Saturday, March 13, 2021

Brazil grants full approval to Oxford vaccine, orders Sputnik

Brazil granted full regulatory approval Friday to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, voicing confidence in it even as a raft of countries suspended its use.

Mexico authorizes remdesivir to treat COVID

Mexico on Friday approved the anti-viral drug remdesivir for emergency use treating COVID-19 patients in the Latin American country, one of the worst hit by the pandemic.

India reviews AstraZeneca side effects after concerns in Europe

India will carry out a deeper review of post-vaccination side effects from the AstraZeneca shot next week although no cases of blood clots have been reported so far, an official told AFP Saturday.

Community Basketball Leagues Launches Cryptocurrency Feasibility Study

The rec to professional CBL basketball league company wants to accept cryptocurrencies for membership services, cash prize payments, and employee payroll. [PR.com]

ICP DAS USA Announces New Website Design

The tech and marketing teams at ICP DAS USA are working harder than ever to bring customers a new and improved online experience. [PR.com]

InfoSec Named a Chicago Best Place to Work

InfoSec, the leading cybersecurity education company, today announced it has been named one of Crain’s 2021 Best Places to Work in Chicago. The Crain’s Chicago Business list recognizes the 100 top employers in Chicago. In partnership with Best Companies Group, Crain's surveyed thousands of employees across eight focus areas including: Leadership and planning Culture and communications Role satisfaction Work [PR.com]

ATEN Launches New 2-Port USB 4K HDMI Cable KVM Switch with Remote Port Selector

The All-New CS22H Allows for a Hassel Free Environment by Eliminating Unwanted Wires and Saving Valuable Workspace [PR.com]

Allegro Music Academy to Add Summer Classes to Their Curriculum

This summer, in addition to two separate summer camps, Allegro Music Academy will release a catalog of seven different summer courses, available exclusively to their older students. [PR.com]

Attributy Announces New Appointment to Board of Directors

Attributy Inc. announced today that it has appointed Markus Brinsa, Founder, President & CEO of SEIKOURI Inc., to its Board of Directors effective Feb 1, 2021. [PR.com]

GrandCare Health Services Earns Great Place to Work® Certification for the 3rd Consecutive Year

GrandCare Health Services, a specialist in in-home orthopedic rehabilitation in Southern California, has been recognized as a Great Place to Work® for 2021 – 2022. Great Place to Work® is an independent research and consulting firm that uses 30 years of research to qualify the state of workplace culture and compare it to the best companies globally. David Bell, CEO says, “I’m really proud of all [PR.com]

Critica PPE Announces Addition of US Manufactured 3-Ply Face Masks to Lineup

Critica PPE Secures Exclusive Marketing & Sales Rights to American Made 3-Ply Face Masks [PR.com]

NewTek NTC-6000 Signal Conditioner Establishes Digital or Analog Communications for New and Legacy AC-LVDTs

The NewTek NTC-6000 Qwik-Cal™ LVDT Signal Conditioner completes the measurement system for AC-operated LVDTs by providing the excitation and digital output required by many of today’s laboratory, industrial automation, and process control applications. Without internal electronics, AC-LVDTs can operate in extreme environments but require the NTC-6000 Signal Conditioner to convert position feedback into [PR.com]

The Way to Happiness Association Celebrates Youth on World Happiness Day

The Way to Happiness Association is observing World Happiness Day (March 20) with a special virtual presentation. [PR.com]

Henderson Franklin Attorneys Roos and Shaw to Discuss COVID-19 and Workers’ Compensation Claims

Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that attorneys David Roos and Spencer Shaw will present “COVID-19 and Workers’ Compensation” at the Insurance Management Consultancy Group’s XCelleration seminar scheduled for March 17 at Cypress Lake Golf Club. Topics include Finding Savings in an Aggravated Inequity; A Legislative and Legal Update; the Role of Carrier in a [PR.com]

Operation Food Search Awarded More Than $1.4 Million

St. Louis hunger relief nonprofit welcomes third round of CARES Act funding for a total of over $4.7 million received within the past 10 months. [PR.com]

Church of Scientology Nashville Commemorates World Civil Defense Day Virtually

The Church of Scientology Nashville observes World Civil Defense Day each year. [PR.com]

Nashville Religion Communicators Learn from Seasoned Professional About Broadcasting in Ministry

The Nashville Chapter of the Religion Communicators Council (RCC) meets monthly to talk about topics of interest and hear from professionals in religious communications. [PR.com]

Hungry Planet® Donates 10,000 Pounds of Plant-Based Meats to Two St. Louis Nonprofits

Hungry Planet® recently donated 900 cases or around 10,000 pounds of plant-based meats to the St. Louis Food Share Network and the St. Louis Animal Rights Team. These generous donations demonstrate Hungry Planet’s commitment to serving the local community and compliment the company’s mission to bend the curve on personal and planetary health. St. Louis Food Share Network passed out Hungry Planet® [PR.com]

SMi Group’s 5th Annual MilSatCom USA Conference to Discuss the Importance of SATCOM Resiliency

The US Air Force, Joint Staff J6 and USCENTCOM will be presenting briefings on SATCOM resiliency at MilSatCom USA 2021, to be held virtually on June 23rd – 24th 2021. [PR.com]

PFISTERER Chooses TIS Cloud-Based Payments Platform

Leader in energy transmission and distribution uses the platform by TIS (Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH) for transparency and payment security. [PR.com]

Startup Grind Fort Lauderdale is Announcing the Semi Annual South Florida Acceleration Tour Featuring Top Local Accelerators, to be Held on Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

Startup Grind Fort Lauderdale is hosting Endeavor Miami, FAU Tech Runway, Founder Institute, Startup Boost South Florida at The Semi Annual South Florida Acceleration Tour where each Accelerator will present their best pitches to the public. [PR.com]

TEBillion Improves Reporting with Drill-Down Features

TEBillion releases another advanced functionality to its business automation solution that improves the quality of a business' reporting process, the drill-down reports feature. This update by TEB allows businesses to visualize their data thoroughly and in a detailed fashion. Businesses can view accurate reports with drill-down to the source of the data and see where the numbers are coming from. This gives businesses [PR.com]

Curiosity & (Re)invention Takes Center Stage at The Toy Museum of NY

Since March 2020, the Museum's collection of historic and new toys, costumes and puppets have been sitting in boxes in a dark office space. But, guided by innovation and curiosity, the Museum has found new ways to meet their audiences where they are: their living rooms. Through the film Queen Marlene’s Toy Museum and Friends, the Museum now brings the wonders of the world of museums to audiences everywhere. In the past [PR.com]