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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to contract COVID-19, mainly among those who are not vaccinated.
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Most medical devices do not hit the market through rigorous safety testing but by being deemed similar enough to something already approved—the “predicate” device through a mechanism known as the FDA’s 510(k) pathway. But similar is not a synonym for safe. While the assumption may be that substantial equivalence is a reasonable stand-in for a safety review, a share of devices cleared with this method still get recalled, and the FDA spends valuable time reviewing devices the same way, regardless of how risky it is on paper.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to contract COVID-19, mainly among those who are not vaccinated.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and local government leaders recommended mask usage Wednesday following revised CDC guidelines but did not take the sweeping enforceable action announced earlier in the day by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, who issued a new mask mandate for the city.
The year 2020 will go on record as the deadliest year in our nation’s history. With the rapid spread of the Delta variant, 2021 is poised to take second place if not enough people are vaccinated.
General Motors' virtual command center has been running 24 hours nearly every day since the first of this year.
CATONSVILLE, MD, July 29, 2021 – INFORMS Executive Director Elena Gerstmann, PhD, FASAE, CAE joins the board of The Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE). Gerstmann, who has been a member of CESSE for more than 20 years and has served as conference co-chair multiple times, will serve a three-year term.

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