA Congress in a innovative Technology presentation on April 25th by Ante Anić, M.D., Electrophysiology Laboratory Director at University Clinical Hospital in Split, Croatia, and primary investigator of the …
Inactivity increases risk of COVID-19 death, study suggests
A recent study of nearly 50,000 coronavirus patients found that those who were consistently inactive were at greater risk of death due to the virus than those who engaged in exercise. The study, which relied on the “Exercise Vital Sign” measurement developed by Kaiser Permanente Southern California, found that even those who were active on …
Alnylam Presents Positive Late-Breaking Data from Ongoing Phase 1 Study of ALN-AGT, an Investigational RNAi Therapeutic for the Treatment of Hypertension
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today positive interim results from the ongoing Phase 1 study of ALN-AGT, a subcutaneous investigational RNAi therapeutic targeting liver-expressed angiotensinogen (AGT) for the treatment of hypertension. Results were presented during a late-breaking oral presentation at the 2021 Joint Meeting of the European …
Lil Nas X released a Montero lo-fi remix to help you study for your Demonology test
In the latest virtuoso move to promote his hit song “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” Lil Nas X posted a lo-fi remix of the track to YouTube channel Friday evening. According to his Twitter, it’s his birthday, and it seems he has given us all this gift in celebration. The video, which has the …
Carolina Population Center receives $38.2 million to study adult health, aging
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded $38.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue to lead the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) as the study focuses on aging. Based at the Carolina Population Center, Add Health is the nation’s largest most comprehensive long-term …
Most children with MIS-C experienced only mild coronavirus symptoms prior to inflammatory illness: study
Most children who developed the rare but serious multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) that occurs weeks following a coronavirus infection had no or only mild symptoms of COVID-19 when they were initially infected, according to a new study that’s said to be the largest analysis of such cases in children in the U.S. The study, …
Coronavirus live updates: Covid-19 tied to increased risk of neurological and psychiatric illness, study says
Nearly 8 in 10 teachers, school staff and child-care workers have received at least their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, federal officials said, after a push to make the vaccine available to them. The Biden administration made the vaccine available directly to teachers and school staff through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, where people …
