New COVID-19 mutations have been identified, which could lead to the spread of more dangerous variants, according to a new study in the academic journal Genetic Epidemiology. The study includes an analysis of 7,548 genomes of COVID-19 patients around the world. A total of 29,891 locations in the viral genome were assessed for correlations between variants […]
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NVIDIA Israel to Provide All Employees Full Financing for Adoption and Surrogacy proceedings Regardless of Gender or Orientation “There will be no employee here who wants to be a parent and gives up on the dream for a financial reason.” NVIDIA develops artificial intelligence chips and platforms for a variety of industries and markets. Any […]
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A new study from JAMA Intern Med analyzed the correlation between household birthdays and COVID-19 infections in the US. While the study originally argued that birthdays would not lead to an increase in COVID-19 cases due to their random distribution, the results clearly proved otherwise.Authors Christopher M. Whaley, Jonathan Cantor and Megan Pera revealed that those […]
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Egyptian Startup Minly Offers a Platform Connecting Celebs to Fans French Jewish businessman Arieh Mimran is one of the company’s investors. Minly Team Press Release Pic Minly is an Egyptian startup whose tech allows celebrities to record personalized messages for their fans. The company is showing that startups are not just for Israel anymore and […]
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Talkspace Virtual Behavioral Healthcare Company Holds $1.4 Billion NASDAQ IPO Talkspace is a virtual behavioral healthcare company enabled by a purpose-built technology platform. Talkspce Tweet Talkspace, a virtual behavioral healthcare company, and Hudson Executive Investment Corp. (“HEIC”) (NASDAQ: HECCU, HEC, HECCW), a special purpose acquisition company SPAC, have completed their previously announced business combination. On […]
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The Health Ministry announced Friday morning that it is reinstating the indoor mask mandate beginning at 12:00 pm, due to the spread of the new Delta coronavirus variant. Masks must be worn in all indoor spaces other than a permanent living space. The following are exempt from the new coronavirus mask mandate: 1. Children below […]
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Dramatic discovery in Israel: A new type of Homo unknown to science Bones of an early human who lived in the Levant until 130,000 years ago were uncovered in excavations near Ramla. The Homo fossil identified for the first time was dubbed the Nesher Ramla Nesher Ramla Homo type Static skull, mandible and parietal orthographic. […]
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Chip Developer Hailo Is Israel’s Newest Unicorn Halio just raised $100 million. Halio is an Israeli startup which develops proprietary chip s for deep learning on edge devices. Globes reports that Halio has just hit unicorn status. The company did so with a $100 million financing round which gave Halio a valuation of $1 billion. […]
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Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz took a bold step toward fighting the mental health stigma in Israel with his first official visit to the Yehuda Abarbanel Mental Health Medical Center. “The choice… is not accidental,” the health minister said. “The first visit symbolizes my priorities.” He made the decision to go to Abarbanel on the same […]
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Israel’s Transmit Security Holds Largest Series A Funding in Cybersecurity History — Hits $2.2 Billion Valuation Transmit just raised a whopping $543 million.. Transmit Security (Twitter) Transmit Security is an Israeli cybersecurity startup which specializes in passwordless authentication. The company is now a unicorn with a $2.2 billion valuation. Transmit just raised a whopping $543 […]
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