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ONORC- One Nation One Ration Card system to change the food security dynamics
One Nation One Ration Card ONORC will be implemented in all states and union territories from July 31, 2021, as…
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FDA authorizes a ventilator developed by NASA’s JPL for emergency use in COVID-19 treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized for emergency use as outlined in the agency’s COVID-19 guidelines a…
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Venture-backed Celularity receives FDA approval for early trials of a new cell therapy for COVID-19
Celularity, the venture-backed developer of novel cell therapies for cancer treatments, has received an initial clearance from the Food and…
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FDA introduces a new program to expedite deployment of potential coronavirus treatments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new program today that’s designed to foster close collaboration between public…
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A new FDA-authorized COVID-19 test doesn’t need a lab and can produce results in just 5 minutes
There’s a new COVID-19 test from healthcare technology maker Abbott that looks to be the fastest yet in terms of…
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Prisma Health develops FDA-authorized 3D-printed device that lets a single ventilator treat four patients
The impending shortage of ventilators for U.S. hospitals is likely already a crisis, but will become even more dire as…
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How one company is fast-tracking development of potential plasma-based treatments for the coronavirus
Medical biotech company Emergent BioSolutions is one of the many health industry players turning its efforts toward addressing the current…
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Nonprofit aims to get COVID-19 field tests, N95 masks and more to healthcare workers without markups
A new Sydney-based nonprofit volunteer organization called RapidWard launched this week, with a focus on getting critical medical supplies from…
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Amazon Care to provide delivery and pick-up of at-home COVID-19 test sample kits in Seattle trial
Amazon is going to be working with a new research initiative backed in part by the Gates Foundation that will…
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Moderna could make experimental COVID-19 vaccine available to healthcare workers by fall
There are some hard limits to the vaccine development process that mean we are not going to see any preventative…
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