Yearly Archives: 2020

Simple device monitors health using sweat

A multivalve sweat collector to control health Credit: Jennifer M. McCann / Penn State Researchers from Penn State University and Xiangtan have developed a device that monitors health conditions in the body using a person’s sweat, according to Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, assistant professor of engineering and mechanical science, Penn State. …

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Vt. Fatal overdose doubled in first two months of pandemic

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) The opioid crisis in Vermont has not disappeared during the pandemic. New numbers from the Vermont Department of Health show it might even have gotten worse. Fatal overdose deaths in Vermont doubled year-over-year in the first two months of the pandemic, from four to nine in March …

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