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QR codes posted in Bengaluru traffic junctions to address cardiac emergencies
The code explains the steps to be followed to help revive the...
Mental health in the UK is about to get worse – and inequality will have a lot to do with it
Countries with lower levels of inequality, such as Japan and Spain,...
WHO advises against Gilead’s remdesivir for all hospitalised COVID-19 patients
The antiviral is one of only two medicines currently authorised to treat COVID-19 patients across the world, but a large WHO-led trial known as the Solidarity Trial showed last month that it had little or no effect on 28-day mortality or length of hospital stays for COVID-19 patients.
FDA approves first COVID-19 test kit for home use
The single-use test, made by Lucira Health, has been given emergency use authorization for home use with self-collected nasal swab samples in individuals aged 14 and older who are suspected of COVID-19 by their health care provider, the FDA said.“While COVID-19 diagnostic tests have been authorized for at-home collection, this is the first that can be fully self-administered and provide results at home,” FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said.
Google to bring new settings for smart features, personalisation In Gmail
“If you decide not to use smart features and personalization, you will still be able to use Gmail and our other products. And if you decide later on that these features are helpful and you’d like to turn them on, you can do so in your Gmail settings. At home or at work, the choice should be yours. And we’re always working to keep it simple,” Maalika Manoharan, Product Manager at Google said
Twitter names famed hacker ‘Mudge’ as head of security
Twitter faces numerous security challenges. A year ago, the U.S. government accused two men of spying for Saudi Arabia when they worked at Twitter years earlier, saying that they passed along private information about the kingdom’s critics. here
Where social distancing comes naturally: Finland keeps coronavirus in check
“We like to be in solitude wandering the forests and swimming in the lakes, so many Finns have actually enjoyed that they have been able to move away from the cities,” Kristian Wahlbeck, director of the Finnish Association for Mental Health (MIELI), said.
Insurers need to deploy integrated digital ecosystems to elevate customer experience:dacadoo
Many insurers have failed to fully grasp the magnitude of the changes that are happening,” explains Peter Ohnemus, President & CEO of the Health and Insurtech firm dacadoo, which provides digital health engagement and health risk quantification systems to insurers.
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Insurers and Reinsurers ignoring ESG factors poses reputational risk:AMBest
Awareness of ESG factors has increased significantly, along with an acknowledgement that these factors require special attention. Insurers and reinsurers occupy a unique position in the ESG space, as both risk carriers and institutional investors.
Scientists decode why Covid-19 spares children
According to the researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in the US, children have lower levels of a receptor protein that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 needs to invade airway epithelial cells in the lung.
Pfizer vaccine has ‘extraordinarily high degree of efficacy’: Fauci
“What I would hope is that even though there’s a degree of skepticism about vaccines in general, that when the general public sees how effective this vaccine is,” said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, “we might see a turnaround of the attitude toward vaccination.”
China finds coronavirus on frozen beef, tripe from various countries
More than 7,500 people who may have had contact with the contaminated products and other related personnel have tested negative for the virus that causes COVID-19, it said.
Chinese authorities last week found the coronavirus on the packaging of Saudi shrimp in Lanzhou city, Brazilian beef in Wuhan city and Argentinian beef in Shandong and Jiangsu provinces.