A health tech company was leaking thousands of doctor’s notes, medical records, and prescriptions daily after a security lapse left a server without a password. The little-known software company, California-based Meditab, bills itself as one of the leading electronic medical records software makers for hospitals, doctor’s offices, and pharmacies. The company, among other things, processes electronic […]
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Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets
In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market — expanding the choice of search product users can pick from in markets around the world. Most notably it’s expanded search engine lists to include pro-privacy […]
View More Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 marketsInnovaccer nabs $11 million from Microsoft’s VC arm to give doctors a better window into patient heatlh
Cracking the silos of digital health records promises to bring better care to patients by better informing doctors, according to Abhinav Shashank, the chief executive officer of San Francisco-based startup Innovaccer . Shashank’s company is just wrapping up a $35 million round of financing with a new $11 million commitment from Microsoft’s investment arm M12 […]
View More Innovaccer nabs $11 million from Microsoft’s VC arm to give doctors a better window into patient heatlhI’m not losing hope as Puerto Rico is rebuilt from the ground up. You shouldn’t either.
This week marks one year since Hurricane Maria tore through the Caribbean islands. As president of the Hispanic Federation, I am marking this somber anniversary by helping to launch a new campaign called “Take Action for Puerto Rico!” to ensure the i…
View More I’m not losing hope as Puerto Rico is rebuilt from the ground up. You shouldn’t either.Donald Trump denies Hurricane Maria death toll in horrifically incorrect Twitter rant
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Just when you thought President Donald Trump couldn’t drag the country further into the dumpster fire of 2018, he found a way.
As Hurricane Florence buzzsaws through the Atlantic towards the Carolinas, Trump sent out a pair of tweets on Thursday morning that denied the most recently reported death toll from the Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
And, somehow, he played the politics card by blaming Democrats for the count, unbelievably making the deaths of 3,000 Americans a partisan issue.
3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 13, 2018 Read more…
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View More Donald Trump denies Hurricane Maria death toll in horrifically incorrect Twitter rantHurricane Maria is the deadliest storm of the 21st century
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Puerto Rico was ravaged by Hurricane Maria one year ago next month.
Since the island’s long recovery began, the government and independent institutions have worked to figure out exactly how many lives were taken by the effects of the extreme storm.
Today, we have a new, better estimate — and it’s more than 46 times the old one.
According to a new study released by George Washington University (GW), 2,975 people died as a result of the hurricane. The government of Puerto Rico now accepts that number as an accurate death toll, updating their previous official estimate of 64. Read more…
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View More Hurricane Maria is the deadliest storm of the 21st centuryIguana photobombs woman’s picture in the best possible way
Animal photobombs are the best kind of photobombs.
The evidence at this stage is overwhelming. Just look at this cheerful horse. And this one. Oh, and here’s a smiley stingray. The list goes on.
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How a lesbian union president and evangelical nonprofit leader teamed up to get Puerto Rico clean water
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The unexpected friendship between Randi Weingarten and Bill Horan might sound like the beginning of a joke: The president of the American Federation of Teachers — a progressive union leader who happens to be a lesbian married to a rabbi — and the president of the Christian nonprofit humanitarian organization Operation Blessing, founded by the controversial evangelical Pat Robertson, both walk into a bar. Can you guess what happens next?
Unlike the classic joke, Weingarten and Horan didn’t meet in a bar. They were introduced to each other last year, in the wake of Hurricane Maria, by Carmen Yulín Cruz (the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, whom you may remember went toe-to-toe with Donald Trump). What happened next may surprise — and delight — you. Read more…
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View More How a lesbian union president and evangelical nonprofit leader teamed up to get Puerto Rico clean waterLin-Manuel Miranda creates arts fund for Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria
Lin-Manuel Miranda may just be one of the nicest guys in show business.
The Hamilton creator not only bringing a production of his award-winning Broadway show to Puerto Rico, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017, bu…
The death count for Hurricane Maria, currently at 64, may be off by thousands
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The Puerto Rican government has a list of 64 dead from Hurricane Maria, the tropical cyclone that hit the island in September 2017.
This number, however, is “highly uncertain” notes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A new study published Tuesday in The New England Journal of Medicine puts that number at an estimated 4,645 — 70 times higher than the official estimate.
“Our results indicate that the official death count of 64 is a substantial underestimate of the true burden of mortality after Hurricane Maria,” write the authors, led by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Read more…
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View More The death count for Hurricane Maria, currently at 64, may be off by thousandsPuerto Ricans never know if they’ll have power. This is how they’re surviving.
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The isolated coastal region of Patillas, Puerto Rico, lost power when Hurricane Maria slammed into the U.S. territory back in September. It took several months to restore electricity to most of the region — and then suddenly, on April 18, an island-wide blackout put residents back in the dark again.
“It’s like the hurricane came all over again,” says Norma I. Melendez, 55, who’s lived in Patillas since age 3. “We have this feeling of desesperanza — no hope, a feeling of helplessness.”
Despite the sense of despair, local residents like Melendez are organizing to provide the community essential resources, such as clothes, food, medical supplies, and access to medical examinations. That story of improvisation and resilience is common across Puerto Rico, despite slow-moving recovery efforts. Read more…
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The power is out again in Puerto Rico, 7 months after Hurricane Maria
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Seven months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still dealing with the fallout as it experienced an island-wide blackout on Wednesday.
This latest power outage follows a series of outages in the months since Maria. Just last week, half of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) customers lost power when a tree fell across a major power line. And in November 2017, San Juan and several other cities lost power at least twice due to a failure.
The entire electrical system in Puerto Rico collapses AGAIN! Back to September 20th@DavidBegnaud @leylasantiago @maddow @stephencolbertr
— Carmen Yulín Cruz (@CarmenYulinCruz) April 18, 2018 Read more…
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