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DoorDash to create websites for restaurants' online food ordering

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 15:23
Food delivery company DoorDash will announce on Thursday a service to help restaurants build their own websites for online ordering so they do not have to pay marketing commissions to the platform itself.
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Electric vehicle maker Nio eyes listing of new China entity

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 15:15
Electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc's chief executive said it may list its new Nio China entity, as the cash-strapped company eyed a rebound after selling fewer vehicles during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Mumbai DJ swaps deck for doctor's scrubs to fight coronavirus

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 14:15
As India's financial capital Mumbai battled a growing number of coronavirus cases, local DJ Sanjay Meriya set aside his turntable and dusted off a long-unused medical degree in order to help out.
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AstraZeneca partners with Oxford Biomedica to expand COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 14:04
AstraZeneca has partnered with British cell therapy company Oxford Biomedica to make its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, as the drugmaker looks to bolster its manufacturing capacity to produce one billion doses.
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Trump executive order takes aim at social media firms: draft

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 13:59
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet's Google from being responsible for the material posted by their users, according to a draft executive order and a source familiar with the situation.
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EU plans permanent stockpile of essential drugs, medical gear

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 13:55
The European Commission said on Thursday it wanted to set up a permanent reserve of essential drugs and medical equipment to address shortages that have dogged the EU for years and worsened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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LabCorp ties up with software provider to expand virtual clinical trials

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 13:33
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) said on Thursday it was partnering with software provider Medable to speed up the adoption of virtual clinical trials, as many participants are dropping out of ongoing studies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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LabCorp ties up with software provider to expand virtual clinical trials

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 13:33
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) said on Thursday it was partnering with software provider Medable to speed up the adoption of virtual clinical trials, as many participants are dropping out of ongoing studies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Indonesia to keep prescribing two malaria drugs for COVID-19 despite bans in Europe

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 13:27
Indonesia will continue to prescribe two anti-malaria drugs for coronavirus patients but monitor their use closely, a spokesman for Indonesia COVID-19 taskforce said on Thursday, after some European nations banned the drug over safety concerns.
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CVS Health to open last of 1,000 drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 13:06
CVS Health Corp said on Thursday it would open more COVID-19 testing sites at some of its pharmacy drive-thru locations, completing the last leg of the drugstore chain's planned 1,000 sites across more than 30 U.S. states.
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GSK aims for one billion doses of booster as COVID-19 vaccine race heats up

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 12:50
GSK , the world's largest vaccine maker, laid out plans on Thursday to produce 1 billion doses of vaccine efficacy boosters for COVID-19 shots next year, as the race to develop a successful solution to the coronavirus crisis heats up.
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Coronavirus patients flood hospitals in Indonesia's second-largest city

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 12:43
Hospitals in Indonesia's second largest city of Surabaya have been overwhelmed by a surge of new coronavirus cases, forcing them to turn patients away, the Indonesian Medical Association said on Thursday.
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Google considering taking stake in Vodafone Idea: FT

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 12:21
Alphabet Inc's Google is exploring an investment in Vodafone Group Plc's <VOD.L > struggling India business, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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WHO official: European deaths spike since March linked to COVID-19

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 12:20
About 159,000 more people in 24 European countries have died since early March than would have ordinarily been expected, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday, with a "significant proportion" of the spike linked to COVID-19.
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Africa hit by sustained community spread of coronavirus: disease centre

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 12:08
Cases of community transmission of the new coronavirus are growing in Africa, particularly in Ethiopia, and a new strategy for testing is needed to prevent this, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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China's Nio quarterly revenue misses estimates on COVID-19 hit

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 11:54
Nio Inc on Thursday reported quarterly revenue below Wall Street estimates as the cash-strapped Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker sold fewer vehicles amid the COVID-19 pandemic, sending its shares down 3%.
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Payments startup Marqeta raises $150 million, hits $4.3 billion valuation

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 11:21
Payment card issuing startup Marqeta has raised $150 million from a U.S. institutional investor, doubling its valuation to $4.3 billion, the company said on Thursday.
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No preferential access to Themis' potential COVID-19 vaccine: CEO

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 10:49
Nobody will get preferential access to a potential COVID-19 drug developed by vaccine maker Themis Bioscience, which is being bought by U.S. pharmaceuticals firm Merck & Co Inc, the Austrian firm's chief executive said on Thursday.
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Amid lockdown, Kenyan medical startup brings clinic to your home

Technology News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 10:39
Nathalie Maikere sat at her dining table, her two children playing video games a few feet away, as a doctor in a lab coat unpacked her medical bag and took her temperature, pulse, and blood pressure.
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Amid lockdown, Kenyan medical startup brings clinic to your home

Health News (Reuters) - Thu, 05/28/2020 - 10:39
Nathalie Maikere sat at her dining table, her two children playing video games a few feet away, as a doctor in a lab coat unpacked her medical bag and took her temperature, pulse, and blood pressure.
Categories: Health
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