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Simple Steps to Embedding Barcode Readers

Simple Steps to Embedding Barcode Readers

The ability of barcodes to track materials and products helps ensure accountability and protect profits. This new white paper discusses how the latest scanning technology also improves read rates in protecting against errors and providing a quicker ROI.

Lynn Wencus of Wrentham, Mass., during a protest at Purdue Pharma LLP headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Aug. 17, 2018.

Deal with OxyContin Maker Angers Families

Many had hoped to face Purdue Pharma and its owners in a courtroom.

The research group in Cleveland Clinic's Laboratory for Bionic Integration looking at the inside of the touch robot system. Each small black box provides individual finger sensation to the user through a neural-machine interface.

Bionic Arm Restores Amputation Patients' Natural Behaviors

The system is the first to test all three sensory and motor functions at once.

Fake pill bottles with messages about OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma displayed outside the courthouse in White Plains, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2021.

Judge OKs Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement

The settlement would shield the Sackler family from any future lawsuits over opioids.

Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, arrives at for jury selection in her trial, San Jose, Calif., Aug. 31, 2021.

Fallen Tech Star Prepares to Go on Trial

Her company promised to revolutionize medicine, but the technology never lived up to expectations and may never have worked at all.

Before falling to the Taliban, the Afghan government made extensive use of biometric security, including scanning the irises of people like this woman who applied for passports.

The Taliban Reportedly Have Control of U.S. Biometric Devices

A lesson in the life-and-death consequences of data privacy.

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Drones Could Deliver Defibrillators Faster than Ambulances

Each minute saved increases the chances of survival.

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for packaging at the company's facility in Puurs, Belgium, March 2021.

Pfizer Seeks OK for Vaccine Booster Dose

The U.S. booster plan calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot.

A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vial is administered for flight attendants of Japan Airlines, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, June 14, 2021.

1.6M Vaccine Doses Suspended Over Contamination

Some doses might have been administered, but no adverse health effects have been reported so far.

OxyContin pills at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 19, 2013.

Senators Question FDA's Work with Opioid Maker Consultant

The agency paid McKinsey and Co. more than $140 million since 2008.

Pharmacy technician Hollie Maloney loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine, March 2, 2021.

FDA Gives Full Approval to Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

The agency has never before had so much evidence to judge a shot’s safety.

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Feds Seize Thousands of Fake Vaccination Cards

The cards were confiscated at cargo freight facilities after being shipped from China.