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Can Carrots Help Combat COVID?

Carrots (Daucus carota) are root vegetables and one of the most popular food ingredients used worldwide. Researchers have found this popular vegetable may hold one key in the fight against COVID-19.1 Historians believe the history of the carrot is somewhat obscured since, initially, carrots and parsnips were used interchangeably and it has been difficult to… Read More »

Massive changes to combat mutant strain

Australia will mandate the pre-flight testing of international travellers and flight crew, require masks on all domestic and international flights, but leave the borders open, as part of the fights against a new mutant strain of COVID-19. News.com.au has confirmed that the National Cabinet has mandated tough new measures amid fears the highly infectious new… Read More »

Mayo Clinic, Google show how they’re deploying cloud-based AI to combat COVID-19

One of the effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency is that it has added urgency and speed to technology transformations that were already occurring, such as cloud migration and deployments of artificial intelligence and machine learning. At few places is that shift more pronounced than at Rochester, Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic, which six months before the… Read More »

Leaders in cybersecurity have united to combat an unprecedented level of cyberattacks particularly targeting the healthcare sector in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis

The Alliance – including ITC Secure, IronNet, Haven Cyber Technologies, Enveil, 4iQ and Blue Cedar – has been established by C5 Capital, the specialist investment firm. Its first action is to provide key healthcare and research facilities with free access to a state-of-the-art cybersecurity solution through the Collective Cyber Defence for Healthcare initiative The initiative… Read More »

Drug monitoring platform to help Maryland combat opioids

The State of Maryland is getting new software to collect information about controlled substances dispensed in the state to facilitate better data sharing. The RxGov prescription drug monitoring platform, from NIC, provides near real-time data that will integrate with the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP), the state health information exchange. Data also… Read More »