(Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) PHOENIX – Aid is on the way for Arizona hospitals that are working under the burden of increasing coronavirus patients. The Arizona Department of Health Services announced a partnership with Vizient, Inc. on Wednesday to bring nearly 600 nurses from other states to …
Read More »Childhood vaccines drop sharply amid pandemic, UN says
Image copyright Unicef Screenshot A boy was vaccinated against measles in Samoa last year; many of these programs this year have been disrupted by the pandemic The pandemic has caused a sharp drop in the number of children vaccinated worldwide, says the UN. The decline in immunization against diphtheria, tetanus, …
Read More »Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 13.6, macOS 10.15.6, and watchOS 6.2.8
Enlarge / / The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max with iOS 13. Today, Apple released software updates for all of its platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and HomePod. Updates should be rolled out to users around the world throughout the day. …
Read More »San Francisco in coronavirus ‘red zone’, freezes reopens
The San Francisco director of public health said Wednesday that the rate of coronavirus transmission continued to rise in the Bay Area and that the city would not move forward with the reopening. “Unfortunately, we are experiencing a spike in COVID-19 infections that is affecting our community’s health and reopening …
Read More »PSA: iOS 14 public beta disables contact tracking apps in Europe
If you’re still weighing the pros and cons of installing the iOS 14 public beta, it’s worth noting that it disables coronavirus contact tracking apps in Europe if they use the Apple API … Apple lists this as a “known issue” with the beta version. Once you have the beta …
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