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Doctor Fined for Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID
Special Reports > Features — Wei-Hsung Lin, MD, will have to pay $5,000 and take CME courses on managing COVID by Kristina Fiore , Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today May 14, 2024 Washington state physician Wei-Hsung Lin, MD, was fined $5,000 by the state's medical board for prescribing ivermectin during the COVID-19
Scripts for Puberty-Blocking Drugs Fell After State Bans
For Andi Gunter, the health clinic manager at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, calls from parents of transgender kids seeking medical care hold some extra weight. Gunter started off volunteering at the resource center, which serves the LGBTQ+ community in the state, when her own child came out as trans. "They're
Great Value chia seeds recalled because of Salmonella
Natural Sourcing International is recalling Great Value Organic Black Chia Seeds 32 oz. because of potential Salmonella contamination. Anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products and developed symptoms of Salmonella infection should seek medical attention. Sick people should tell their doctors about the possible exposure to Salmonella bacteria because special tests are necessary
The Download: deepfakes of the dead, and why it’s time to embrace fake meat
Plus: OpenAI is getting into deepfake detection This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese businessOnce a week, Sun Kai has a video call with his mother, and they discuss
UK fintech raises £800M for AI that determines how much money you can borrow
An AI scanning your bank transaction data entails a level of invasiveness that I find difficult to accept — let alone embrace for my own transaction information. But the technology could bring merits, at least in the lending world. Enter Abound. The London-based startup has just raised £800mn for its lending platform that uses AI
Bottoms up: This German beer is made from recycled wastewater
Reuse Brew is a classic German lager with a twist — it’s made from recycled wastewater. The beer is the result of a tie-up between the south German city of Weissenburg, American water tech company Xylem, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Specifically, TUM’s Brewery and Beverage Technology department (why didn’t I study there?!).
Japanese Companies Introduce the First Ever 6G Device – 500X Faster than 5G
Four Japanese companies DOCOMO, NTT, NEC, and Fujitsu have jointly created the first-ever 6G device prototype. It’s said to be 500 times faster than a 5G device and can transfer data to a distance of 330 feet. Since there’s no existing infrastructure that can support 6G technology, it’ll be a few years before it’s introduced
The Impact of Technology on Real Estate Marketing and Sales
It is an understatement to say that the real estate industry has undergone a profound transformation over the last decade. That transformation has necessitated a change in how real estate professionals reach and interact with potential homebuyers and sellers. Buyers used to have time to tour two or three houses daily. Now, they can see
The One Thing Holding Back Heat Pumps
If billionaires actually cared about saving the planet, they’d pool their vast wealth and buy everyone a heat pump. Instead of burning planet-warming fossil fuels, these appliances extract warmth from even freezing outdoor air and transfer it into a building, thanks to neat tricks of physics. In the summer, they reverse to act like an
Humanity faces two existential crises — the climate crisis and AI. Can one help solve the other?
As I write this, two contrasting regulations on the development of artificial intelligence — namely generative AI — are making their way through the European and British parliaments. The British approach is very simple — looking to ensure AI companies fit into existing laws governing technology companies. In contrast, the EU approach, as White &
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Doctor Fined for Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID
Special Reports > Features — Wei-Hsung Lin, MD, will have to pay $5,000 and take CME courses on managing COVID by Kristina Fiore , Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today May 14, 2024 Washington state physician Wei-Hsung Lin, MD, was fined $5,000 by the state's medical board for prescribing ivermectin during the COVID-19
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Scripts for Puberty-Blocking Drugs Fell After State Bans
For Andi Gunter, the health clinic manager at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, calls from parents of transgender kids seeking medical care hold some extra weight. Gunter started off volunteering at the resource center, which serves the LGBTQ+ community in the state, when her own child came out as trans. "They're
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Great Value chia seeds recalled because of Salmonella
Natural Sourcing International is recalling Great Value Organic Black Chia Seeds 32 oz. because of potential Salmonella contamination. Anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products and developed symptoms of Salmonella infection should seek medical attention. Sick people should tell their doctors about the possible exposure to Salmonella bacteria because special tests are necessary
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Achieving the perfect HIMSS DHI Score: A chat with Samsung Medical Center’s digital lead
The achievements of Samsung Medical Center have been well-documented. From its world's-first Stage 7 achievements for the HIMSS Infrastructure and Digital Imaging Adoption Models, to clinching a top score for the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator in 2022, the hospital has attained milestone after milestone in the realm of digital health. Its latest achievement might be the
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Abortion Bans Are Repelling the Nation’s Future Doctors
Ash Panakam is about to graduate from Harvard Medical School. She’s from Georgia and always assumed she would return to the South for her residency. But the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning the nationwide right to abortion changed everything. “Ultimately I shifted my selection pretty drastically,” she said. “I was struggling to find a residency