While usage of telehealth services have surged during the COVID-19 epidemic, there are some times when health professionals need to be around in person to conduct diagnostics tests. To help those tele
Tracy Chou’s resume is impressive. She interned at RocketFuel, Google and Facebook before becoming a software engineer at Quora and Pinterest. She is also a major advocate for diversity within t
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As the Biden administration works to bring legislation to Congress to address the endemic problem of immigration reform in America, on the other side of the nation a small California startup called SE
A medical worker prepares AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine at a retirement home. /Xinhua Saudi Arabia's food and drug administration has approved the COVID vaccine made by AstraZeneca, stat
Editor's note: Pascaline Dupas is professor of Economics at Stanford University. Joseph Doyle is professor of Management and Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Karen Macours
Like corporate financial accounting, the power grid never draws headlines when things are going well. No journalist writes “The power remains on,” or discusses the extensive work it takes to maintain
South Africa has kicked off its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 by injecting healthcare workers with the shot developed by Johnson & Johnson as part of an observational study. /VCG South
New York City Public Advocate Letitia James (front) speaks during a rally in New York, the United States, March 7, 2017. /Xinhua New York is taking Amazon to court over claims that the company
The logo of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is seen on a large diameter pipe at Chelyabinsk Pipe Rolling Plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 26, 2020. /Reuters Editor's note:Djoomart
After working as a general manager for Uber in Nevada, Jason Radisson realized the need for a way to connect blue-collar workers to companies looking to employ them.So in late 2018, the idea for Shift
Vikrum Aiyer, the now-former vice president of global public policy and strategic communications at Postmates, penned a memo to his former colleagues and other stakeholders in the gig economy outlinin
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Demetrius Curry has spent the last couple years chasing a dream.His startup, College Cash, allows brands to petition users to create photo and video marketing content highlighting their product or ser
Workplace injuries and illnesses cost the U.S. upwards of $250 billion each year, according to the Economic Policy Institute. ERA-backed startup Intenseye, a machine learning platform, has raised a $4