Resilient Corporation scored the healthcare and public health sector at 1.22 on its 0-to-4 resilience scale, below the 2 it calls market lagging and trending toward 1. CEO Mark Gembicki cites the Anthem breach as evidence that information systems remain a key vulnerability.
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APEC Launches Scholarship Initiative
APEC opened an online application portal for a Scholarship and Internship Initiative that pools sponsored study, training and internship offers from universities and companies across member economies. Senior Officials launched it at their meeting in Clark, Pampanga.
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Creative sausage workshop attracts interests from all over Texas
Thirty-one people, from deer hunters to small grocers, attended a Texas A&M workshop on sausage making that covered meat selection, ingredients, casings, stuffing and food safety, with hands-on work using equipment found in a home kitchen.
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Former Dallas Cowboy Jay Novacek touts Fuel Up to Play 60 at Texas Capitol
Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jay Novacek spoke at a Texas Capitol event hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Dairy Max, introducing legislators to Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school nutrition and activity program. About 100 people attended, including nine state representatives.
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Medtronic Starts U.S. Launch of IN.PACT Admiral Drug-Coated Balloon for Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Upper Leg
U.S. hospitals began using Medtronic's IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon this week to treat peripheral arterial disease in the upper leg, following FDA approval. Medtronic says trial results published in Circulation show a reduced need for repeat procedures.
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APEC Bolstering Terrorism Defenses
APEC counter-terrorism officials meeting in Subic Bay agreed on new joint steps covering terrorist financing, secure travel and trade, and security at large events. Working group chair Oscar Valenzuela cited spreading violent extremism and foreign funding and recruits.
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Lubrizol, Cleveland Clinic form joint collaboration
Lubrizol LifeSciences and Cleveland Clinic Innovations formed a collaboration meant to speed development of medical device and pharmaceutical products, pairing Lubrizol's chemists and engineers with clinicians who identify unmet needs.
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Crawford Names Larry C. Thomas CEO of U.S. Property & Casualty
Crawford & Company named Larry C. Thomas chief executive of its US Property & Casualty business, replacing David Repinski, who has left. Thomas keeps his role leading Contractor Connection, where Lance Malcolm becomes chief operating officer.
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Gov. Walker Backs Down After CMD Publishes Image of Bill Axing "Truth" & WI Idea
The Center for Media and Democracy says it found edits in Gov. Scott Walker's 1,800-page budget bill cutting the University of Wisconsin system's public service mission, including the phrase 'the search for truth.' Walker called it a drafting error and backed down.
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Industry Pioneer HealthyWage Launches Lucrative New ‘Jackpot’ Weight-Loss Wagering Challenge
HealthyWage launched a Jackpot Challenge in which teams of five to nine pay $33 each per month for three months and split the pot if they average 6% weight loss. The company says the largest jackpot so far neared $400,000 and a dozen large employers have offered the program.
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Working Toward a Tobacco-Free Generation: 51 Years of Progress
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy notes adult smoking has fallen from nearly one in two in 1964 to under one in five, and lists the year's steps: New Orleans extending smoke-free rules, three cities raising the sales age to 21, and CVS dropping tobacco in 7,700-plus stores.
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Colorado opens new Immersive Education Clubs
The Immersive Education Initiative opened student clubs at Otero Junior College and La Junta High School in Colorado, where students will rebuild Bent's Old Fort in Minecraft and as a virtual reality environment. Both versions and the curricula will be free to schools and the public.
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More than half of ICU patients on ventilators have the ability to communicate
Screening 2,671 mechanically ventilated ICU patients, researchers found 53.9 percent met basic communication criteria and could benefit from tools as simple as a notepad and pen. Co-author Mary Beth Happ says this challenges assumptions that such patients cannot participate.
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Medtronic Completes Acquisition of Covidien
Medtronic completed its roughly $49.9 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Covidien, combining both companies under Medtronic plc. Covidien and Medtronic, Inc. shares stopped trading, and Medtronic plc shares were expected to open on the NYSE as MDT on January 27, 2015.
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Get ready for National Consumer Protection Week!
The FTC invites readers to take part in National Consumer Protection Week, March 1-7, 2015, by sharing free publications on fraud, identity theft, online safety, credit and debt, or by hosting an event. Materials for that week should be ordered by January 30, 2015.
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New SmartGuard(TM) Technology Helps People with Diabetes Manage the Challenges of Hypoglycemia
Medtronic began launching its MiniMed 640G insulin pump system outside the US. The company says its SmartGuard technology is the first to both suspend insulin delivery when sensor glucose is predicted to near a low limit and resume it once levels recover.
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Media Registration Open for First APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting in 2015
APEC opened media registration for the First Senior Officials' Meeting of 2015, held February 6-7 in the Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga. Officials from 21 economies will take up the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, trade facilitation, anti-corruption and disaster preparedness.
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Kids’ game claims to boost brain power, draws FTC’s attention
Focus Education claimed 12 hours with its Jungle Rangers computer game would improve children's attention, memory, behavior and school performance. The FTC says the company's pilot study did not support that, and a settlement bars such claims absent scientific evidence.
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