Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine authorised by UK medicines regulator
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
More than 137,000 people in UK receive first dose of COVID vaccine in one week
Monday, December 14, 2020
The Sputnik V vaccine’s efficacy is confirmed at 91.4% based on data analysis of the final control point of clinical trials
Friday, December 11, 2020
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for First COVID-19 Vaccine
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
UK authorises Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Thursday, November 19, 2020
India’s 1st COVID-19 Vaccine - COVAXIN™, Developed by Bharat Biotech gets DCGI approval for Phase I & II Human Clinical Trials
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Pfizer and BioNTech Conclude Phase 3 Study of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate, Meeting All Primary Efficacy Endpoints
FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Test for Self-Testing at Home
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Johnson & Johnson Initiates Pivotal Global Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Janssen’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate
Saturday, September 19, 2020
India’s first CRISPR Covid-19 test, developed by the Tata Group and CSIR-IGIB, approved for use in India
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Successful Elimination of Covid-19 Transmission in New Zealand
Friday, August 14, 2020
Querying Aspen InfoPlus.21 (IP.21) data from SQLplus Web Service using C#.Net
Prerequisites: Ensure that your implementation of Aspen InfoPlus.21 / SQLplus Server is running the SQLplus Web Service. If it is not running, you may need to install the feature using the AspenTech installation setup disks. This code should run with any .Net Framework above version 4 and IP.21 above version 7.1. To verify that the SQLplus Web Service is available, run a simple consult by going to the following URL on your web browser.
http://[YOUR_SERVER]/SQLPlusWebService/SQLplusWebService.asmx
Below is the C# source code that demonstrates connecting to the SQLplus Web Service, querying the database, formatting the received XML response and writing the formatted XML to a disk file.
Once the code has executed successfully, the XML response should be written to an XML file at the same location as the executable. This is a sample of the response XML with the data.
I hope this helps someone. I appreciate any comments or suggestions. The code is also available here in GitHub.
Monday, July 27, 2020
Target joins Walmart in staying closed for Thanksgiving this year
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Florida shatters records with over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in single day
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Phase 3 Trial of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine starts in Brazil
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Trial of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa begins
Sunday, May 31, 2020
SpaceX launches first crew to orbit
Friday, May 22, 2020
The first human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine finds that it is safe, well-tolerated, and induces a rapid immune response
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to begin phase II/III human trials
Thursday, April 30, 2020
AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
Saturday, March 21, 2020
The coronavirus was not engineered in a lab. Here's how we know
As the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 spreads across the globe, with cases surpassing 284,000 worldwide today (March 20), misinformation is spreading almost as fast.
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The illustration alongside, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Friday, March 13, 2020
China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case has been traced back to November 17, a 55-year-old from Hubei province
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020
World Health Organization declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Health Officials Warn Americans To Plan For The Spread Of Coronavirus In U.S.
Federal health officials have issued a strongly worded statement: Americans need to start preparing now for the possibility that more aggressive, disruptive measures might be needed to stop the spread of the new coronavirus in the U.S. NPR writes here.
The illustration alongside, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO
Monday, January 13, 2020
If you've bought Infants' Tylenol, you could be eligible for part of $6.3 million settlement
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Today I learned that Kopi Luwak is made from partially digested coffee beans
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