Last week, we told you about the disappointing news of the promising Ebola drug remdesivir after Financial Times reported the drug did not improve patients’ condition or reduce the coronavirus pathogen in their bloodstream. The paper cited documents accidentally published […]
LabVantage Solutions, a Somerset, New Jersey-based provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, today announced the availability of its new purpose-built COVID-19 laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution. The new solution is designed to jump-start the ability of laboratories everywhere to […]
We wrote about DivvyCloud back in February after the cloud security startup published its findings on data breaches. Today, Rapid7, a provider of security analytics and automation, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company. Under the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Just two days ago, we told you about a new study from South Korea that claimed UV light was used to kill coronavirus in 30 seconds. The study was conducted by a South Korea-based company Viosys and U.S.-based Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. […]
Despite reports of security and privacy concerns about Zoom video conferencing app, the company said its user base grew by another 50% to 300 million users in the last three weeks alone. Early this month, cybersecurity researchers from the University of Toronto-based […]
Many students had internships and volunteer opportunities in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal for these students was to help their communities while also being able to advance their skill-set, checkout career options, and increase their chances for […]
Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc Sulphate and Azithromycin (Z-Pak) have been the subject of debate since a small study led by renowned French Dr. Didier Raoult, found the three-drug regimen has shown to be effective in treating coronavirus patients. Ever since, there were anecdotal […]
In a notice issued on Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned against taking malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 outside a hospital or formal clinical trial setting after “serious” poisoning and deaths were reported. The agency […]
For two decades, The University of California Santa Barbara has been developing LED lights for homes, winning the lead researcher a Nobel Prize. UV light has also been used to decontaminate large spaces, such as hospital rooms or aircraft cabins. But since […]
Last week, we published a report of the states with the biggest increases in unemployment due to coronavirus, based on the findings from WalletHub, a leading personal finance website that helps consumers make smarter financial decisions. Since then, additional 4.427 million Americans have […]
