The U.S. government has awarded a $354 million drug manufacturing contract to Virginia-based Phlow Corporation for advanced manufacturing of America’s most essential medicines at risk of shortage, including medicines for the COVID-19 pandemic response. The contract is part of the move to […]
This is a press release from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced a collaboration to increase coordination […]
Tapcart, a Santa Monica, California-based tech startup and a provider of mobile commerce SaaS platform, today announced it that it has closed additional $10M in funding. The Series A round was led by SignalFire with the participation of previous investors, Greycroft […]
Back in November 2019, Walmart announced the shutdown of Jet.com, an online-only marketplace the retailer giant acquired when it was just over one year old for $3 billion. A year earlier, the Jet.com service was launched amid much fanfare. Jet even […]
Staying compliant with environmental regulations is not an easy task for most companies. Encamp is an Indianapolis, Indiana-based tech startup on a mission to create a world where good for business is good for the environment. Its Compliance Platform equips environmental, health, […]
30% of Americans plan on quitting their jobs once the pandemic is over Over half (54%) of Americans have started a “side hustle” during the pandemic More than 1 in 4 (27%) Americans are eating less to ration food Over […]
According to a recent global survey, 74% of startups have seen revenues decline since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. Other tech startups have either laid off their employees or cutting cost to stay afloat. Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) […]
We’ve been writing about hydroxychloroquine for at least three months. We’ve also received backlash immediately after President Trump touted the drug as a potential game-changer in March. Now for the first time, President Trump announces that he has been taking anti-malaria […]
Formerly called Google Life Sciences, Verily is a life sciences tech startup that develops tools and devices to collect, organize and activate health data. Today, Verily announced it is launching a research project with an initial focus on understanding how the human […]
As the saying goes, what goes up must come down. This is especially true for WeWork. The failed WeWork IPO now demonstrates that tech startups can no longer take the inflated valuation road. We’ve been following WeWork for about two years now. Founded […]
Last week, we told you about Uber after the ride-hailing startup laid off 3,700 employees, about 14% of its entire workforce. As people spend more time at home, Uber’s core business has been devastated by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Now, according […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues to use social media to get his message across to million of his followers and other millions around the world. As you probably guessed, we love to wrote about Musk because he’s one of the […]
Back in March, NBC Brian Williams was criticized for a simple math error while discussing Bloomberg on MSNBC. “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have […]
Coronavirus pandemic has changed the future of work good. As more companies are encouraging their employees to work from home, remote workers are also beginning to warm up to remote learning. One of the beneficiaries of this shift is GO1, a […]
After two doses all participants evaluated to date across the 25 µg and 100 µg dose cohorts seroconverted with binding antibody levels at or above levels seen in convalescent sera mRNA-1273 elicited neutralizing antibody titer levels in all eight initial […]
Coalition of 62 countries are now backing Australia’s call for an independent inquiry into the origin of the deadly coronavirus which started in Wuhan, China in December 2019. According to a new report from Australian’ SBS News, more than 60 […]
As millions of people around the world work from home to ease the spread of the coronavirus, many people and businesses are turning to online video teleconferencing instead of the physical face-to-face meetings. One of the most popular video conferencing […]
Late last month, we wrote about Zoom after the video conferencing app company announced it grew by another 50 percent, topping 300 million users. As companies reduce physical face-to-face meetings in favor of online video teleconferencing, Zoom meeting participants have skyrocketed in past […]
Earlier this month, we told you about Swedish Epidemiologist Dr. Johan Giesecke after he explained why coronavirus lockdowns policies are wrong and not evidence-based. Professor Johan Giesecke was a leading consultant on the Swedish model and the State Epidemiologist from 1995 to […]
After several months of speculations and misinformation, China finally admits to destroying early coronavirus samples, but says the action was taken due to safety concerns and was not part of a cover-up. For the first time, a Chinese government official said […]