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Analysis-Out of my mind: Advances in brain tech spur calls for ‘neuro-rights’ – Global Banking And Finance Review
Posted: March 31, 2021 at 4:49 am
By Avi Asher-Schapiro
BERLIN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) A turning point for Rafael Yuste, a neuroscientist at New Yorks Columbia University, came when his lab discovered it could activate a few neurons in a mouses visual cortex and make it hallucinate.
The mouse had been trained to lick at a water spout every time it saw two vertical bars, and researchers were able to prompt it to drink even with no bars in sight, said Yuste, whose team published a study on the experiment in 2019.
We could make the animal see something it didnt see, as if it were a puppet, he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a phone interview. If we can do this today with an animal, we can do it tomorrow with a human for sure.
Yuste is part of a group of scientists and lawmakers, stretching from Switzerland to Chile, who are working to rein in the potential abuses of neuroscience by companies from tech giants to wearable startups.
Following his teams discovery, he launched the NeuroRights Initiative, which advocates five neuro-rights to protect how a persons brain data is accessed and used, including a right to mental privacy and to free will.
Right now, its the wild west, Yuste said.
In Chile, senate member Guido Girardi is pushing to translate those principles into law, with a bill that would give legal protection to a suit of neuro-rights, and a complementary reform to the countrys constitution.
This month, the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research began debating Girardis proposal, which got unanimous support from parliament in December 2020.
His office hopes the bill will be adopted later in the year.
If this technology is industrialized without the proper regulations and rules, it will threaten fundamental human autonomy, he said in a phone interview.
Meanwhile, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued its own neurotechnology guidelines, noted Marcello Ienca, a researcher at ETH Zurichs Health Ethics and Policy Lab, who works on the OECD project.
Usually people only start talking about ethics and regulations after a big scandal, but with neurotech I hope we can take on these questions before that scandal, he said.
SCIENCE-FICTION SCENARIOS
Advances in brain science like those made by Yustes team have made it possible to penetrate the brain using censors and implants and access some degree of neural activity.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved deep brain stimulation procedures implanting electrodes in the brain to treat a range of disorders from Parkinsons disease to epilepsy.
And major tech firms, from Facebook to Tesla, are working on computer-brain interfaces to allow consumers to control devices with their thoughts, while some smaller companies sell wearable devices to monitor brain activity.
But warnings of science-fiction scenarios of for-profit mind control are overblown for a line of research that is still so young, said Karen Rommelfanger, director of the neuroethics program at Emory University in Atlanta.
Yes, the science will get better, not worse, she said. But exactly how it develops is up in the air.
Ienca at ETH Zurich said major ethical issues could arise if the data commercial neurotech devices cllect is widely shared and analyzed without proper safeguards, he said.
We already have digital biomarkers that can indicate if someone is predisposed to developing dementia. Lets say (that) data is shared with a prospective employer, you could face discrimination on the job market, he said.
In 2018, Ienca published a review of six commercially available neuromonitoring headsets in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
He found that the electroencephalography (EEG) data gathered by the devices as they measure electrical activity in the brain could be leaked online, sold to third parties, or subjected to uses that consumers did not consent to.
This also concerns Adam Molnar, the co-founder of neurotech start-up Neurable, which is developing headphones that measure EEG to help users track brain activity and emotions like burnout.
When Neurable launches a new device, he said, it pledges not to sell user data, and only uses collected data to improve its own products.
We want to be the good guys, he said, adding that he hopes the move will help set the tone for other neurotech firms.
DATA HARVESTING
Rommelfanger at Emory is wary of moving too quickly to regulate brain tech, which she said could stifle innovation.
She recommends direct engagement with startups working on commercial devices, encouraging them to develop privacy-conscious and ethically-minded products.
Girardi favors strict regulation. We didnt regulate the big social media and internet platforms in time, and it costs us. We have lost control of all kinds of data, from our location to our romantic interests its all up for sale, he said.
My proposals would give the status of your mind data the same as your organs, like your heart, he added. No one can interfere with it.
If we allow for all this brain data to be taken, who knows what the consequences will be? Well have algorithms deciding what it means to be happy, Girardi said.
Tim Brown, a neuroethics expert at the University of Washington, said the data currently being collected is not powerful enough to do that.
A lot of that brain data is basically noise, he said.
But, he noted, scientists are working on algorithms to decode and analyze the data gleaned from EEG and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans, hoping to build computer models that can interpret an individuals mental state.
He predicted the same dynamics present in the social media or search industry where companies offer a service for free in return for permission to harvest user data will likely surface in neurotech.
That could lead to serious consequences for privacy in the coming years, Brown warned, with companies linking users social media behavior to their brain images in real time to craft ads or other messages.
He also worries about how neurotechnology might exacerbate existing patterns of discrimination and racism.
In his research, he has warned of the possibility of mandatory neurointerventions, when institutions like schools or prisons might deploy neurotechnology to assess mental states.
Are we going to see a situation where prisoners are asked to put their heads in a box, and they are scanned to see if they are eligible for parole based on an algorithmic interpretation of their brain?, Brown asked.
What will the impact of that be on Black and brown people, who we know are already disproportionately (represented) in these institutions.
Yuste says policymakers around the world need to start contemplating these issues now.
He has been in touch with members of President Joe Bidens administration and the United Nations about neuro-rights and related issues.
Its not about patching the law, he said. These technologies affect the core of what it means to be human the only way to tackle this is with new human rights.
(Reporting by Avi Asher-Schapiro @AASchapiro, Editing by Jumana Farouky and Zoe Tabary. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers the lives of people around the world who struggle to live freely or fairly. Visit http://news.trust.org)
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Method offers inexpensive imaging at the scale of virus particles – ScienceBlog.com
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Using an ordinary light microscope, MIT engineers have devised a technique for imaging biological samples with accuracy at the scale of 10 nanometers which should enable them to image viruses and potentially even single biomolecules, the researchers say.
The new technique builds on expansion microscopy, an approach that involves embedding biological samples in a hydrogel and then expanding them before imaging them with a microscope. For the latest version of the technique, the researchers developed a new type of hydrogel that maintains a more uniform configuration, allowing for greater accuracy in imaging tiny structures.
This degree of accuracy could open the door to studying the basic molecular interactions that make life possible, says Edward Boyden, the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, a professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, and a member of MITs McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.
If you could see individual molecules and identify what kind they are, with single-digit-nanometer accuracy, then you might be able to actually look at the structure of life. And structure, as a century of modern biology has told us, governs function, says Boyden, who is the senior author of the new study.
The lead authors of the paper, which appears today inNature Nanotechnology, are MIT Research Scientist Ruixuan Gao and Chih-Chieh Jay Yu PhD 20. Other authors include Linyi Gao PhD 20; former MIT postdoc Kiryl Piatkevich; Rachael Neve, director of the Gene Technology Core at Massachusetts General Hospital; James Munro, an associate professor of microbiology and physiological systems at University of Massachusetts Medical School; and Srigokul Upadhyayula, a former assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an assistant professor in residence of cell and developmental biology at the University of California at Berkeley.
Low cost, high resolution
Many labs around the world have begun usingexpansion microscopysince Boydens lab first introduced it in 2015. With this technique, researchers physically enlarge their samples about fourfold in linear dimension before imaging them, allowing them to generate high-resolution images without expensive equipment. Boydens lab has also developed methods forlabelingproteins, RNA, and other molecules in a sample so that they can be imaged after expansion.
Hundreds of groups are doing expansion microscopy. Theres clearly pent-up demand for an easy, inexpensive method of nanoimaging, Boyden says. Now the question is, how good can we get? Can we get down to single-molecule accuracy? Because in the end, you want to reach a resolution that gets down to the fundamental building blocks of life.
Other techniques such as electron microscopy and super-resolution imaging offer high resolution, but the equipment required is expensive and not widely accessible. Expansion microscopy, however, enables high-resolution imaging with an ordinary light microscope.
In a 2017 paper, Boydens lab demonstrated resolution of around 20 nanometers, using a process in which samples wereexpanded twicebefore imaging. This approach, as well as the earlier versions of expansion microscopy, relies on an absorbent polymer made from sodium polyacrylate, assembled using a method called free radical synthesis. These gels swell when exposed to water; however, one limitation of these gels is that they are not completely uniform in structure or density. This irregularity leads to small distortions in the shape of the sample when its expanded, limiting the accuracy that can be achieved.
To overcome this, the researchers developed a new gel called tetra-gel, which forms a more predictable structure. By combining tetrahedral PEG molecules with tetrahedral sodium polyacrylates, the researchers were able to create a lattice-like structure that is much more uniform than the free-radical synthesized sodium polyacrylate hydrogels they previously used.
The researchers demonstrated the accuracy of this approach by using it to expand particles of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which have a distinctive spherical shape. After expanding the virus particles, the researchers compared the shapes to the shapes obtained by electron microscopy and found that the distortion was lower than that seen with previous versions of expansion microscopy, allowing them to achieve an accuracy of about 10 nanometers.
We can look at how the arrangements of these proteins change as they are expanded and evaluate how close they are to the spherical shape. Thats how we validated it and determined how faithfully we can preserve the nanostructure of the shapes and the relative spatial arrangements of these molecules, Ruixuan Gao says.
Single molecules
The researchers also used their new hydrogel to expand cells, including human kidney cells and mouse brain cells. They are now working on ways to improve the accuracy to the point where they can image individual molecules within such cells. One limitation on this degree of accuracy is the size of the antibodies used to label molecules in the cell, which are about 10 to 20 nanometers long. To image individual molecules, the researchers would likely need to create smaller labels or to add the labels after expansion was complete.
They are also exploring whether other types of polymers, or modified versions of the tetra-gel polymer, could help them realize greater accuracy.
If they can achieve accuracy down to single molecules, many new frontiers could be explored, Boyden says. For example, scientists could glimpse how different molecules interact with each other, which could shed light on cell signaling pathways, immune response activation, synaptic communication, drug-target interactions, and many other biological phenomena.
Wed love to look at regions of a cell, like the synapse between two neurons, or other molecules involved in cell-cell signaling, and to figure out how all the parts talk to each other, he says. How do they work together and how do they go wrong in diseases?
The research was funded by Lisa Yang, John Doerr, Open Philanthropy, the National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Simons Faculty Scholars Program, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Friends of the McGovern Fellowship, and the Fellows program of the Image and Data Analysis Core at Harvard Medical School.
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1 Market Overview of Face Recognition Software1.1 Face Recognition Software Market Overview1.1.1 Face Recognition Software Product Scope1.1.2 Market Status and Outlook1.2 Global Face Recognition Software Market Size Overview by Region 2015 VS 2020 VS 20261.3 Global Face Recognition Software Market Size by Region (2015-2026)1.4 Global Face Recognition Software Historic Market Size by Region (2015-2020)1.5 Global Face Recognition Software Market Size Forecast by Region (2021-2026)1.6 Key Regions, Face Recognition Software Market Size YoY Growth (2015-2026)1.6.1 North America Face Recognition Software Market Size YoY Growth (2015-2026)1.6.2 Europe Face Recognition Software Market Size YoY Growth (2015-2026)1.6.3 China Face Recognition Software Market Size YoY Growth (2015-2026)1.6.4 Rest of Asia Pacific Face Recognition Software Market Size YoY Growth (2015-2026)1.6.5 Latin America Face Recognition Software Market Size YoY Growth (2015-2026)1.6.6 Middle East & Africa Face Recognition Software Market Size YoY Growth (2015-2026) 2 Face Recognition Software Market Overview by Type2.1 Global Face Recognition Software Market Size by Type: 2015 VS 2020 VS 20262.2 Global Face Recognition Software Historic Market Size by Type (2015-2020)2.3 Global Face Recognition Software Forecasted Market Size by Type (2021-2026)2.4 Holistic Matching Method2.5 feature-based Method2.6 Skin Texture Analysis2.7 Hybrid Types2.8 Other 3 Face Recognition Software Market Overview by Application3.1 Global Face Recognition Software Market Size by Application: 2015 VS 2020 VS 20263.2 Global Face Recognition Software Historic Market Size by Application (2015-2020)3.3 Global Face Recognition Software Forecasted Market Size by Application (2021-2026)3.4 Corporate & Residential Security3.5 Public Transport3.6 Entertainment Software3.7 Public Security & Justice3.8 Self-service Equipment3.9 Attendance & Conference3.10 Financial Services3.11 Other 4 Global Face Recognition Software Competition Analysis by Players4.1 Global Face Recognition Software Market Size (Million US$) by Players (2015-2020)4.2 Global Top Manufacturers by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3) (based on the Revenue in Face Recognition Software as of 2019)4.3 Date of Key Manufacturers Enter into Face Recognition Software Market4.4 Global Top Players Face Recognition Software Headquarters and Area Served4.5 Key Players Face Recognition Software Product Solution and Service4.6 Competitive Status4.6.1 Face Recognition Software Market Concentration Rate4.6.2 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans 5 Company (Top Players) Profiles and Key Data5.1 Aware (US)5.1.1 Aware (US) Profile5.1.2 Aware (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.1.3 Aware (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.1.4 Aware (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.1.5 Aware (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.2 BioID (DE)5.2.1 BioID (DE) Profile5.2.2 BioID (DE) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.2.3 BioID (DE) Products, Services and Solutions5.2.4 BioID (DE) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.2.5 BioID (DE) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.3 Idemia (FR)5.5.1 Idemia (FR) Profile5.3.2 Idemia (FR) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.3.3 Idemia (FR) Products, Services and Solutions5.3.4 Idemia (FR) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.3.5 Leidos (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.4 Leidos (US)5.4.1 Leidos (US) Profile5.4.2 Leidos (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.4.3 Leidos (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.4.4 Leidos (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.4.5 Leidos (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.5 Visage Technologies (SE)5.5.1 Visage Technologies (SE) Profile5.5.2 Visage Technologies (SE) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.5.3 Visage Technologies (SE) Products, Services and Solutions5.5.4 Visage Technologies (SE) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.5.5 Visage Technologies (SE) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.6 Cloudwalk (CN)5.6.1 Cloudwalk (CN) Profile5.6.2 Cloudwalk (CN) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.6.3 Cloudwalk (CN) Products, Services and Solutions5.6.4 Cloudwalk (CN) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.6.5 Cloudwalk (CN) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.7 M2SYS (US)5.7.1 M2SYS (US) Profile5.7.2 M2SYS (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.7.3 M2SYS (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.7.4 M2SYS (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.7.5 M2SYS (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.8 Gemalto (NZ)5.8.1 Gemalto (NZ) Profile5.8.2 Gemalto (NZ) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.8.3 Gemalto (NZ) Products, Services and Solutions5.8.4 Gemalto (NZ) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.8.5 Gemalto (NZ) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.9 StereoVision Imaging (US)5.9.1 StereoVision Imaging (US) Profile5.9.2 StereoVision Imaging (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.9.3 StereoVision Imaging (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.9.4 StereoVision Imaging (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.9.5 StereoVision Imaging (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.10 Cognitec Systems (GE)5.10.1 Cognitec Systems (GE) Profile5.10.2 Cognitec Systems (GE) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.10.3 Cognitec Systems (GE) Products, Services and Solutions5.10.4 Cognitec Systems (GE) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.10.5 Cognitec Systems (GE) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.11 HID Global (US)5.11.1 HID Global (US) Profile5.11.2 HID Global (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.11.3 HID Global (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.11.4 HID Global (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.11.5 HID Global (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.12 NEC (JP)5.12.1 NEC (JP) Profile5.12.2 NEC (JP) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.12.3 NEC (JP) Products, Services and Solutions5.12.4 NEC (JP) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.12.5 NEC (JP) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.13 NVISO (BE)5.13.1 NVISO (BE) Profile5.13.2 NVISO (BE) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.13.3 NVISO (BE) Products, Services and Solutions5.13.4 NVISO (BE) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.13.5 NVISO (BE) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.14 Daon (US)5.14.1 Daon (US) Profile5.14.2 Daon (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.14.3 Daon (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.14.4 Daon (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.14.5 Daon (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.15 MEGVII (CN)5.15.1 MEGVII (CN) Profile5.15.2 MEGVII (CN) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.15.3 MEGVII (CN) Products, Services and Solutions5.15.4 MEGVII (CN) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.15.5 MEGVII (CN) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.16 Ayonix Face Technologies (IN)5.16.1 Ayonix Face Technologies (IN) Profile5.16.2 Ayonix Face Technologies (IN) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.16.3 Ayonix Face Technologies (IN) Products, Services and Solutions5.16.4 Ayonix Face Technologies (IN) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.16.5 Ayonix Face Technologies (IN) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.17 Innovatrics (SK)5.17.1 Innovatrics (SK) Profile5.17.2 Innovatrics (SK) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.17.3 Innovatrics (SK) Products, Services and Solutions5.17.4 Innovatrics (SK) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.17.5 Innovatrics (SK) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.18 HYPR (US)5.18.1 HYPR (US) Profile5.18.2 HYPR (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.18.3 HYPR (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.18.4 HYPR (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.18.5 HYPR (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.19 Fujitsu (JP)5.19.1 Fujitsu (JP) Profile5.19.2 Fujitsu (JP) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.19.3 Fujitsu (JP) Products, Services and Solutions5.19.4 Fujitsu (JP) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.19.5 Fujitsu (JP) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.20 Kairos (US)5.20.1 Kairos (US) Profile5.20.2 Kairos (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.20.3 Kairos (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.20.4 Kairos (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.20.5 Kairos (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.21 Animetrics (US)5.21.1 Animetrics (US) Profile5.21.2 Animetrics (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.21.3 Animetrics (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.21.4 Animetrics (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.21.5 Animetrics (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.22 id3 Technologies (FR)5.22.1 id3 Technologies (FR) Profile5.22.2 id3 Technologies (FR) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.22.3 id3 Technologies (FR) Products, Services and Solutions5.22.4 id3 Technologies (FR) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.22.5 id3 Technologies (FR) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.23 Smilepass (GB)5.23.1 Smilepass (GB) Profile5.23.2 Smilepass (GB) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.23.3 Smilepass (GB) Products, Services and Solutions5.23.4 Smilepass (GB) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.23.5 Smilepass (GB) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.24 Techno Brain (SA)5.24.1 Techno Brain (SA) Profile5.24.2 Techno Brain (SA) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.24.3 Techno Brain (SA) Products, Services and Solutions5.24.4 Techno Brain (SA) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.24.5 Techno Brain (SA) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.25 Neurotechnology (LT)5.25.1 Neurotechnology (LT) Profile5.25.2 Neurotechnology (LT) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.25.3 Neurotechnology (LT) Products, Services and Solutions5.25.4 Neurotechnology (LT) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.25.5 Neurotechnology (LT) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.26 Fulcrum Biometrics (US)5.26.1 Fulcrum Biometrics (US) Profile5.26.2 Fulcrum Biometrics (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.26.3 Fulcrum Biometrics (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.26.4 Fulcrum Biometrics (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.26.5 Fulcrum Biometrics (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.27 FaceFirst (US)5.27.1 FaceFirst (US) Profile5.27.2 FaceFirst (US) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.27.3 FaceFirst (US) Products, Services and Solutions5.27.4 FaceFirst (US) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.27.5 FaceFirst (US) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-195.28 Certibio (BR)5.28.1 Certibio (BR) Profile5.28.2 Certibio (BR) Main Business and Companys Total Revenue5.28.3 Certibio (BR) Products, Services and Solutions5.28.4 Certibio (BR) Revenue (US$ Million) (2015-2020)5.28.5 Certibio (BR) Recent Development and Reaction to Covid-19 6 North America Face Recognition Software by Players and by Application6.1 North America Face Recognition Software Market Size and Market Share by Players (2015-2020)6.2 North America Face Recognition Software Market Size by Application (2015-2020) 7 Europe Face Recognition Software by 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Face And Voice Biometrics Market 2021 Size, Development Strategy, Analysis, Opportunity Assessment, Key Players and Trends by Forecast 2026: 3M Cogent…
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Face And Voice Biometrics Global Market 2021 research report presents analysis of market size, share, and growth, trends, cost structure, statistical and comprehensive data of the global market. The Market report offers noteworthy data regarding industrys growth parameters, the current state of the market in terms of analysis of possible economic situations and macroeconomic analysis. This report features competitive scenarios from the recent technology and provides a comprehensive analysis of key growth strategies adopted by key players.
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COVID-19 Daily Update 3-30-2021 – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of March 30, 2021, there have been 2,438,840 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 141,332 total cases and 2,640 total deaths.
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 74-year old female from Raleigh County and an 84-year old female from Raleigh County.
These are holes in our hearts and communities, said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. Our lives have been forever changed by the pandemic.
CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (1,310), Berkeley (10,632), Boone (1,740), Braxton (837), Brooke (2,061), Cabell (8,385), Calhoun (243), Clay (389), Doddridge (514), Fayette (2,981), Gilmer (730), Grant (1,167), Greenbrier (2,498), Hampshire (1,609), Hancock (2,630), Hardy (1,391), Harrison (5,144), Jackson (1,775), Jefferson (4,009), Kanawha (13,045), Lewis (1,099), Lincoln (1,355), Logan (2,935), Marion (3,924), Marshall (3,171), Mason (1,868), McDowell (1,411), Mercer (4,385), Mineral (2,640), Mingo (2,301), Monongalia (8,633), Monroe (1,015), Morgan (1,007), Nicholas (1,378), Ohio (3,833), Pendleton (666), Pleasants (817), Pocahontas (616), Preston (2,714), Putnam (4,542), Raleigh (5,494), Randolph (2,462), Ritchie (639), Roane (523), Summers (725), Taylor (1,149), Tucker (516), Tyler (657), Upshur (1,780), Wayne (2,741), Webster (442), Wetzel (1,165), Wirt (368), Wood (7,438), Wyoming (1,823).
Delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. Such is the case of Barbour, Pleasants and Tucker counties in this report.
Free COVID-19 testing is available today in Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Brooke, Clay, Fayette, Grant, Hardy, Jefferson, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mineral, Mingo, Morgan, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh and Wyoming counties.
March 30
Barbour County
9:00 AM 11:00 AM, Barbour County Health Department, 109 Wabash Avenue, Philippi, WV
3:00 PM 7:00 PM, Junior Volunteer Fire Department, 331 Row Avenue, Junior, WV
Berkeley County
1:00 PM 5:00 PM, Shenandoah Community Health, 99 Tavern Road, Martinsburg, WV
4:30 PM 8:00 PM, Dorothy McCormack Building, 2000 Foundation Way, Martinsburg, WV
10:00 AM 6:00 PM, 891 Auto Parts Place, Martinsburg, WV
10:00 AM 6:00 PM, Ambrose Park, 25404 Mall Drive, Martinsburg, WV
Boone County
Brooke County
Clay County
1:00 PM 3:00 PM, Clay County Health Department, 452 Main Street, Clay, WV
Fayette County
9:00 AM 11:00 AM, Fayette County Health Department, 202 Church Street, Fayetteville, WV
10:00 AM 2:00 PM, Ruby Welcome Center, 55 Hazel Lane, Mount Hope, WV
Grant County
Hardy County
Jefferson County
10:00 AM 6:00 PM, Hollywood Casino, 750 Hollywood Drive, Charles Town, WV
10:00 AM 6:00 PM, Shepherd University Wellness Center Parking Lot, 164 University Drive, Shepherdstown, WV
Lincoln County
Logan County
Mason County
Mineral County
10:00 AM 6:00 PM, Mineral County Health Department, 541 Harley O Staggers Drive, Keyser, WV
Mingo County
3:00 PM 7:00 PM, Kermit Fire Department, 49 Main Street, Kermit, WV
Morgan County
10:00 AM 6:00 PM, Valley Health War Memorial Hospital, 1 Health Way, Berkeley Spring, WV
Nicholas County
Putnam County
9:00 AM 1:00 PM, Liberty Square, 613 Putnam Village, Hurricane, WV
Raleigh County
Wyoming County
11:00 AM 3:00 PM, Wyoming County Fire Department, 12 Park Street, Pineville, WV
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Baker addresses rising COVID-19 cases on Cape Cod: Were paying a lot of attention to it – The Boston Globe
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Governor Charlie Baker on Tuesday addressed rising rates of COVID-19 cases on Cape Cod, saying his administration is in constant contact with officials in the region and noting Barnstable County has the highest vaccination rate in the state.
Were pretty much in daily contact with the health care and public health community down on the Cape and are constantly talking to them about testing resources and vaccine resources, Baker said after touring the mass vaccination site at the Hynes Convention Center with Dr. Rochelle Walensky of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Senator Edward Markey, and other Massachusetts officials.
While the Cape, which has a population that skews older, leads the state in COVID-19 vaccinations, both COVID-19 case numbers and positivity rates have increased in recent weeks. About half of the regions communities are now considered to be at high risk for the spread of the virus, according to the states latest town-by-town report.
The Cape, among other things, has the highest percent of its population vaccinated of any part of Massachusetts, but were going to continue to be pretty aggressively involved with them around testing, around contact tracing, around isolation policy and support and around vaccine policy as well, Baker said Tuesday. Theres a lot going on down there and were paying a lot of attention to it and were spending a lot of time with them on it.
According to state data released Thursday, 39 percent of residents in Barnstable County, which encompasses all towns on Cape Cod, have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose as of March 23, the highest rate in the state. Overall, 29 percent of Massachusetts residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Baker did not address whether the state would redistribute some doses from mass vaccination sites to community clinics on the Cape, or set up an emergency vaccination site in the region, measures Yarmouth Health Director Bruce Murphy told the Globe he would like to see.
However, Baker noted that theres a regional collaborative, a system in which municipal governments band together to create higher-capacity regional sites that can deliver more vaccinations than a single community, in Barnstable.
Theyre doing a ton of testing as well as a significant amount of vaccinating and have been for the better part of the past month, Baker said of the regional collaborative. As I said, they have vaccinated more people on the Cape than any other part of Massachusetts as a percent of their total population.
The rising metrics on the Cape have alarmed local officials, with Murphy warning the region could be witnessing a third wave outbreak.
I know theyre looking at doing emergency vaccination sites around Boston, but it would seem that you would need one down here if thats where I believe the epicenter is of the third wave, Murphy said this week. I know they mention the uptick is coming, Im saying this is the epicenter of the third wave on the Cape between towns increasing in the high risk and the P.1 variants really increasing down here.
While key metrics in Yarmouth, Barnstable, and other Cape communities trend upward, indicators of COVID-19s spread in Massachusetts overall have remained lower. As of last Thursdays weekly report, the states average daily rate of infection per 100,000 residents was at 21.5, and Massachusetts positivity rate was at 2.01 percent, according to the most recent state data.
The states COVID-19 command center said in a statement that it is working with Barnstable County to address the spike in cases and is providing mobile testing sites in the region this week.
The administration has worked with Barnstable County to help open 13 COVID-19 vaccination sites and Barnstable County residents are leading the state for vaccines doses, with 41% of residents having received a first dose and 24% of fully vaccinated - the highest percentages of any county in the state, Kate Reilly, a command center spokeswoman, wrote in an e-mail.
Bakers comments Tuesday came as he toured the convention center with Walensky, who the day before said she had a recurring feeling of impending doom over the direction of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
We have so much reason for hope, Walensky said after the tour. We have 95 million Americans vaccinated with one dose of vaccine, and 53 million Americans who are fully vaccinated.
In Massachusetts, Walensky said, 3.5 million people have received one dose, and one in five people, 20 percent, are fully vaccinated.
Amanda Kaufman can be reached at amanda.kaufman@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @amandakauf1.
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Another 2 million people in Washington eligible for COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday – KING5.com
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Washington state will no longer require people to use the Phase Finder tool to prove they're eligible for the shot.
Beginning Wednesday, another two million people will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Washington state. The state Department of Health (DOH) will also no longer require people to use the Phase Finder tool to prove they're eligible for the shot.
On March 31, Washington will move into Phase 1B Tiers 3 and 4 of the vaccine rollout making vaccine appointments open for:
The DOH will also no longer require people to use their online questionnaire, known as Phase Finder, to determine eligibility for the shot. The DOH said last week they trust most people will continue to do the right thing and wait for their turn.
The DOH will instead refer people to Washington's vaccine locator, Vaccinate WA.On the website, people will be able to see if they fall into a qualified group, and they will be able to find providers with available vaccine appointments in their area.
State health officials said removing Phase Finder as a requirement is intended to speed up the vaccination process and reduce barriers for those who wish to get vaccinated.
The state is working to vaccinate as many people as possible before eligibility opens to everyone 16 and older in Washington by May 1 as directed by President Joe Biden.
Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday there's a possibility the vaccine could be made available to everyone before that deadline, but it may only be possible if the state sees a "rapid pace" of doses delivered in the next few weeks.
Deb Kalmbach of Sequim recalls her vaccine experience.
There were hundreds of cars by the time we got there at 3:45 a.m., but we got in, Kalmbach said. She waited 8 hours in her car before receiving her shot.
Her friend Mary Ravanal of Shelton knows the struggle, as well.
I sat at the computer all day long, day after day. And got an appointment at QFC, Ravanal said.
In Snohomish County, roughly 30,000 more people become eligible on Wednesday. Health officials say their system is already at its limit.
Weve got more demand than supply, said Dr. Chris Spitters, health officer with the Snohomish Health District.
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UW Dr. Ali Mokdad explains accuracy of COVID-19 predictions and the personal toll of the pandemic – KING5.com
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Leading researcher Dr. Ali Mokdad has been deeply affected by the coronavirus pandemic, on a personal and professional level.
SEATTLE Throughout the pandemic, University of Washington scientists have predicted, with surprising accuracy, the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in our state and across the nation.
Their models have gotten more accurate as theyve collected more data from around the world. Click here to see the newest projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent global health research center at the University of Washington.
UW researcher Dr. Ali Mokdad told KING 5 News that COVID-19 is seasonal. Mokdad said, across the globe, there are more cases in the winter months.
Were going to see a rise in cases in winter, but not as [many] cases of mortality, because we will have many Americans vaccinated by that time. Theyre not going to die, thanks to the vaccines that are safe and effective. But well see a rise in mortality and cases in winter because of that cyclical nature, Mokdad said.
Will the virus eventually go away? Or will we experience the coronavirus every winter, much like the flu?
We have to work on all scenarios and be ready for all of them," Mokdad said. "Thats the best way to be prepared."
He said eliminating the virus will largely depend on our own behaviors. He also predicts there will be more deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 than the 1918 Influenza Pandemic when roughly 618,000 Americans died.
Unfortunately yes, we will reach higher than that, Mokdad said. Simply because this virus is still circulating at high levels and its mutating much faster than anything we have seen before. We have thousands and thousands of mutations that we are able to see right now and detect, so this will be with us for a while especially this coming winter. Unfortunately, we will hit that level that we hit in 1918.
However, Mokdad notes the comparison to 1918 is not apples to apples.
Right now, we have better medication, we have better hygiene, we have much better hospitals and much better techniques that prevent mortality. So, in many ways, this virus is much deadlier and dangerous than what we [saw] in 1918.
Mokdad also revealed how difficult the pandemic has been for him, personally and professionally. On the personal side, two of his cousins died from the virus and an aunt was hospitalized for several weeks. He said many of his family members also lost their jobs. Meanwhile, on the professional side, he said he received threats throughout the pandemic.
When you come up with a message that says wear a mask and everybody is attacking you, saying no, I shouldnt wear a mask -- sometimes you wake up in the morning [] sometimes you wake up and you start crying, Mokdad said. We received [..] attacks. you should see my email, we got even mail at home, myself and Chris Murray, our director. People were very hard on us."
So what motivates Mokdad to keep doing his work?
We owe it to the people that lost their lives, we owe it to them to do it right," said Mokdad. "We owe it to them to rebuild better, we owe it to them not to leave anybody behind."
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As more vulnerable Coloradans get the vaccine, who is still in the hospital for COVID-19? – 9News.com KUSA
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The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Colorado has stalled at around 300 for weeks.
DENVER If you're also guilty of refreshing Chris Vanderveen's Twitter account for his 4 p.m. numbers update, you might have noticed that lately, Colorado's hospitalization numbers have just stayed ... flat.
This is a key metric in the state's fight against COVID-19, since one of the main goals is not to overwhelm hospital systems with people fighting the virus.
At the peak of the winter surge, there were nearly 2,000 novel coronavirus patients in Colorado hospitals. That number has dropped to around 320 and has stayed around there in recent weeks.
Age has been the biggest risk factor for COVID-19 hospitalization and death, but as of Monday, Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) said 79% of people over 70 has received a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as 71% of those 65-69 and 70% of people 60 to 64.
At this point, the state doesn't publicly provide numbers for how many people with a vaccine has been hospitalized, but did say the shot "significantly reduces the likelihood of serious illness and there is increasing evidence that vaccination prevents mild illness and reduces transmission."
This leads to the question: what type of patients are currently being hospitalized for COVID-19 in Colorado?
There is hospital-level data on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) website. As of Tuesday, the seven-day moving average of patients admitted to the hospital was at 52. That number has stayed more or less steady since early March, and peaked at 281 on Dec. 4.
Broken down by demographics as of the week of March 21:
- 8.09% of hospitalized patients were over 80
- 33.82% were between 60 and 79 years old
- 37.5% of hospitalized patients were between 40 and 59 years old
- 16.91% were between 20 and 39 years old
- 3.68% were between 0 and 19 years old
At the height of the pandemic, more than 65% of the patients in the hospital were over 60.
Since the winter peak, the proportion of patients who died at the hospital has also decreased, according to the chart below from CDPHE.
CDPHE said patients spend an average of eight days in the hospital after getting admitted.
The COVID-19 unit at the Sky Ridge Medical Center in Douglas County is much quieter now than it was in 2020.
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Eric Lung said at the peak of the winter surge, up to 65 patients were in the unit. Now there is one COVID-19 patient in the ICU, and nine getting treatment on other floors.
He said none of them have had one or two doses of the vaccine. The youngest of those patients is 38 years old, and the oldest is 92, with an average age of about 60. Many of them have underlying health conditions.
The demographics of hospitalized patients differ from the case data. As of Monday, 40% of positive COVID-19 tests were from Coloradans between 20 and 40.
The reason why hospitalizations have stayed flat isn't clear. In recent weeks, the number of COVID-19 new cases has also largely stalled at around 1,000 per day.
To put that into context, the most cases the state has reported in a day was 6,783 on Nov. 12. Back in September, during a summer lull, the seven-day average of new cases was 283.
There has not been an official explanation for why the numbers have stalled in Colorado.
Earlier this week, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of a potential fourth wave of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Earlier this month, Colorado officials warned that more contagious COVID-19 variants could account for 30% of cases in the state, but these have not been directly attributed to the seeming plateau of cases and hospitalizations.
Long said his hospital has been in around the 10-15 patient per day range for the past one to two months. He said this is because the state is still in the COVID-19 pandemic, and more vaccinations are needed to stave off the virus.
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