From offers for free beer to cash incentives, states are taking new approaches to encourage more people to vaccinate against COVID-19. The moves are a stark indicator of how demand for the vaccine has significantly decreased in recent weeks. While the incentives have generated attention, the interest could be short-lived. Healthcare stakeholders say a more…
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The World Health Organization has added a Sinopharm vaccine to its list of approved Covid-19 jabs, boosting the credentials of the China-made dose amid doubts over its efficacy. The emergency use listing for the shot, developed in partnership with the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, is for a two-dose regimen for all adults aged 18…
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April brought more underwhelming employment news for healthcare employment, with nursing homes and hospitals continuing to shed jobs. Preliminary jobs numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show the number of jobs in healthcare dipped by an estimated 4,100 in April from the prior month, largely because the agency revised up its preliminary March…
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Developer eyes economically distressed communities in rural Indiana for up to 1.6 GW of solar capacity | Renewable Energy World Home News Developer eyes economically distressed communities in rural Indiana for up to 1.6… No posts to display
UK public health officials on Friday upgraded the status of one of the coronavirus variants first identified in India following growing scientific evidence that it is more transmissible than others in circulation. Although Public Health England said there was “currently insufficient evidence” to show the B.1.617.2 mutation caused more severe illness or rendered vaccines less…
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SpaceX is fresh off a high for its Starship spacecraft development program, but according to CEO Elon Musk, it’s already looking ahead to potentially repeating its latest success with an unplanned early reusability experiment. Earlier this week, SpaceX flew the SN15 (i.e., 15th prototype) of its Starship from its development site near Brownsville, Texas, and…
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President Joe Biden’s pledge to cut US greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 will still leave the country with more emissions per capita by the time the target is reached than any of the world’s largest polluters making commitments for the same date. The Paris climate accord allows countries that have signed up to…
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This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords and Weekly Columnist at Daily Fintech) @iliashatzis…
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