Allegheny County officials won't rule out local mask mandate

Per the CDC's covid tracker, Allegheny County remains below the high-transmission threshold in both categories: case rates and positivity rate. The case rate, 17 cases per 100,000 people, puts the county in the moderate transmission zone, said Dr. Debra ...

Lightning's national anthem singer move to ICU days after COVID-19 hospitalization, husband says

Sonya Bryson-Kirksey has been in the hospital since July 16 after testing positive for COVID-19. Her husband, Jimmie Kirksey Jr. said she was fully vaccinated but has MS, which made her more vulnerable to the delta variant.

COVID-19 in Sask: Active case count the highest it has been in 2 weeks

That was the day after Saskatchewan lifted all public COVID-19 restrictions in the province. The 50 new cases are located in the following zones:.

Vaccinated Americans Express 'Anger' with Those Who Refuse COVID Vaccines: 'An Outrage'

Diane Clehane, an author and journalist from Greenwich, Connecticut, had planned to go to restaurants and enjoy her favorite meals indoors, travel on the train to New York City to attend the theater and finally take a pandemic-postponed trip to Ireland.

This Week's Comics: Superhero Chef, Space Mysteries, and Hot Horny Angels

... reading, and to the second Austin Powers film for explicitly instructing the audience not to worry about the rules of time-travel and to just have fun.

When Cryptocurrency and Climate Collide

Their goal: ban cryptocurrencies – particularly Bitcoin – to avoid carbon emissions. Cryptocurrency and carbon reduction each have a role in global ...

A Milwaukee rapper has been indicted on federal financial crimes for running an online puppy ...

But a Milwaukee-based puppy scam was real, according to federal prosecutors, and international fraudsters used other kinds of cryptocurrency like ...

Blockchain Co. Drops Trade Secrets Suit Against Early Backer

Law360 (July 28, 2021, 4:56 PM EDT) -- Canadian fintech BlockCrushr has agreed to dismiss a suit accusing one of its early investors — blockchain ...

Cryptocurrency, Housing, Inflation, and More

Back on June 11th, Jason Hall and I sat down once again with Jacob Goldstein, host of NPR's Planet Money, and author of the book Money: The True ...

Galileo Project Will Search for 'Evidence of Extraterrestrial Technological Artifacts'

“Based on astronomical observations, 'Oumuamua turned out to have ... or communications dish, which would fit the astronomical data rather well.”.

EY creates blockchain solution to global tax challenge

“Blockchain technology as a remedy to the withholding tax challenge is no longer just a concept,” said Hank Prybylski, EY global vice chair of ...

Artificial intelligence could be the latest tool in fighting wildfires

As the U.S. sees record burning, the space-based technology, including drones and artificial intelligence, can map fires in real time and assist with ...

Massive COCONUTS exoplanet discovery led by UH grad student

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets - planets beyond ... A University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) graduate student has ...

LEGO Avengers Endgame Final Battle review: Iconic minifigures steal the show

... Marvel and Rocket Raccoon, as well as a containment unit for the Power Gauntlet and a display of Tony Stark's möbius strip time travel model.

Dr. Reginald (Reggie) DuFour, 72, Simmesport native

He mentored and supported amerature astronomers so much that some, upon discovering a minor planet, named it after him (33994 Regidufour).

Multiverse secures $15M investment from Samsung Next, leading blockchain VCs

Samsung Next, a developer ecosystem focused on AI, blockchain and fintech, was among the investors, along with Arrington XRP Capital, Huobi ...

Pfizer says third shot of vaccine boosts COVID protection

New data show that protection from both doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine decreases slightly over time, but that a third dose significantly boosts levels of antibodies against several variants of the virus, including the highly contagious Delta variant that's now dominant in the United States.

Disruption in Dentistry: Using Artificial Intelligence in Dental Care

Erick Cutler speaks with Florian Hillen, Founder and CEO of VideaHealth, an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning company created to ...

Highly potent, stable nanobodies stop SARS-CoV-2

Göttingen researchers have developed mini-antibodies that efficiently block the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its dangerous new variants. These so-called nanobodies bind and neutralize the virus up to 1,000 times better than previously developed mini-antibodies. In addition, the scientists optimized their mini-antibodies for stability and resistance to extreme heat. This unique combination makes them promising agents to treat COVID-19. Since nanobodies can be produced at low costs in large quantities, they could meet the global demand for COVID-19 therapeutics. The new nanobodies are currently in preparation for clinical trials.

Latin America risks other outbreaks as Covid interferes with prevention and treatment.

The coronavirus pandemic is opening the way for other preventable diseases to surge across Latin America and the Caribbean, interfering with routine inoculations and medical treatment in one of the world's hardest-hit regions, World Health Organization ...

Spectrum Health, Ascension Borgess to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for all employees

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Spectrum Health, a Grand Rapids-based health system with 31,000 employees and 14 hospitals, says it will require all staff, volunteers and contractors to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo is also ...

Mercury introduces industry-first heterogeneous processing module with integrated artificial ...

“Demanding radar, artificial intelligence and similar processing-intensive applications rely on rapid technology adoption to keep pace with evolving ...

Which voices led medical misinformation in the early stages of COVID?

In the early and thus far most devastating stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists were at a near loss on how to treat the deadly disease. The public was desperate for information. Consequently, two antimalarial drugs—chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine—were the subject of a Twitter storm in the marketplace of ideas known as social media. The medication was lauded as a potential cure: There was run on the medication, creating a shortage for those who used it for other medical indications, such as lupus. One person died and another was hospitalized after taking chloroquine as a prophylactic.