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Is Mass COVID-19 Testing the Next Step for Employers?

While many Americans scramble to find at-home COVID-19 tests, some companies are handing them out as a work perk. It’s an idea gaining ground across the country, particularly since government-mandated vaccinations are still being challenged by states around the nation. As staff return to the office or continue to work in high-exposure...

Tech News to Know This Week: April 19-25, 2022

Every day we wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and get ready for work. Following are a handful of stories from around the tech world condensed to fit into one single cup of coffee. These are the things you need to know before you step foot out of your door (or in front of a webcam) and into the real world this morning. So sit back,...

Brains are bad at big numbers, making it impossible to grasp what a million COVID-19 deaths really means

As of April 2022, there have been nearly 1 million confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. For most people, visualizing what a million of anything looks like is an impossible task. The human brain just isn’t built to comprehend such large numbers. We are two neuroscientists who study the processes of learning and numerical cognition...

What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause another wave of infections in the US?

A new omicron subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19, BA.2, is quickly becoming the predominant source of infections amid rising cases around the world. Immunologists Prakash Nagarkatti and Mitzi Nagarkatti of the University of South Carolina explain what makes it different from previous variants, whether there will be another...

Even Mild Cases of COVID-19 Can Leave a Mark on the Brain – a Neuroscientist Explains

Researchers have been steadily gathering important insights into the effects of COVID-19 on the body and brain. Two years into the pandemic, these findings are raising concerns about the long-term impacts the coronavirus might have on biological processes such as aging. As a cognitive neuroscientist, I have focused in my past...

5 Things to Know This Morning — Tuesday, January 4, 2022

How effective are vaccines against omicron? An epidemiologist answers 6 questions

Melissa Hawkins, American University The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s lives. Two particularly complicated concepts are vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. These are not the same thing. And as time goes on and new variants like omicron emerge, they are changing, too. Melissa...

An infectious disease expert explains new federal rules on ‘mix-and-match’ vaccine booster shots

Glenn J. Rapsinski, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Many Americans now have the green light to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster – and the flexibility to receive a different brand than the original vaccine they received. On the heels of the Food and Drug Administration’s Sept. 22, 2021, emergency use authorization of a...

WeAudition.com Becomes A Lifeline for Actors During the Pandemic

During the height of the Covid pandemic, with social isolation and excessive stress due to job losses, financial difficulty, grief over the death of loved ones, racism, and the presidential election, there was a mental health crisis in America, while access to traditional mental health care was simultaneously restricted. From...

5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, September 16, 2021

Hospitals Accelerate Hiring, Bolster Benefits a Year After Pandemic Lockdowns

Aon plc reports that 40 percent of hospitals surveyed have accelerated hiring to meet surging demand in medical services following COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, according to the firm's 16th annual Benefits Survey of Hospitals released today. Another 36 percent plan for normal hiring and 24 percent are being cautious, delaying, or...

How a vial of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine travels from a lab in Missouri to an arm in Bangladesh

Ravi Anupindi, University of Michigan Inoculating the planet from COVID-19 presents an unprecedented logistical challenge like none we’ve seen before. Mobilizing for a world war may be the closest comparison – but in this case, the enemy is invisible and everywhere. Some of the vaccines require super-cold storage at virtually...

CES 2022 to Require Vax Proof or Clean Covid-19 Test

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® today announced that CES® 2022, the world's most influential technology event, will require in-person attendees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. CES 2022 will take place in Las Vegas on January 5-8, 2022. For those who may be unable to travel to Las Vegas, CTA will...

Why the CDC Recommends Wearing Masks Indoors Even if You’re Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Peter Chin-Hong, University of California, San Francisco Vaccinated people need to mask up again, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On July 27, 2021, the CDC recommended that everyone in areas with high COVID-19 infection rates wear masks in public indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination...

New COVID-19 vaccine warnings don’t mean it’s unsafe – they mean the system to report side effects is working

Justin Vesser, University of Virginia While the COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the U.S. have been proved to be safe and effective, recent reports of rare adverse events, or side effects, have raised concerns. On July 12, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved an update to the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine...

Digital Health Innovations Helping Combat COVID-19

Health-care professionals worldwide typically have access to the latest and greatest technology that can be used to diagnose, treat, and prevent health conditions. Innovation is often borne out of necessity, and the COVID-19 pandemic presented a clear need for technological upgrades. COVID-19 spread rapidly due to the undetected and...

Benjamin Franklin’s Fight Against Smallpox: Colonies Were Divided Over Inoculation, But He Championed Science to Skeptics

Mark Canada, Indiana University Kokomo and Christian Chauret, Indiana University Kokomo Exactly 300 years ago, in 1721, Benjamin Franklin and his fellow American colonists faced a deadly smallpox outbreak. Their varying responses constitute an eerily prescient object lesson for today’s world, similarly devastated by a virus and...

5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Friday, May 14, 2021

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5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Friday, April 30, 2021

5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, April 29, 2021

Prolonged brain dysfunction in COVID-19 survivors: A pandemic in its own right?

Chris Robinson, University of Florida One in three survivors of COVID-19, those more commonly referred to as COVID-19 long-haulers, suffered from neurologic or psychiatric disability six months after infection, a recent landmark study of more than 200,000 post-COVID-19 patients showed. Researchers looked at 236,379 British...

5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Monday, April 12, 2021

5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, April 1, 2021

Billionaire Wealth Growth During Covid and the Top Pandemic Profiteers

For the past year, Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) have tracked the wealth growth of America’s billionaires since March 18, 2020, the rough beginning of the pandemic. This report summarizes the extraordinary growth in wealth of those now 657 billionaires based on real-time data from Forbes...

5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, March 11, 2021

Using Digital Health Technology To Advance Medical Nutrition Therapy

Diet is the number one-cause of premature death and disability in the world; and most deaths can be prevented by diet.

5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021

5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Friday, Feb. 5, 2021

In The Wake Of U.S. COVID-19 Mutation; Medical Professionals Are “Doubling Down”

SIU professor who discovered U.S. variant tells Innovation & Tech Today “Time will Tell” Research from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) has uncovered a new variant of the COVID-19 virus specific to the United States. According to the study, there is already a growing list of mutations in the United Kingdom and South...

Microsoft Will Provide Teachers With Back-to-School EduDay Jan. 20

The education system has faced some unusual challenges in 2020. As COVID-19 forced many schools to close their doors, 93% of school-aged children started engaging in some form of distance learning. For many school systems, this meant embracing technology, and Microsoft has taken note.

5 Tech Trends To Watch In 2021

Challenges for the tech world skyrocketed in the face of a global pandemic. Computer power, health initiatives, artificial intelligence, and the like required a level of real-time innovation previously unprecedented. Here are five tech trends to keep an eye on in the coming year.

How Technology Can Streamline Supply Chain Operations For The Holidays

The pandemic has had many side effects on the global supply chain, causing severe disruptions many companies hadn’t ever experienced before. At the same time, consumer shopping patterns have changed drastically as we continue to see a reliance on online shopping and home delivery services. As we quickly approach the historically...

Pandemic-Sparked IT Purchases Force 47 Percent Of Global Enterprises To Focus On E-Waste

Research explores perspectives on e-waste and highlights that enterprises are increasingly addressing data security issues generated by additional devices to manage New research launched today by Blancco Technology Group (LON: BLTG), the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics, explores enterprise...

Pending Emergency FDA Approval; MedWand Device To Revolutionize Telehealth Amid Pandemic

Advancements in telehealth have been on the rise for some time with increasing need as the pandemic puts strain on the traditional healthcare system; MedWand Solutions has revolutionized at-home care with their newest telemedicine kit.

How Students Can Return To Campus Safely

As society becomes acclimated to the new normal that COVID-19 has forced upon us, individuals, organizations and industries are faced with new challenges as re-opening plans continue to move ahead. Though as we navigate the way forward for schools and universities, it’s essential that for those who choose to reopen, they do so safely.

How To Build a High-Level Virtual Team

Virtual teams are saving businesses all around the globe. Because of the pandemic, many employees have been forced to replace their offices with home ones. The transition brought many challenges and difficulties both to employees and managers. They may be making it work somehow, but there is always room for improvement.

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