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oneM2M specifications approved by more than 190 ITU member countries as ITU standard to simplify IoT adoption

More than 190 ITU-T member countries have approved oneM2M specifications as ITU standard, simplifying the IoT ecosystem lifecycle by minimizing development, deployment, and maintenance costs. The ITU-T’s SG20 Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C) approved oneM2M’s security specifications for IoT systems as part of the ITU-T Y.4500.3 series, making the entire… Read More »

How Road Salt Does More Harm Than Good

Sodium Chloride (NaCl), also known as table salt or rock salt, is the most common compound used for deicing roads and highways in the U.S.1 While it’s extremely effective at melting snow and ice, the 20 million tons of salt used for highway deicing annually2 in the U.S. doesn’t stay put on the roads. Road… Read More »

More trouble for Biocon insulin plant in Malaysia as FDA flags six Form 483 observations

The road to certification for Biocon’s insulin facility in Malaysia was long, winding and full of potholes. Now comes a detour. The FDA has slapped the factory with Form 483, citing six observations that need to be addressed, the company said. The site makes the high-profile interchangeable insulin Semglee, but Biocon doesn’t expect the latest inspection… Read More »

People over 50 years old or with existing kidney dysfunction are more likely to get kidney damage when using tenofovir disoproxil-based PrEP

A study published in AIDS found that people who already had some evidence of decreased kidney function on blood tests or who were aged over 50 were significantly more likely to develop kidney impairment when taking tenofovir disoproxil as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The risk of kidney damage when taking PrEP was found to be low,… Read More »

Covid: ‘Millions more people can die’ – 100 million vaccines to expire by December

Continuing his crusade on vaccinating people worldwide, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned: “Millions more people can die.” According to Airfinity, only two percent of the population in Africa is vaccinated. “We have extra vaccines,” Mr Brown assured, even after considering the Covid jabs due to be given to 12 to 15 year olds… Read More »

Firefighters working at World Trade Center during 9/11 are 13% more likely to develop cancer

Firefighters working at World Trade Center during 9/11 are 13% more likely to develop cancer, study finds Researchers compared 10,786 firefighters who worked at the WTC site to 8,813 firefighters who didn’t work at the site They found firefighters at Ground Zero were 13% more likely of being diagnosed with cancer than their colleagues First responders had higher… Read More »