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Cybathlon 2020 Goes Virtual, Coordinating Live Team Competition from 20 Countries with TVU Networks Share: MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – December 17, 2020 – Fifty-one teams from 20 countries competed in Cybathlon 2020 Global Edition, a series of races in which people with disabilities used exoskeletons, brain-computer interfaces, and other state-of-the-art assistance systems to complete everyday tasks. This year, teams were unable to gather in Zurich, Switzerland, due to COVID-19 restrictions, and ...

‘We’re certainly frustrated’; Gov. Charlie Baker weighs in on unexpected reduction in COVID vaccine doses Updated Dec 18, 2020; Gov. Charlie Baker said officials are frustrated that the state received fewer doses of the COVID vaccine than anticipated, and that his administration is “working to get clarity” on how the change will impact the immunization timeline in Massachusetts. “At this time, it’s not clear to us why the shipment amounts have been adjusted,” Baker said during ...

Richard Guarino, Boston Medical Center supply chain operations associate director, wheels a cart containing Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine to the pharmacy. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Massachusetts is now expecting to receive a little more than 145,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of the year, a roughly 20% decline in the anticipated shipment that top officials on Friday characterized as frustrating but among the expected bumps in the process of rolling out a nationwide vaccination program. "The v...

IBM and Salesforce said they will integrate IBM Digital Health Pass and Work.com, respectively, as the companies aim to verify health conditions at work and public spaces. With remote work arrangements becoming more hybrid, employees will be returning to the office in some way. Meanwhile, COVID-19 vaccines are starting to be distributed even as cases rise. The IBM-Salesforce acknowledges that any return-to-work effort is going to require a way to verify health and vaccination status. IBM launc...

merger with Autodata Solutions finalized, J.D. Power made another move on Tuesday in an effort to be a go-to provider of new and pre-owned automobile transactional data, valuation tools, vehicle feature information and consumer analytics to the industry. According to a news release, J.D. Power announced the acquisition of Inventory Command Center (ICC), a leading automotive inventory management SaaS-based platform. The company said this business — which is being integrated into the Autodata S...

RANTOUL — Two familiar faces will square off for mayor of Rantoul in April. Two-term incumbent Chuck Smith will again face a challenge from Trustee Gary Wilson. Smith defeated Wilson and former Mayor Neal Williams in April 2017. Smith said he wants to continue the work he started in 2013, when he defeated Williams, who was then the incumbent. “I’ve never seen the community look this bright before,” Smith said. “We are coming out of the depression after Chanute closed. T...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The following is a news release by the City County Health District Office as of Wednesday, December 16th. “On December 11th the FDA granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for adults. The Moderna vaccine is expected to receive approval later this week, and Johnson and Johnson is anticipating approval of their vaccine in the new year. These vaccines are 95% effective after having taken both the first and second shot, and the FDA...

Grants Pass man killed in Merlin shooting on Monday, OSP confirms Neither OSP or the Josephine County Sheriffs Office have yet indicated if there is a suspect in the shooting, or if anyone was taken into custody. Posted: Dec 15, 2020 4:02 PM Updated: Dec 15, 2020 4:53 PM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt MERLIN, Ore. — Oregon State Police has released more details about a shooting in Merlin on Monday morning, confirming that one man was killed. OSP said that troopers and Josephine County Sheriffs de...

Baystate Health administers first COVID-19 vaccine; other Western Mass hospitals set to immunize staff Updated Dec 16, 2020; SPRINGFIELD — Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the globe, a new front against it has begun in Western Massachusetts. Baystate Health began to administer its allotment of 1,950 doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine early Wednesday morning to staff at greatest risk for exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the respiratory disease known as C...

Dedicated health-care professional led staff through darkest hours: ‘I never questioned what had to be done’ Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 15, 2020 Rosemarie Stazzone is the chief operating officer and chief nursing officer at Richmond University Medical Center. She is being honored as part of this years Advance Women of Achievement 2020 – The Front Line.Rosemarie Stazzone Facebook Share Editor’s note: The Staten Island Advance/SILive.com is proud to dedicate its annual Women of Ac...