CoronaVirus News SARS-CoV-2 Can Directly Infect Heart Cells of Covid-19 Patients A team of US scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher revealed that SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus), the virus behind Covid-19, can infect heart cells in a lab dish. This suggests it may be possible for heart cells in Covid-19 patients to be directly infected by the virus. The discovery, published today in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, […] Written by imesocial July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
CoronaVirus IT Technology Covid-19 Accelerates Banks’ Move To Digitalization Covid-19 might be just what financial organizations needed to move beyond talking about going digital to implementing digital capabilities broadly across their organization. A new report, The Future of Work in Banking, from Digital Banking Report takes an optimistic view of the future, at least for those organizations who are prepared. The Future of Workd […] Written by imesocial July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
Business CoronaVirus COVID-19 Cases Surge in US, Threatens Economic Recovery A sudden surge in the number of COVID-19 cases across the US is threatening to derail the nascent economic recovery as many states have either paused or partially reversed their reopenings, officials have warned. “Economic activity in states with the most significant increases in cases in recent days, including Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, appears […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
CoronaVirus News Yes, Apple/Google COVID-19 Tracking Is Now On Your Phone—Here’s The Problem Getty When Apple and Google updated their operating systems to include an exposure notification API, they mandated a privacy-first approach for any governments that wanted to access the framework. Those that do not comply can still make use of basic tech on the phones, but it is fraught with technical challenges. If you’re a virologist […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
Business CoronaVirus How Covid-19 Has Impacted The Global Startup Scene [Infographic] Even though the global startup economy remains large, generating nearly $3 trillion in value, it is being battered by the Covid-19 crisis. Even before the pandemic erupted, the situation was far from ideal with inclusion remaining a fundamental challenge, value generation concentrated in a handful of cities and tech giants such as WeWork and Softbank […] Written by imesocial June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
CoronaVirus News Global Covid-19 Cases Climbing Towards 10 Million Mark The global number of Covid-19 infections is steadily climbing toward the 10 million mark. Johns Hopkins University reported early Saturday there are more than 9.8 million cases. The U.S. continues to lead the world in the number of infections with more than 2.4 million. Brazil follows with 1.2 million cases. Russia comes in third with […] Written by imesocial June 28, 2020June 28, 2020
CoronaVirus Travel and Living American, United Airlines Will Go Back To Packing Flights Despite Covid-19 Coronavirus Starting July, American Airlines and United Airlines will return to filling their planes to … [+] capacity, despite the fact that the Covid-19 coronavirus continues to spread. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Exsqueeze me? The U.S. just experienced the highest one-day totals of new reported Covid-19 coronavirus cases since […] Written by imesocial June 28, 2020June 28, 2020
Business CoronaVirus NBA Star, MLS Owner Kevin Durant Probably Wouldn’t Have Played In Florida Amid COVID-19 Spike Kevin Durant’s reservations about playing NBA basketball near Orlando during a COVID-19 surge also … [+] reverberate in MLS, where he is a partial owner of the Philadelphia Union. The MLS is Back Tournament is set to begin in Central Florida on July 8. Getty Images In an interview Thursday on the Dawg Talk Podcast, […] Written by imesocial June 27, 2020June 27, 2020
CoronaVirus News Here Are 3 ‘New’ Covid-19 Coronavirus Symptoms To Make 12 Nasal congestion or a runny nose is now on the CDC list of possible Covid-19 symptoms. (Photo: … [+] Getty) Getty New is a relative term. A planet that was formed a couple years ago could still be new. Sushi that was formed a couple years ago, not so much. So there are three “new” […] Written by imesocial June 27, 2020June 27, 2020
Business CoronaVirus Covid-19: India’s Enterprise Software Market Tapers Down Growth to 3.8% in 2020 The disruption cased by Covid-19 would cause a significant decline in India’s enterprise software market this year, tapering down the growth to mere 3.8 per cent (year-on-year), a new IDC report said on Friday. The pandemic has forced enterprises to relook at their IT spend. Enterprises at this point are focusing on operational resiliency, return […] Written by imesocial June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Business CoronaVirus News Small Business Global Food Giant Adopts Stakeholder Model To Survive COVID-19 And The Long-Term Danone becomes first large public Entreprise à Mission company, committing to serving all of its … [+] stakeholders Danone A change in French law and a global pandemic have accelerated Danone’s pursuit of a stakeholder-driven business structure that aligns social and environmental benefit with the bottom line. Earlier today at its annual general meeting, Danone’s board […] Written by imesocial June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
CoronaVirus Sell Your Silver To Buy Gold As COVID-19 Concerns Dampen Recovery Hope Gold has been a high performer all year despite the recent market downturn Getty For the month of June to date the long SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) short iShares Silver Trust (SLV) trade has made a net 4.12% return. While those are heady returns in a month where S&P returns are only marginally positive and […] Written by imesocial June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
CoronaVirus Travel and Living New COVID-19 Quarantines, Travel Restrictions Crush Airlines, Tourism In this Oct. 18, 2019, photo a JetBlue Airways flight flies in to Salt Lake City International … [+] Airport in Salt Lake City. JetBlue Airways Corp. reports financial earns on Tuesday, Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. travel industry was already down and out from the impact of the coronavirus. Now […] Written by imesocial June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
Art CoronaVirus Despite COVID-19, BMW And Art Basel Announce Art Journey Winner Leelee Chan is the ninth BMW Art Journey winner Capsule Shanghai Gallery Can ancient materials and their future substitutes from the fields of nanotechnology and biotechnology inform our debate around ecological and cultural sustainability? This is the premise behind the latest BMW Art Journey project. Artist Leelee Chan’s “Tokens From Time” involves a journey to […] Written by imesocial June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
Business CoronaVirus News Small Business The Tel Aviv Tech Startups That Are Solving COVID-19 Challenges The skyline of Tel Aviv, Israel Getty At the heart of Israel’s Startup Nation, Tel Aviv’s tech sector is booming, with the highest number of startups per capita in the world and a startup hub that is rapidly expanding. The city boasts a large number of accelerators, shared workspaces, and venture capital funds, but its […] Written by imesocial June 25, 2020June 25, 2020
CoronaVirus Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology PayPal’s Reported Interest In Bitcoin Trading Comes Amid Covid-19 Induced Bounce PayPal is reportedly gearing up to offer bitcoin trading through its payment apps. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images PayPal PYPL doesn’t want to be left out of any cryptocurrency bounce and is reportedly gearing up to enable its hundreds of millions of customers to buy and sell digital tokens. Coindesk, citing three people familiar with […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Business CoronaVirus Fast Food Breakfast Faces A Long Recovery From The COVID-19 Crisis FAIRFIELD, CA – JULY 23: A McDonald’s Egg McMuffin and hash browns are displayed at a McDonald’s … [+] restaurant on July 23, 2015 in Fairfield, California. (Photo illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) 2015 Getty Images To get an idea as to just how big the business of fast food breakfast is, consider that McDonald’s […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Business CoronaVirus As Online Sales Grow During COVID-19, Retailers Like Montce Swim Adapt And Find Success Montce Swim’s retail locations are beginning to re-open this month, but online sales will remain a … [+] focus. Montce Swim When Florida native Alexandra Grief started selling custom-made bikinis from her apartment 10 years ago, it was merely a side business and passion project. She bought fabrics and tapped into her local community for […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Business CoronaVirus Marketing Technology Hospitality Startup Sonder Raises $170 Million At A $1.3 Billion Valuation During Covid-19 Travel Collapse Sonder appears to have broken out of the hospitality slump. As Covid-19 has pushed traditional hotel occupancy rates below 20%, shrunk airline demand by 95%, and all-but obliterated business travel—the short-term apartment rental company has closed a $170 million Series E round. Fidelity, Westcap, and Inovia Capital led the deal that values Sonder at a […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Business CoronaVirus How to Management News Small Business Emergency Funding And Covid-19 Crisis Counseling For Miller Center Entrepreneurs Pollinate Group entrepreneur selling a solar light to a customer in Bangalore Neville Sukhia Back in March and April, the folks at the Pollinate Group were in a state of emergency, like most small businesses around the world. For the past seven years, the Melbourne, Australia-based enterprise had trained and developed women in poor areas […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Business CoronaVirus How COVID-19 Changed the Way We Do Business The COVID-19 pandemic had changed how businesses operate, as social distancing measures are mandatory to prevent the spread of the virus and overwhelming the health system. It is one of the main challenges in the past few decades, especially for sectors like tourism travel. However, the inventiveness of entrepreneurs already led to the appearance of […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
CoronaVirus News Covid-19 Pandemic is Growing as Lockdowns Ease Worldwide, Says WHO The World Health Organization says the Covid-19 pandemic is still growing even as countries start to ease lockdowns and other restrictions. “The epidemic is now peaking or moving towards a peak in a number of large countries,” WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said. Several nations, including Germany, South Africa and India – which reports […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
CoronaVirus News Which Factors Can Influence Severity of Covid-19 Outcome? While knowledge about how Covid-19 impacts different populations is still evolving, research so far has revealed that certain factors like age, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, genetic factors and even blood type can influence the severity of the outcome. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), older adults and […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
CoronaVirus News Phase 3 Study Evaluating CRS in Covid-19 Patients with Pneumonia Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) in the US are studying the effectiveness of an arthritis drug in treating a type of severe immune overreaction seen in patients with Covid-19 induced pneumonia in a Phase 3 clinical trial. The clinical trial is enrolling patients at the Harris Health System’s […] Written by imesocial June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Business CoronaVirus News Small Business How Small Business Owners Can Profit During And After Covid-19 The COVID-19 pandemic badly damaged small businesses across America—and probably across the … [+] globe—and has caused many companies to close shop for good. Getty The Covid-19 pandemic badly damaged small businesses across America—and probably across the globe—and has caused many companies to close shop for good. While this is, of course, unfortunate to those […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
CoronaVirus News Covid-19 First Wave Not Over Yet, Experts Dismiss Talk of Second COVID Wave While some health experts warn of what they call a second wave of COVID-19 this fall, others say the United States — and some other parts of the world — are not over the first wave. “When you have 20,000-plus infections per day, how can you talk about a second wave?” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
CoronaVirus News Covid-19: Americans Experience Supportive Behaviour Than Loneliness Social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic has not led to an overall increase in loneliness among Americans as most of them felt more supported by others than before the pandemic, a new survey has revealed. “Despite a small increase among some individuals, we found overall remarkable resilience in response to Covid-19,” said Angelina Sutin, associate […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
CoronaVirus News Technology WHO Urges Balance Between Protection Against COVID-19 and Minimizing Social, Economic Damage World Health Organization (WHO) urged a delicate balance between protection against COVID-19 and minimizing social, economic damage therewith, as global daily new cases keeps hitting new record. “It’s not a choice between lives and livelihoods. Countries can do both,” claimed WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as all countries are facing a “delicate balance between protecting […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
CoronaVirus News Services Death Risk From COVID-19 Increases with Increasing Poverty: Researchers The probability of death from COVID-19 increases dramatically with increasing poverty because of underlying inequalities in society in many poorer countries, according to researchers from Imperial College London. The warning comes as the coronavirus pandemic expands rapidly in many countries classed as lower-income or lower-middle-income, such as India and Nigeria. India has recorded over 13,500 […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
CoronaVirus News COVID-19 is Now Well-Established at Global Level, Says WHO Expert A World Health Organization (WHO) expert said that in light of the accelerating increase in new cases — especially in some populous countries — the COVID-19 pandemic is now well-established at a global level. Michael Ryan, Executive Director of WHO Health Emergencies Program, made the remarks at a press conference in Geneva on Monday, responding […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
