Google set out to acquire the fitness company Fitbit in November last year, but the deal has yet to go through all the required regulatory approvals. There have been concerns that the acquisition could lead to less competition and Google extending its data collection apparatus for targeted ads, and now …
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Six months after the global outbreak of COVID-19, a study has come out documenting a relatively new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus. The authors say that this strain, G4 EA H1N1, should be treated “urgently” to avoid a possible pandemic. At this point, the virus has only been …
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the automaker has become the manufacturing partner of biotech firm CureVac, which is working on a COVID-19 vaccine based on its RNA technology. CureVac is a company based in Germany that develops messenger RNA-based (mRNA) therapies, a promising technology to cure a large number …
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HOUSTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Kroger-brand COVID-19 Test Home Collection kit, the supermarket chain announced Wednesday. Here’s how the Kroger Health COVID-19 Home Evidence Collection Kit works, as described by the company: Home collection is done under the …
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is enjoying a solid, albeit shortened, week of trading in the current stock market. Key indices cooled in the last half hour of trading. However, the Dow Jones still gained nearly 0.6% for a 3.9% advance in the last four sessions with minutes remaining in …
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