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23andMe on Sunday filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. after struggling with the fallout of a data breach and weak demand for its ancestry testing kits that featured in Oprah Winfrey’s annual list of favourite things just eight years ago. The biotech unicorn has seen a sharp fall in its …
Read More »Ukraine war becomes a testing ground for drones that can evade jamming systems
In a field on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, a drone buzzes through the air as a soldier sitting in the back of a truck uses a controller to steer it during a test flight. For several months, Krab, who is only being identified by his call sign in keeping with …
Read More »Doctors call for more scurvy testing in B.C. in light of vitamin C deficiency data
Nearly 700 people in British Columbia have been reported to have a vitamin C deficiency in the past decade, according to data obtained by CBC News, prompting doctors to raise questions about the prevalence of scurvy — a life-threatening disease thought to be a thing of the past — in the province. CBC …
Read More »Judge allows testing of George Floyd tissue samples as officer seeks new trial on civil rights conviction
A judge has granted permission to Derek Chauvin’s lawyers to have tissue samples from George Floyd’s body examined. It’s part of the former Minneapolis police officer’s efforts to challenge his federal conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights after he was also convicted in Floyd’s 2020 killing. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson granted the order Monday, agreeing to …
Read More »McDonald’s says testing rules out Quarter Pounder patties as source of E. coli outbreak in U.S.
Testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, the company said Sunday. It will resume selling the Quarter Pounder in the coming week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to believe that slivered onions from …
Read More »Nova Scotia launches take-home STI testing kit, a first in Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia’s decision to offer free at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections is an important step toward reducing some barriers to vital sexual health care, says the head of the provincial AIDS coalition. Dr. Todd Hatchette, an infectious disease specialist who is the clinical director of Halifax’s STI clinic, said …
Read More »Parks Canada bans watercraft on Clear Lake this season as zebra mussel testing continues – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Most watercraft will be banned from Clear Lake this season as Parks Canada continues to test the water for zebra mussels. A clump of the invasive species were discovered at the lake in November, leading to water testing over the winter. The …
Read More »Winnipeg testing new approach to repairing potholes this season – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Officials say they are testing a new way of fixing potholes across the city of Winnipeg, which mixes a combination of ingredients. One is called ‘Road Soup’. In a release on Friday, the city’s manager of streets maintenance Michael Cantor said the …
Read More »The end of random border testing can’t come soon enough for many travellers
The federal government’s pandemic border measures — including random testing for vaccinated travellers — could be coming to an end soon. It might not be soon enough for many travellers and tourism operators. Sources told CBC News that the government is likely to end all of the measures in the near term …
Read More »UK lifts all testing requirements for vaccinated travellers, Health News, ET HealthWorld
LONDON: Vaccinated travellers can enter Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday, after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19. British residents and visitors who have had at least two doses of an approved coronavirus vaccine now only …
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