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Dell Technologies and i2b2 tranSMART Foundation Create Digital Twins to Treat Long-Haul COVID-19 Friday, May 7, 2021 11:45AM IST (6:15AM GMT)   News summary COVID-19 Long haulers study to create personalized health risk scores and drug treatment recommendations based on patients’ unique medical history and genetics AI-driven research and digital twins will support hospitals and research centers globally and contribute to Dell’s goal to use technology and scale to advance health, education,...

News summary COVID-19 Long haulers study to create personalized health risk scores and drug treatment recommendations based on patients unique medical history and genetics AI-driven research and digital twins will support hospitals and research centers globally and contribute to Dells goal to use technology and scale to advance health, education and economic opportunity for 1 billion people by 2030 Full story Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) is helping i2b2 tranSMART Foundation, a non-profit ope...

Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center. From ON by Adi Salant for the Fresco Dance Company, premiering in Tel Aviv on May 11, 2021 (Courtesy Efrat Mazor) Dance is among the artistic mediums that fared poorly during the pandemic, in terms of performances. Videos felt slow and sluggish, and live feeds weren’t always worth the trouble. Creativity in the field, however, wasn’t impaired. “It was a very artistic year,” said Yoram Karmi, lead choreo...

Crisis-resilient education strategy enables Smart’s donation of portable digital classrooms Supported by Smart and PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), CVIF-DLP has been proven to improve the academic performance of students, especially in Science, Innovative Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It was first established in 2002 at the CVIF in Jagna, Bohol by world-renowned Theoretical Physicists and Ramon Magsaysay awardees for education, Dr. Christopher Bernido, and Dr. Ma. Victoria Carpio-Ber...

Published April 6, 2021, 9:32 AM The True MVPs: Frontliners from Metro Pacific hospitals and government hospitals alike receive daily meals from Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and Tulong Kapatid, the corporate social responsibility alliance of foundations and companies under the MVP Group of Companies, as a show of support for their tireless commitment to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. The corporate social responsibility initiative of the MVP Group of Companies, ‘Tulong Kapatid”, distributed o...

PLDT turns over Home WiFi Prepaid units to DepEd for teachers’ online classes March 13, 2021 PLDT Home, through the PLDT Smart Foundation (PSF), recently turned over to the Department of Education (DepEd) one thousand units of Home WiFi Prepaid. The units will enable public school teachers to experience a faster and more reliable internet connection as they conduct online classes, part of the DepEd’s blended learning strategy in these pandemic times. The Home WiFi Prepaid units are part of ...

Published March 3, 2021, 5:00 AM Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) and its logistics arm MetroPac Movers Inc. (MMI) helped store batches of the CoronaVac vaccine, from Beijing-based biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac, in the MetroPac Movers Inc. warehouse in Marikina City. “We are now embarking on our journey towards economic recovery, and we are honored to be an instrumental part of it by hosting the first 600,000 doses of vaccine from Sinovac at the MetroPac Movers hub in Marikina Ci...

Published March 1, 2021, 10:45 AM PLDT Home, through the PLDT Smart Foundation (PSF), recently turned over to the Department of Education (DepEd) one thousand units of Home WiFi Prepaid to enable public school teachers to experience a faster and more reliable internet connection as they conduct online classes, part of the DepEd’s blended learning strategy in these pandemic times.  (From left) DepEd Undersecretary Tonisito Umali; PLDT-Smart Foundation President Ma. Esther Santos; and PLDT Hom...

ILIGAN CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) - To sustain another year of inclusive learning, wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Save the Children Philippines jointly donated four School-in-a-Bag packages for learning communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).  Under the partnership, four portable digital classrooms will be deployed to schools in Lumba-Bayabao, Lanao Del Sur, including an Integrated Madrasah. Madrasah education is a comprehensive ...