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Malaria Drug Taken by Trump Is Tied to Increased Risk of Heart Problems and Death in New Study

The malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine did not help coronavirus patients and may have done harm, according to a new study based on the records of nearly 15,000 patients who received the drugs and 81,000 who did not. Some were also given the antibiotic azithromycin, or a related medicine. Hydroxychloroquine is the drug that President… Read More »

SimpleMachines selects UltraSoC embedded analytics to support next-generation compute platform

Composable Computing Platform future-proofed against needs of future computing paradigms CAMBRIDGE, UK – 21 May 2020 UltraSoC today announced that its embedded analytics technology has been selected by SimpleMachines, Inc (SMI) for use within SMI’s innovative Composable Computing Platform. UltraSoC’s technology will allow SMI and its customers to gain an intimate understanding of the behavior… Read More »

Coronavirus: Cases in the community ‘relatively stable’

The number of coronavirus cases in the community is remaining relatively stable with one in 400 people in England infected, the government’s surveillance programme shows. The Office for National Statistics survey estimates there are around 8,700 new infections a day on average. Figures for people testing positive in labs, however, is roughly 1,200, suggesting thousands… Read More »

Fitbit research shows people's general health and fitness is improving during lockdown

Fitbit has released data from 200,000 Fitbit users showing the resting heartrate of the world’s population is declining, while people pay more attention to their general health with their newfound free time on lockdown. Fitbit research shows people’s general health and fitness is improving. Their research showed that when comparing Fitbit users’ baseline data from… Read More »