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Y Combinator company Axle Health is bringing on-demand home testing services to telehealth providers

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

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Block Party’s Tracy Chou will join us at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice on March 3

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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Uber drivers are entitled to workers' rights, top UK court rules

Uber drivers celebrate as they listen to the court decision, which could have a huge effect on the UK's 'gig' economy. /AP/Frank Augstein Britain's Supreme Court ruled that a group of Uber dri

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Sinovac vaccine works on variants discovered in UK and South Africa

A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. /Reuters The COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's S

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SESO Labor is providing a way for migrant farmworkers to get legally protected work status in the US

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

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Saudi Arabia approves AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine: State TV reports

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

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Closing the COVID-19 trust deficit

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

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Gridware is building early-detection sensors for power grid failures and wildfires

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

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South Africa launches its COVID-19 vaccination drive

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

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New York AG sues Amazon, alleging 'deficient' COVID-19 response

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

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The Nord Stream 2 project will be completed despite U.S. pressure

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

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Uber vet raises $5.2M for blue-collar logistics marketplace

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

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Ex-Postmates VP of global public policy on the future of gig work

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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Five dead in new Ebola outbreak in Guinea

A health worker enters a tent in an Ebola virus treatment center in Conakry, Guinea, November 17, 2015. /Reuters Guinea has recorded up to 10 suspected cases of Ebola and five people have died

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Oxford University to test COVID-19 vaccine response among children

A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center inside the Blackburn Cathedral, in Blackburn, Britain, January 19, 2021. /Reuters The University of Oxford h

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A Dallas-based founder looks to tackle the student loan crisis with his startup, College Cash

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

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Intenseye raises $4M to boost workplace safety through computer vision

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