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ON Semiconductor donates 10,000 masks to help fight coronavirus

Phoenix-based ON Semiconductor Corp. donated 10,000 face masks Thursday morning to kick off the city of Phoenix’s personal protective equipment donation drive for health care workers and first responders. ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON) donated 8,.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 26th, 2020

Facebook donates emergency reserve of 720,000 masks due to coronavirus outbreak

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Sunday that the social media company has donated its emergency reserve of 720,000 masks to provide health workers with more protective gear......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 22nd, 2020

The Pentagon is making up to 5 million masks available for the coronavirus fight

The Department of Defense is preparing to make up to 5 million N95 respirator masks available for the coronavirus fight, the defense .....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMar 17th, 2020

Jack Ma donates two million masks for coronavirus crisis in Europe

Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has pledged to donate two million protective masks for distribution across Europe, with a first consignment arriving in Belgium late on Friday......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 14th, 2020

"STOP BUYING MASKS": US Surgeon General and VP say masks won"t help fight coronavirus, as demand for emergency supplies increases

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence, now the head of the US coronavirus task force, said on Sa.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 29th, 2020

"STOP BUYING MASKS": US Surgeon General and VP say masks won"t help fight coronavirus even as demand for emergency supplies increases

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the US coronavirus task force, said on Saturday that th.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 29th, 2020

Pandemic-driven demand buoying chip suppliers in 2021 and beyond

The ongoing coronavirus-induced stay-at-home activities have continued to spur demand for semiconductor and IC parts in 2021, buoying sales at many Taiwan-based chipmakers, including second-tier players, according to industry sources......»»

Category: topSource: digitimesMay 23rd, 2021

Experts say it"s too convenient for politicians to blame COVID-19 outbreaks on variants - we have the tools fight them, we just need to use them

The current variants may help the coronavirus spread better, but the virus hasn't changed enough to render our disease-fighti.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMay 22nd, 2021

What the Very Latest U.S. Rules on Masks Mean

U.S. authorities have been all over the map when it comes to whether ordinary people should wear masks in the era of the coronavirus. At the start of the pandemic in early 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discouraged it in m.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 14th, 2021

What the Fresh, New, Latest U.S. Rules on Masks Mean

U.S. authorities have been all over the map when it comes to whether ordinary people should wear masks in the era of the coronavirus. At the start of the pandemic in early 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discouraged it in m.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 14th, 2021

4 coronavirus variants can make people sicker or spread faster, including the variant first found in India. Here"s why experts are so concerned about mutant strains.

COVID-19 "variants of concern" include the coronavirus variant first found in India, which is more infectious than the original strain. People wearing masks in Del Mar, California. Mike Blake/Reuters There are four coronavirus variants that .....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytMay 11th, 2021

We just got our first evidence that Moderna"s coronavirus booster shot works to fight variants

Trial volunteers who got a third dose of Moderna's vaccine saw significant jumps in levels of antibodies that neutralize spreading variants. A lab tech processes blood samples from participants in M.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytMay 5th, 2021

3 coronavirus variants can make people sicker or spread faster - and experts are monitoring others, including one spreading in India

COVID-19 "variants of interest" include the coronavirus variant first found in India. It's not yet clear how its mutations change its behavior. People wearing masks in Del Mar, California. Mike Blake/Reuters There are t.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 29th, 2021

3 coronavirus variants can make people sicker, evade the immune response, or spread faster - and experts are monitoring others, including one spreading in India

COVID-19 "variants of interest" include the coronavirus variant first found in India. It's not yet clear how its mutations change its behavior. People wearing masks in Del Mar, California. Mike Blake/Reuters There are t.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 29th, 2021

: COVID-19 crisis deepens in India as the U.S. and others pledge help

AFP via Getty ImagesThe number of daily coronavirus infections in India reached another record on Monday for the fifth consecutive day, with 352,991 new cases, as many world powers pledged to send aid to help fight a surge th.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchApr 26th, 2021

U.S. Government Stopped Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Rollout

Governments worldwide are already using various coronavirus vaccines to fight the pandemic, but the process is still on a trial and error stage; only now errors have real consequences as the doses are administered to the people. Q1 2021 hedg.....»»

Category: blogSource: valuewalkApr 15th, 2021

Inside the U.S. government’s new $30 million effort to combat pandemic profiteering

Tucked in the third round of stimulus aid was $30.4 million allocated to the Federal Trade Commission to fight coronavirus-related scams. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, acting FTC chair, discusses the efforts in a Q&A with The Post......»»

Category: dealsSource: nytApr 9th, 2021

Facebook and Twitter must do more to fight anti-vaccine misinformation, a dozen state attorneys general demand

State attorney generals want social networks to take stronger measures to ensure misinformation doesn't slow down efforts to recover from the coronavirus pandemic......»»

Category: topSource: washpostMar 24th, 2021

Pandemic-driven demand boosts semiconductor market up 10.4% in 2020

The semiconductor market saw strong growth in 2020 as the industry marked its third year in the last four of double-digit expansion, despite turmoil from the coronavirus that disrupted many global industries, according to Omdia......»»

Category: topSource: digitimesMar 16th, 2021

How convalescent plasma could be used to treat new variants of the coronavirus - especially where vaccines are scarce

Dr. Arturo Casadevall of Johns Hopkins University thinks convalescent plasma could be a vital tool in the fight against coronavirus variants. A medical worker.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytMar 15th, 2021

The 4 things the US is doing wrong in the fight against COVID-19, and what we should be doing instead

We need to stop wasting time contact tracing, design better masks, let people travel, and test better. The COVID-19 playboo.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 13th, 2021