Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine has been deemed ‘safe’ in provoking an immune response against the virus after the first and second stages of clinical trials with optimistic results. Conclusions drawn from a recent publication by The Lancet medical journal and stated in a video on the University’s official YouTube channel: “We have 2 different types […]
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Starting August, Google will ban advertisements that are running next to debunked COVID-19 conspiracy theories. Under Google’s new policy, supervisors will now have the ability to entirely remove ads from certain articles, in addition, they can now ban all advertisements for websites that do not comply or violate the new rules, according to CNBC. Google […]
The pandemic has spread at an alarming rate and has caused many disruptions worldwide. Some experts have expressed great concern for the impact Covid-19 – lockdowns, social-distancing measures and socio-economic adversity – will have on our overall mental health. Dr Konstantinos Petsanis, a Greek Neurologist based in Switzerland who specializes in general cognitive disorders and […]
The University of California Health has created a shared data set for COVID-19 research that would accelerate development of treatments and vaccines. The shared data set, dubbed UC CORDS, centralizes data from UC’s 6 health systems used statewide, and provides care for millions of patients yearly. As such, the data points from the patients’ health […]
India has successfully taken preemptive actions to limit the spread of COVID-19, enforcing a 21-day nationwide lockdown for its population of 1.3 billion which began March 25. Despite this, the virus has spread widely in comparison to other countries, and as cases are increasing the COVID-19 effects on agriculture are becoming more noticeable. The economic […]
BATM is planning to release three new COVID-19 testing kits to improve diagnostic efficiency in the detection of respiratory pathologies including COVID-19. BATM Advanced Communications Ltd is a leading provider of solutions for cybersecurity, networking, bio-medical and bio-waste treatment. They are expected to release the kits at the end of the third quarter of 2020. […]
As the current pandemic continues to unfold, reports indicate a new wave of change to come. While it may be too early to know all the details of this change, we can say the telecoms industry is headed towards a new era. What we know so far is that service providers were well equipped to […]
Digital health startups have managed to gather a new record amount of funding in just half the year, according to the Rock Health midyear report. Private investors collectively accumulated 5.4 billion dollars in just half the year, the largest investment made over the past decade in the sector. Rock Health’s previous prediction that the pandemic […]
Over 300,000 schools have been closed since March because of the Coronavirus in Pakistan. Students at private schools were lucky as they were able to continue learning through digital applications and platforms, however for millions of others, the essentials of a connected life – internet and smartphones – remain out of reach. With education already […]
Post-pandemic smart cities will not be the same. Not because they’ve changed over the few months of COVID-19 – though they have – but because we have become more aware of what has been missing. The pandemic has triggered interest by both policy makers and everyday citizens in integrating personal and civic IoT products, collecting […]