Medical Tech Executive to Run for Congress

Kendall Qualls, an executive vice president with Texas-based analytics company PotentiaMetrics, will run in a suburban Twin Cities district.

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Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

FDA Warns Doctors to Stop Using Heart Pump

Power failures in Medtronic's Heartware assist device are tied to cases of stroke and more than a dozen deaths.

1974 microscope image showing changes in cells indicative of adenocarcinoma of the prostate.

'Next Big Wave': Radiation Drugs Track and Kill Cancer Cells

The approach may become a new way to treat patients with hard-to-reach or inoperable cancers.

Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen theater, Wilmington, Del., Jan. 16, 2021.

New Science Chief Wants Next Pandemic Vaccine Ready in 100 Days

The development of "plug-and-play" platforms could allow vaccines to be ready weeks after recognizing a potential outbreak.

Medical devices need built-in security, even as they roll off the assembly line.

Security for Connected Medical Devices

These devices need to be protected from the advanced cyber threats they will face in the real world.

Robotic grippers need a combination of fast, incremental precision that a stepper motor can provide as well as the speed and acceleration typical of brushless DC motors.

How to Turn User Insights into Motor Architecture Innovations

Customers have a voice in shaping tomorrow's motor designs.

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Production of Another COVID-19 Vaccine Set to Begin

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline launched a large trial enrolling 35,000 adult volunteers.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Diana Bianchi, director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, speak after a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, May 26, 2021.

Biden Asks US Intel Officials to Investigate COVID-19 Origin

The president asked intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts — including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese lab.

Syringes with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Paris, May 6, 2021.

Social Media Heavyweights Wooed for Pfizer Smear Campaign

A mysterious advertising agency offered to pay users if they agreed to smear Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine with negative fake stories.

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass., May 19, 2021.

Moderna Says COVID-19 Shot Works in Kids as Young as 12

Its vaccine could become the second option for that age group in the U.S.

Bobby sits in front of a sample of human sweat after detecting the COVID-19 coronavirus, Veterinary Faculty of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, May 21, 2021.

Labrador Retrievers Join Thai Coronavirus Fight

Angel, Bobby and Bravo are trained to sniff out a unique odor that people with COVID-19 produce in their sweat.

Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., during a hearing on Capitol Hill, March 10, 2021.

As Pandemic Spread Pain and Panic, Congressman Chased Profit

Records show he bought or sold up to $1 million of stock in medical and tech companies that had a stake in the virus response.