As the chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at UT Southwestern Medicine, Catherine Spong is used to seeing a lot of baby bumps. But through her decades of practice, she’s been fascinated by a different kind of bump: Year after year after year, she and her colleagues deliver a deluge of babies from […]
The Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act, initially introduced in the U.S. Senate in 2022 and reintroduced in March of this year, aims to amend the Social Security Act to provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for prescription digital therapeutics. Jennifer Mathieu, senior vice president of professional and government affairs at the Academy of […]
China’s largest automaker, BYD, launched its Dolphin electric car in Mexico Friday, expanding the brand in North America. With the 500,000th Dolphin EV also rolling off the line, the affordable EV looks to be a global powerhouse. After launching its low-cost Dolphin electric hatchback in Japan to take on Toyota, BYD is now bringing it […]
Updated 6:20 p.m. on Sept. 22, 2023 Every fall, when the air turns chilly and the leaves red, pediatric ICUs begin preparing for the onslaught of the virus known as RSV. Not flu, not COVID, but RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is the No. 1 reason babies are hospitalized, year after year. Their tiny airways […]
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes Rad announcing full UL-certification accros all e-bikes, the major emissions benefits of worldwide e-bike usage, Amazon’s cargo e-bike delivery plans, Honda’s rebirth of a classic micro-motorbike, deliveries begin for […]
The Luna Talaria xXx blew our minds when it was announced earlier this year at an introductory price of $3000 shipped – and we hope you got in on that when we exclusively reported it. That price has gone up slightly to $3550 ($3250+$300) shipped, but it still represents an amazing deal on an incredibly […]
As Kia’s all-electric Niro EV enters its second model year following its second-generation refresh, the automaker has shared what’s new along with the price tags consumers can expect. Spoiler alert – not much has changed compared to 2023, but this crossover still remains a solid option given the tech that comes standard for its MSRP. […]
Toyota EV concepts (Source: Toyota) Despite a slow start, Toyota plans to accelerate electric vehicle output over the next several years. The Japanese automaker aims to triple EV production of Toyota and Lexus brand models in 2025 as mass production begins. Toyota to triple EV production in 2025 According to a new report from Nikkei, […]
When the University of Bolton’s Vice Chancellor, Professor George Holmes, envisioned a sector-leading new medical sciences institute, he led us into a whole new world as a university and as the providers of the very best experience available. Here I outline what the Vice Chancellor and the University of Bolton wants to deliver, and how […]
Tesla reveals employment numbers at Gigafactory Texas that are so incredibly high they make the automaker one of the biggest employers in central Texas, and it’s just the beginning. Jason Shawhan, Tesla’s director of manufacturing at Giga Texas, revealed the employment numbers in a presentation reported by the Austin Business Journal. According to the executive, […]
