FILE PHOTO: French Director General of Health Jerome Salomon speaks during a news conference in Paris, France March 28, 2020, on the eleventh day of a strict nationwide confinement seeking to halt the spread of COVID-19 disease. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Pool via REUTERS PARIS (Reuters) – People who invite friends to their home over the … Read more
Teardown and repair website iFixit has just posted what its CEO Kyle Wiens says is “the most comprehensive online resource for medical repair professionals.” The new database contains dedicated sections for clinical, laboratory, and medical support equipment, in addition to numerous other categories of devices. It also provides more than 13,000 manuals from hundreds of … Read more
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan will send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters, a state official announced on Tuesday, as the state prepares to hold the Nov. 3 election largely by mail due to the coronavirus outbreak. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, said 1.3 million permanent absentee voters are normally mailed an application before each … Read more
WWE management loved the ‘Last Man Standing’ WrestleMania match between Edge and Randy Orton. This is the reason that their feud has been continued for another pay-per-view. On the opening segment of this week’s Raw, the WWE universe witnessed the ‘Rated-R’ superstar accept Randy Orton’s challenge for the Backlash pay-per-view. “The segment started with Randy … Read more
A woman watches the Facebook video of Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf on her mobile in Syria’s capital Damascus – AFP The Syrian regime has announced it will seize the assets of a wealthy businessman and cousin of President Bashar al-Assad, after he published a series of provocative video appeals where he begged for debt relief. … Read more
Boasting a technology that can dramatically increase the capacity of existing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing used to identify people infected with COVID-19 and other illnesses, ChromaCode has attracted new funding from Bill Gates-backed Adjuvant Capital. “We want a good solution for a resource-limited environment,” says ChromaCode founder and executive chairman Alex Dickinson, a serial entrepreneur … Read more
BRASILIA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s director for the Americas warned on Tuesday of a coronavirus surge across the region and voiced hope for continuing U.S. help to tackle the outbreak, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to permanently halt WHO funding. FILE PHOTO: Director of the Pan American Health Organization Carissa Etienne makes … Read more
“They redesigned their anatomy courses and literally rebuilt classrooms to support this joint collaborative, shared holographic experience,” Sullivan said, describing Case Western’s early HoloLens implementation. “In pandemic land, they’re all at home, so they realized, ‘We’ve got all the pieces in place to continue this collaboration and do it remotely.’… They conducted the anatomy classes … Read more
So, you’ve got a lot of time on your hands… Whether you’re spending your time tidying up, learning a new hobby, or just bored, podcasts are a great way to dive into new media for free. While people tend to think of podcasts as a newer type of media, plenty have been running for over … Read more
(Reuters) – Five McDonald’s (MCD.N) workers in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to adopt government safety guidance on COVID-19 and endangering employees and their families. FILE PHOTO: A McDonald’s restaurant logo in Chicago, Illinois, United States, July 23, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young McDonald’s failed to provide … Read more