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Coronavirus outbreak declared a pandemic: what does it mean, and does it change anything?

The World Health Organization has repeatedly stopped short of calling the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic – until this week.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon the director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, finally used the term to describe the outbreak, which has now spread to well over 100 countries and infected over 120,000 people.

“WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction,” Dr Tedros said.

China’s Tourist Sites Draw Virtual Crowds, Real Cash

“Our museum has some plum blossoms at the entrance, so while I was hosting, I said it was such a pity that nobody could appreciate the flowers because of the outbreak,” said Jiang, who is a tour host herself. “Then I saw a comment saying, ‘No worries, millions of us just saw it!’ I was touched.”

By offering online tours and a marketplace for souvenirs, e-commerce platforms are helping visitor-less tourist sites survive the COVID-19 epidemic.

Colorado health officials turn people away from drive-up coronavirus testing site in Denver because of high demand

At 11 a.m., one hour after the lab opened, the wait time was three hours. The site is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Health officials will create a cutoff point in line. Those on the wrong side of that cutoff will get first preference tomorrow when the lab reopens, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment said in a statement.

The state urged people with symptoms and people who believe they have been exposed to the novel coronavirus to ask their doctor about getting swabs analyzed by private providers who now have the capacity to complete testing.

Liz Parrish of Bioviva-Science on InspiredInsider with Dr. Jeremy Weisz

Reversing aging with gene therapy:

Check out http://InspiredInsider.com — Insider Stories with Top Leaders and Entrepreneurs on INspiredINsider.com with Dr. Jeremy Weisz.

Other Entrepreneurs featured on InspiredInsider include founders of P90 X — Tony Horton, Einstein Bagels, Atari, and Baby Einstein and many more.

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Founder of Atari — http://www.inspiredinsider.com/nolan-bushnell-atari-brainrush-interview/

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The 2020 Undoing Aging Conference is rescheduled to October (21−23)

We will be issuing ticket refunds to attendees, who cannot attend the new date.

Berlin / Mountain View, March 12, 2020.

Forever Healthy Foundation and SENS Research Foundation have decided to reschedule Undoing Aging 2020 to October, 21–23. Following the WHO’s declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, we will do our share to prevent it from spreading further. We will be issuing ticket refunds to attendees, who cannot attend the new date.

The Undoing Aging Conference in October will be focused on the cellular and molecular repair of age-related damage as the basis of therapies to bring aging under full medical control and will bring together scientists and startups from around the globe, all pioneers in their respective fields, who are leading the charge in maintaining and restoring full health in old age.

Is Aging a Disease? | LifeXtenShow

Nicola Bagalà is one of the best advocates of rejuvenation therapies that I know. I follow him since he did a blog called “Rejuvenaction” some years ago. In this video, he discusses in a profound way a very important question. I ask everybody of the rejuvenation community: don’t miss this video, let’s spread it on YouTube, Facebook and social media, and let’s give this video the audience it needs and deserves. It’s not everyday we have such opportunity.

Does biological aging qualify as a disease? Does this affect the development of therapies that treat and prevent age-related diseases? Here’s Nicola’s take on the subject.

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An engineered cell-laden adhesive hydrogel promotes craniofacial bone tissue regeneration in rats

Researchers have found that homeowners who seed their lawns with a special grass mix can feed dozens of species of bees that would otherwise go hungry. So, beginning this spring, Minnesota will pay thousands of residents to plant “bee lawns” under a new state program that has attracted attention from other states. Each homeowner will get as much as $350 to do the work.

Why grass mix brings all the bees to the yard.