With the country reporting over 12,000 daily fresh cases of Covid-19, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday asked officials to monitor the rate of hospitalisation and focus on testing, surveillance and whole genome sequencing of positive samples. India reported 13,313 new cases in the last 24 hours and … Read more
A Southern California regional passenger rail service announced that it is testing technology that will use the West Coast’s earthquake early warning system to automatically slow or stop trains before shaking begins. The five-county Metrolink system said the technology is an advancement of a previous version deployed in September 2021 that sends automated messages instructing … Read more
The federal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building is entering a new phase that involves cutting and drilling into concrete and steel to determine what role they played in the disaster, officials said Wednesday. The National Institute of Standards and Technology said in a news release that what’s known as … Read more
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has begun working on casual games integrated into its Teams collaboration offering, The Verge reports. That purpose would allow colleagues to play each other during meetings. Accordingly, the focus is on much simpler games, with testing on Solitaire, Connect 4, and Wordament. Those are part of Microsoft’s own Casual Games offering, which includes … Read more
China’s capital Beijing is experiencing an “explosive” Covid-19 outbreak connected to a bar, a government spokesman said on Saturday, as the commercial hub, Shanghai, conducted mass testing to contain a jump in cases tied to a hair salon. The warning followed a new tightening of COVID curbs in Beijing … Read more
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this weekend will end negative Covid-19 test requirements for inbound passengers to the U.S., according to multiple reports citing senior Biden administration officials. The requirement for all inbound travelers to present a negative Covid-19 test taken within a day of travel will be lifted after midnight on … Read more
Despite India’s daily Covid-19 cases touching a three-month high with 7,240 cases on Thursday, laboratory testing of the viral infection has not gained momentum. Testing volumes have not grown much nationally, though individual states show some improvement. An analysis of data from independent tracker covid19bharat.org shows that the national 7-day moving average … Read more
The U.S. Department of Commerce this week published its strategy to boost international travel to the United States, but several travel industry leaders noted it does not address the biggest current barrier to inbound international travel: the pre-arrival Covid-19 testing requirement. The National Travel and Tourism Strategy, led by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, has established … Read more
If one were to put their finger on just where the biggest risk may lie in cannabis, it could be from product liability and recalls. The industry took a hit from an outbreak of vape injuries a few years back, and that was largely because of association – vaping is one way to consume cannabis, … Read more
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