Back to the Future: Vinyl Records Continue Their Comeback
In a historic shift, vinyl records have surpassed music CDs in sales for the first time since the 1980s. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), vinyl records […]
More People Turn to Application-based Mental Health Solutions
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You May Be Waiting To Get A Covid Booster, But Covid Isn’t Waiting For You
The classic doctor’s admonition in treating patients is “First, do no harm.” These days, it probably should be amended for the rest of us: “First, do yourself no harm.” That’s […]
COVID-19: Effects on Present and Future Commercial Airline Travel
Travelers weary of commercial flight during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic are returning to airports with renewed confidence. With so many flyers embarking on their next dream vacation or […]
Is U.S. Social Media Becoming the New WeChat?
When WeChat was released in 2011, it became the most popular standalone mobile app in the world with over 1 billion monthly users, eclipsing Facebook in monthly traffic, according to […]
Tech News to Know This Week: Sept. 20-26, 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 […]
How AI and Blockchain Can Fight the Next COVID
Artificial intelligence is being utilized in almost every piece of tech these days. Machine learningand computer vision are making self-driving cars and robot assistants a reality. But AI is more […]
What Trends Will Have the Biggest Impact on Remote Work in 2023?
Working from home has existed in various forms since the advent of the internet age, but the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on remote work that seems to be here […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
5 Things to Know This Morning — Tuesday, January 4, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
5 Things to Know With Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, September 16, 2021
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Friday, May 14, 2021
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 […]
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Monday, May 3, 2021
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 […]
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Friday, April 30, 2021
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 […]
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, April 29, 2021
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 […]
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 […]
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Monday, April 12, 2021
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 […]
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, April 1, 2021
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 […]
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 […]
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Thursday, March 11, 2021
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 […]
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
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 […]
5 Things to Know Before Your Morning Coffee — Friday, Feb. 5, 2021
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 […]
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 Africa, while the U.S. version is suspected of being more transmissible than other variants, while its impact on vaccines is uncertain.
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.