For many years, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has pledged the promise of vastly improving the healthcare industry. Whether through the promise of increasing access to and the understanding of data, providing ways to better navigate patient care, or better deciphering new research and development efforts, healthcare pundits have eagerly looked forward to the mainstream use of AI. Many companies have
Transformation Requires That You Stay True To And Evolve Who
There is no profit in curing the body if in the process we destroy the soul
“True transformation requires an intentional and unrelenting focus on the vision for the future and forging the path to deliver.” Debra Fields, City of Hope Chief Transformation Officer
You can have a bold mission: say, to transform the
Hong Kong Ditches Strict Covid Quarantine For Travelers
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Hong Kong will ditch its strict hotel quarantine policy for international travelers, the government announced on Friday, marking the end of one of the world’s toughest pandemic containment regimes as the city distances itself from the stringent “zero Covid” policies of mainland China and attempts to restore its status as a global financial hub.
Hong Kong is ending mandatory
Abortion Access Influences Location Decisions For One In
Two of Indiana’s biggest employers said last month that they’d think twice about expanding facilities in the state after the legislature passed a near-total ban on abortion. A new poll shows that, nationwide, the companies are hardly unique.
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, which has been based in Indiana since 1876 and has headquarters in Indianapolis, said it would be
SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Suppresses Innate Immunity By
An essential component of many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, are proteases which cleave its own … [+]
Many viruses rely on proteases to process polypeptides into smaller proteins required for replication and virus production. SARS-CoV-2 is no exception. It contains two proteases in the long open reading frame of ORF1A1B that encode
Night Owls At Risk For Type 2 Diabetes And Heart Disease,
If you’re among the 30 percent of people who prefer to stay up late, there may be reason to consider changing your bedtime routine. A team of researchers at Rutgers University just published a study in the journal Experimental Physiology that shows that “night owls” are more at risk for type 2 Diabetes than people who get to bed earlier.
The Pursuit of a Universal Vaccine (Part 5)
Virus vaccine fights disease.
This is a short series focusing on the challenges of developing effective influenza vaccines. In the first part of this series, I gave a brief overview of the history and nature of influenza viruses, including why they represent a tricky target for vaccine manufacturers. In the following three installments—which can be read here, here, and