Enlarge / / An associate researcher works at the Moderna Therapeutics Inc. laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Moderna has given the first doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine to participants in what will be a 30,000-person trial, as the United States entered a new phase of the race to develop a …
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Prostate biopsy with cancer probability (blue is low, red is high). This case was originally diagnosed as benign but changed to cancer in a further review. The AI accurately detected the cancer in this complicated case. Credit: Ibex Medical Analytics A study published today (July 27, 2020) in The lancet …
Read More »Trump: trending topics on Twitter are ‘illegal’ and ‘unfair’
Trump tweeted Monday that Twitter’s trending topics are “really ridiculous, illegal and, of course, very unfair.” He also hinted, without citing any evidence, that Twitter was intentionally manipulating trends, which are automatically determined based on user activity, to make it look bad. Trump has become increasingly critical of social media …
Read More »Coronavirus Vaccine Race: ‘Operation Warp Speed’ in the United States Explained | Coronavirus pandemic news
As nations around the world compete to develop a vaccine to defend against COVID-19, the United States is rushing to be at the forefront of the battle. In early April 2020, the administration of President Donald Trump announced Operation Warp Speed, A flagship federal initiative to accelerate the development of …
Read More »Senate Covid-19 package sparks fight over Medicaid funding and hospital rescue
Testing financing does so in More dollars for coronavirus testing had appeared in jeopardy after the White House pushed Republicans to zero funds. But as testing delays grew, Republicans rejected the lawsuit and include an additional $ 16 billion for testing, contact tracing, and surveillance. Combined with the money left …
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