Tag: COVID-19 pandemic

Revolutionizing Clinical Data Solutions for the Global Life Science Industry

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Reading Time: 4 minutesINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Peter Smilansky. On a recent Price of Business, host Kevin Price visited with Peter Smilansky, Senior VP, Product Strategy and Development, In this interview EDETEK provides an overview of the current clinical data management marketplace. Managing the vast data required to effectively and efficiently implement and complete pharma and biotech clinical trials is expanding exponentially. And, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need…

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Why Jacinda Ardern Resigned As New Zealand Prime Minister

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJacinda Ardern is the youngest woman to ever be elected as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Her leadership of the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Christchurch mosque shootings and the White Island volcano eruption has earned her widespread international praise. However, recent polls have shown a decline in public support for Ms Ardern and her Labour Party. Some are speculating that this is a sign of the “burnout” that people often feel on a daily basis. Ms Ardern has been the subject of misogynist attacks, but has also received…

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56% of People Think COVID is Never Going Away

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesAmericans are adjusting to life in the “new normal” with more than half (56%) saying COVID-19 is never going away, according to a new healthinsurance.com national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults. Healthinsurance.com began conducting monthly consumer pulse surveys since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020 on topics ranging from health insurance, life insurance, telemedicine, and general health to well-being during a pandemic, technology usage, and personal finance. Key healthinsurance.com April 2021 Survey Findings: 56% think COVID-19 is never going away 91% say they will miss some aspect of pandemic life 62% are afraid to cough or sneeze in…

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Keeping Your Home as the Eviction Cliff Nears

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 4 minutesMore than three million renters say they are at risk of losing their homes with the federal eviction moratorium set to expire this week. But a new Zillow analysis shows the number of households evicted could be as low as 130,000. That range highlights the need for federal intervention — both a continuing moratorium and additional assistance that will help not only struggling renters but also their landlords, such as the $45 billion in rental assistance in the recently passed federal stimulus bill. “Job disruptions and economic hardships brought by the pandemic have hit renters…

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Risks and Benefits of the COVID Passport

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMillions across the world are eagerly awaiting future travel as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up and cases trend down. Even though ‘vaxications’ are on the rise, traveling in our current world is not going to be as easy as it once was pre-pandemic. Additional travel to-do’s will be added to the lists of anyone who wants to travel to America like evidence that they have tested negative for COVID-19 and with the emergence of digital vaccine passports. With over 400 million vaccinated against the virus worldwide, print-outs and photos of vaccination records are easily faked or…

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First Single-Shot COVID Vaccine Announced

Maryssa Gordon

Reading Time: 2 minutesJohnson & Johnson announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended the first single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, for individuals 18 years of age and older. The vaccine was approved on February 27, 2021 under the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “For more than 130 years, Johnson & Johnson has come to the aid of people during times of crisis, and we believe…

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Civil Rights and MLK Day

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Reading Time: 2 minutes75% of Americans say MLK day (Jan. 18) is an essential holiday for remembering the importance of U.S. civil rights, according to a recent survey by Reputation Leaders. Most see Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy as not just a great speech but also a continuing commitment to civil rights. A survey of 1,007 U.S. adults nationally found that 80% of Americans agree that civil rights are as important in 2021 as at any time in the last 30 years, evidenced by 3 in ten (29%) reporting they were personally and negatively affected by discrimination…

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See Why the Empire State Building Lights are Changing Colors

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Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Empire State Building today announced its participation in President-Elect Biden’s plan to memorialize American lives lost from the COVID-19 pandemic with its iconic heartbeat lighting. For several months during New York City’s direst period, the Empire State Building’s heartbeat exhibited solidarity with and support for the millions of people affected by COVID-19, and specifically the emergency workers who addressed the first, great assault of the pandemic. Billions of impressions worldwide proved that the Empire State Building is an international symbol and icon of New York City. Each night at 9 p.m., the Empire State…

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Online Sales are Exploding

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSalesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today released its Cyber Week insights, analyzing the global shopping behavior of more than one billion global shoppers on the Salesforce Customer 360 platform. Overall, global online sales hit a new record with $270 billion, up 36 percent compared to 2019. With new online shopping behaviors driven in part by the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced store holiday hours and traffic, consumers flocked online over Cyber Week and pushed digital sales to new heights. Top Salesforce 2020 Holiday Shopping Insights Digital commerce sets new records: Total…

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Celebrating the Game that Captured the Imagination of a Generation

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Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 1980, when the puzzle created by Hungarian Professor Ernő Rubik changed its name to one bearing the inventor’s surname, no-one could have foreseen the incredible success that would follow. Today, 40 years on from the global launch of a puzzle that Rubik originally created to help his architectural students understand design, the Rubik’s Cube is widely acknowledged to be not only the world’s most popular puzzle of all time, but the best-selling one too. Over the last four decades, 450 million Cubes have sold everywhere across the globe. Indeed, it’s estimated…

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