[ad_1] In many ways, Carlo Acutis was a typical teenager. He loved his PlayStation and making videos of his dogs. He preferred Nike’s and jeans, and he had a cell phone and an email address. But in one significant respect, Carlo, who was just 15 when he died of leukemia …
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[ad_1] (CNN) – Since most of us become obsessed with avoiding COVID-19 at all costs, a rapidly growing group of people around the world say they are prepared to deliberately tackle the virus. Tens of thousands of people have signed up for a campaign by a group called 1 Day …
Read More »Microsoft partners with Team Gleason to create a computer vision dataset for ALS
[ad_1] Microsoft and Team Gleason, the non-profit organization founded by NFL player Steve Gleason, today launched Project Insight to create an open dataset of facial images of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The organizations hope to foster innovation in computer vision and expand the potential of connectivity and communication …
Read More »Putting greatness in perspective in the year 17
[ad_1] LeBron James just proved he’s the best player in the world in Year 17. Let’s put that in perspective. LeBron James just won his fourth NBA Championship and fourth Finals MVP with three different teams (most recently with the Los Angeles Lakers). Despite losing this season’s MVP to Giannis …
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[ad_1] Something must be really wrong when a highly respected medical journal in the US, New England Journal of Medicine, he intervenes in American politics and asks his high-browed readers to vote for Trump to leave office. It is the first time in its 208-year history since the magazine was …
Read More »WHO and PH prepare for Covid vaccine trials – The Manila Times
[ad_1] Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) and the Department of Health (DoH) are preparing for solidarity trials for the 2019 coronavirus disease vaccine (Covid-19 ) to make sure they will be safe and neat. The WHO representative in the Philippines, Rabindra …
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[ad_1] 12.09 a. M. BST00:09 UK at ‘critical juncture’ when issue 10 features three-tier Covid alert system Issue 10 has warned that the UK is at a “critical juncture” to control the spread of Covid as Boris Johnson prepares to establish new rules that will force pubs and bars to …
Read More »Biden is ahead. Democrats are still stressed
[ad_1] (CNN) – Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump nationally and leads or even with him in most changing state polls. He is beating Trump on nearly every issue on the minds of voters, from the coronavirus and healthcare to “law and order.” And yet for many Democrats a constant …
Read More »Joe Biden is ahead. Democrats are still stressed
[ad_1] And yet for many Democrats a constant anxiety persists, which somehow seems to increase with each dose of good news. Four years after Trump’s surprising victory, the psychic wounds of Hillary Clinton’s defeat remain fresh. When a series of new polls were released this week that showed Biden’s lead …
Read More »Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Covid-19 Vaccine at PHL to Begin in November – DOH
[ad_1] The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Sunday that the conduct of phase 3 clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country will begin in November. The Secretary of Health, Francisco T. Duque III, said that the Sub-Technical Working Group (sub-TWG) of the Inter-institutional Working Group (IATF) on …
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