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Over 2 million likely had long COVID-19 in England, study estimates

A new study projects more than 2 million adults in England likely experienced persistent symptoms in the months following COVID-19 infection, or so-called long COVID. Researchers affiliated with Imperial College London released findings Thursday, stemming from over half a million people in England who participated in several rounds of the Real-Time Assessment of Community Transmission-2… Read More »

Framo on a clear course: New investments of 15 million euros, market presence strengthened

Top meeting of Framo GmbH, Löbichau: Investor and main shareholder Majed Al-Askar announces high investments With 5 million euros in the current fiscal year 2021 and a further 10 million euros in 2022, the Saxon eTruck designers and retrofitters are once again committing to future markets Research, development and battery production to be significantly expanded… Read More »

U.S. will pay WHO more than $200 million in membership fees withheld by Trump

Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses reporters during his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, January 27, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States will pay the more than $ 200 million it owes to the World Health… Read More »

Rockley Photonics, a leading integrated silicon photonic solution provider, closes additional $65 million to accelerate growth

Oxford, UK and Pasadena, California, 29 January 2021 – Rockley Photonics, a leading integrated optics solutions provider, today announced that it has closed an additional $ 65m round of growth capital from both new private funds and follow-on existing investor Morningside Ventures. To date, Rockley has raised over $ 290m of financing to develop its… Read More »

This Biotech Startup Just Raised $47 Million To Make Drugs From Fungi

Fungi in the lab Hexagon Bio In 1928, a Scottish researcher by the name of Alexander Fleming came back from vacation to discover that he’d accidentally grown a species of fungi called Penicillium on a petri dish containing bacteria. The fungi, to Fleming’s surprise, appeared to be keeping the growth of that bacteria at bay.… Read More »