Recruiting the right patients into the right clinical trial is essential for successful drug development. Traditionally, this process has been cumbersome, expensive and highly inefficient. Enter TrialBee, a Malmo, Sweden-based tech startup that provides global pharmaceutical companies with technology tools to increase […]
According to World Health Organization (WHO), depression is the number one cause of disability worldwide. As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates, telehealth services to treat mental health conditions remotely, including Flow Neuroscience, may become widespread, as part of social distancing efforts. […]
Shopify is a Canadian multinational e-commerce platform best known for powering over 1 million businesses in 175 countries. Today, the company launched Shop, a free app for iOS and Android devices that you can use to make your online shopping experience […]
Yesterday, we told you about two Californian Drs. Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi, co-owners of a chain of Accelerated Urgent Care facilities, after they said the current quarantine approach is not based on science and recommend shelter-in-place order be lifted. […]
Relish, the relationship training app for happier, healthier romantic relationships, has $5 million in Series A to fuel the company’s growth plans. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from previous investors, Trinity Ventures and Bullpen Capital. This latest […]
We are now 42 days into a nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus. But the longer people stay at home, the higher the cost to our lives, our economy and cost in lives lost from other causes than Covid-19. The question […]
Can you be re-infected after recovering from coronavirus? That’s the question everyone is asking. The answer is no, you cannot be re-infected. However, according to Jeong Eun-kyeong, the director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the […]
For the past 42 days, we’ve been told by public health officials to stay at home. Now, two California doctors are saying that the current quarantine approach is wrong and not based on science. In a thought provoking interview, Drs. Dan […]
Back in February, Dr. Peng Zhou, a senior scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, along with other Chinese scientists, published a study in the Nature medical journal. The study investigated the origin of the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which caused an epidemic of […]
The coronavirus pandemic, which started on December 12, 2019, has claimed at least 211,147 lives and over 3,058,186 cases. According to Chinese government officials, the deadly virus originated in Wuhan Seafood market. However, a group of Chinese scientists refuted Chinese government claim […]
Erasca, a San Diego, California-based biotech startup on a mission to eradicate cancer, today announced the completion of a $200 million Series B funding to support the clinical development of multiple promising oncology programs and further advance the company’s in-house drug discovery […]
A lot has been written about mainstream media fear-mongering and faulty models since coronavirus started to spread here in the United States. In early March, MIT biologist Dr. Shiva Ayyadura said fear-mongering on coronavirus will go down as biggest fraud to manipulate economies. […]
With many people blaming China for not acting quickly after it learned about the coronavirus outbreak back in November 2019, Bill Gates, however, praises China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday via video call, Microsoft […]
In 1973, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiated a research program to investigate techniques and technologies for interlinking packet networks of various kinds. At the time, the goal was to develop communication protocols that would allow networked […]
The total number of global cases has surpassed 2.9 million, including more than 206,000 fatalities. More than 860,000 patients are reported to have recovered. However, amid all the negative news related to COVID-19, there are still some encouraging news from […]
There are still many unknowns about COVID-19 since the deadly virus started back in Wuhan, China late last year. Depending on your sources of information, there are reports, some unproven, that say sunlight could be used to slow the spread […]
As many cities around the world are still in a lockdown mode due to the deadly coronavirus, the United States has lost over 22 million jobs. Is the shutdown of US economy a $3 trillion mistake? New data suggests that […]
The number of confirmed cases Coronavirus is at least 2,994,960, with at least 200,000 deaths around the world. The virus continues to spread around the world, and so is the backlash against China where the virus originated back in December 2019. According […]
It’s been a while since we wrote about Dr. Vladimir Zelenko. For some of our audience who may not be familiar with him, Dr. Zelenko is a board-certified family practitioner in New York. He has been treating coronavirus patients since […]
SensorFlow, a Singapore’s leading proptech startup that helps hotels and commercial properties optimize their energy and operational efficiency, has raised $8.3 million in a Series A+ round to develop solutions for automating heating systems, innovations that help hotels manage COVID-19, […]