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Cincinnati Based Gym Is First in The Nation to Use New Medical Grade Technology to Kill Viruses and Bacteria

October 13, 2020

CINCINNATI, Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A new gym based out of Cincinnati, OH is boosting client confidence for a return to the gym by utilizing a new medical grade UVGI technology that meets the CDC standard for killing viruses. Tyler and Michelle Menke are a husband/wife duo that had a dream of opening a fitness business. After years of research and analysis of other fitness franchises, last December they decided to take the leap and began making plans for the development of a gym concept that would incorporate their love of strength training and yoga.

Then COVID hit…

After lots of sleepless nights, the Menke’s came to a decision to keep pursuing their dream. Tyler, who quit his high paying medical device job to dedicate time to the gym, began making calls to old vendor contacts and found a left over UVGI system from the pop-up hospitals. He

JAXJOX, the Leading Fitness Technology Company, Raises $10M in Series A Funding

October 13, 2020

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SEATTLE, Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — JAXJOX, the global fitness technology company known for its innovative workout equipment and platform, today announced a $10M series A round of funding with investors including Dowgate Capital Ltd. and entrepreneur Nigel Wray, bringing total funding raised to date $17M. The funding assisted in the research and development of the highly anticipated JAXJOX InteractiveStudio, which will ship to customers later this year, as well as global retail expansion. The InteractiveStudio is the first fitness platform to combine connected strength-training equipment with live and on-demand content, enabling users to track their own performance in real time during classes.

“With so much activity in the connected fitness space, we’re both delighted and excited to be part of JAXJOX’s movement to bring fitness and health

Pawtucket learning center champions equity through arts, sports, and technology

October 12, 2020

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Question: When was ASTRO founded and what is its mission?

My cousin Michael and I founded ASTRO in 2014. Our mission is to champion equity among diverse populations by innovating health-promoting programs that improve the way people live, learn, work, and play.

Q: On Oct. 5, the Social Enterprise Greenhouse announced that it was providing ASTRO with a $25,000 loan. What will you use the money for?

Funds acquired through this loan will provide working capital for ASTRO to expand our operations and offer day care services to adult populations. We originally started out in adult services, but the community need that took precedence was providing a safe place for kids to be during the out-of-school time, and this is where we have focused the majority of our efforts over the years.

Now that many adults have been displaced from their day programs due to COVID-19 restrictions on numbers, there

Food Producers Need To Focus On Technology, Health And Sustainability

October 9, 2020

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African female garden worker using digital tablet at greenhouse — A woman uses a tablet at a greenhouse in Africa.

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It is becoming more difficult to be a successful food company. Despite industry-wide revenue growth, major players are seeing their sales shrink, their production costs rise and competition from small brands intensify.

The global pandemic has exacerbated the impacts of changing consumption trends and made it more urgent to tackle some of these issues.

Once, it was beneficial to be big, to have an integrated supply chain and costly capital equipment as a defensive barrier against smaller competitors, those small competitors are now using digital tools, novel routes to market, and other innovations to undermine those defensive barriers, respond to consumer demands and take market share from established incumbents.

There are six key megatrends that will shape the industry for the next 30 years, new research by Lux Research claims. Companies must recognise and adapt to these trends to

Pontifax AgTech Closes $302 Million Food and Agriculture Technology Fund

October 8, 2020

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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Pontifax AgTech Management (“Pontifax AgTech” or “the Firm”), a leading global growth capital investor in the global food and agriculture sector, today announced the final close of its second fund, Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund II (“Fund II”), with commitments totaling $302 million. Fund II reached its extended hard cap of $300 million and was oversubscribed, bringing the Firm’s current total AUM to $465M.

Fund II attracted commitments from leading institutional investors, comprised of domestic and international financial institutions, state pension funds, university endowments, foundations, investment firms, large-scale growers and family offices. The Firm’s initial fund closed at $105 million in October 2017.

Pontifax AgTech invests globally in commercially established businesses with proven technologies that improve the productivity, sustainability and efficiency of the food and agriculture supply chain. The Firm’s principals work with a proprietary network

UCLA Health scientists pioneer faster, cheaper COVID-19 testing technology

October 8, 2020

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UCLA Health scientists pioneer faster, cheaper COVID-19 testing technology — A nasal swab used to collect a specimen is stored for laboratory testing for the presence of coronavirus. Credit: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for scientists at UCLA Health to begin using a new method of COVID-19 detection using sequencing technology called SwabSeq. The method is capable of testing thousands of samples for coronavirus at the same time, producing accurate, individual results in 12 to 24 hours.

SwabSeq adds a unique molecular bar code to each sample in the first step of its processing. The samples are then combined in a sequencer and the bar codes allow for the identification of which specific sample has the virus. The underlying technology of SwabSeq can be applied to any type of sample collection, such as a nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal or saliva test.

“This is a technological breakthrough that will dramatically increase the amount of COVID-19

Cheek: Technology the key to better health care for rural Texans – Opinion – Amarillo Globe-News

October 7, 2020

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Texas has a rural health care disparity.

This means that 75 percent of our counties are federally designated health professional shortage areas. There simply aren’t enough doctors and nurses. Sixty-four of our counties lack a hospital, and 25 counties have no primary care physician. In short, rural health care disparity in our state means some 3 million Texans struggle to access the care they need.

Addressing the health gap facing our medically underserved areas would start with increased education about the benefits of checkups and procedures, better health care access, and expanded affordability. We also must find ways to combat the persistent, systemic disadvantages that often serve as a barrier to quality care.

This is an enormously complex problem without an easy solution. The best approach is to focus on one health care issue at a time where progress can be made. Improving our ability to screen more Texans for

Cheek: Technology the key to better health care for rural Texans – Opinion – Herald Democrat

October 7, 2020

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Texas has a rural health care disparity.

This means that 75 percent of our counties are federally designated health professional shortage areas. There simply aren’t enough doctors and nurses. Sixty-four of our counties lack a hospital, and 25 counties have no primary care physician. In short, rural health care disparity in our state means some 3 million Texans struggle to access the care they need.

Addressing the health gap facing our medically underserved areas would start with increased education about the benefits of checkups and procedures, better health care access, and expanded affordability. We also must find ways to combat the persistent, systemic disadvantages that often serve as a barrier to quality care.

This is an enormously complex problem without an easy solution. The best approach is to focus on one health care issue at a time where progress can be made. Improving our ability to screen more Texans for

Cheek: Technology the key to better health care for rural Texans – Opinion – Austin American-Statesman

October 6, 2020

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Texas has a rural health care disparity.

This means that 75 percent of our counties are federally designated health professional shortage areas. There simply aren’t enough doctors and nurses. Sixty-four of our counties lack a hospital, and 25 counties have no primary care physician. In short, rural health care disparity in our state means some 3 million Texans struggle to access the care they need.

Addressing the health gap facing our medically underserved areas would start with increased education about the benefits of checkups and procedures, better health care access, and expanded affordability. We also must find ways to combat the persistent, systemic disadvantages that often serve as a barrier to quality care.

This is an enormously complex problem without an easy solution. The best approach is to focus on one health care issue at a time where progress can be made. Improving our ability to screen more Texans for

Cheek: Technology the key to better health care for rural Texans – Opinion – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

October 6, 2020

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Texas has a rural health care disparity.

This means that 75 percent of our counties are federally designated health professional shortage areas. There simply aren’t enough doctors and nurses. Sixty-four of our counties lack a hospital, and 25 counties have no primary care physician. In short, rural health care disparity in our state means some 3 million Texans struggle to access the care they need.

Addressing the health gap facing our medically underserved areas would start with increased education about the benefits of checkups and procedures, better health care access, and expanded affordability. We also must find ways to combat the persistent, systemic disadvantages that often serve as a barrier to quality care.

This is an enormously complex problem without an easy solution. The best approach is to focus on one health care issue at a time where progress can be made. Improving our ability to screen more Texans for

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Cincinnati Based Gym Is First in The Nation to Use New Medical Grade Technology to Kill Viruses and Bacteria

JAXJOX, the Leading Fitness Technology Company, Raises $10M in Series A Funding

Pawtucket learning center champions equity through arts, sports, and technology

Food Producers Need To Focus On Technology, Health And Sustainability

Pontifax AgTech Closes $302 Million Food and Agriculture Technology Fund

UCLA Health scientists pioneer faster, cheaper COVID-19 testing technology

Cheek: Technology the key to better health care for rural Texans – Opinion – Amarillo Globe-News

Cheek: Technology the key to better health care for rural Texans – Opinion – Herald Democrat

Cheek: Technology the key to better health care for rural Texans – Opinion – Austin American-Statesman

Cheek: Technology the key to better health care for rural Texans – Opinion – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal