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Why would anyone be against life-saving malaria bednets?

Vox

A young boy rolls up a mosquito net covering bedding at a refugee camp in 2023 in South Sudan. That mosquito nets are dangerous to people would be news to basically any public health professional who’s ever studied them. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets.

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Biotech industry leaders share cautious optimism for 2023 amid downturn and layoffs

GeekWire

“There is still a sense of optimism in the life science community here in Washington as we head into 2023,” said Kate Nelson , vice president of life sciences for commercial banking at J.P. Earlier companies are considering fewer development programs and having a slower ramp on hiring. Morgan in Seattle. Sonoma Photo).

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Redfin ready for a ‘revolution’ after commissions verdict

GeekWire

Net loss: $19 million, an improvement over the previous quarter’s net loss of $27.4 million, and significantly better than the net loss of $90.2 Those plans can be deferred from 2022 to 2023, but not forever.” Cash and cash equivalents: $125.8 million, down from $232.2 million at the end of Q2. EBITDA: $7.65

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Web browsers: Reimagining remote work needs at the enterprise level

CIO Business Intelligence

With more freelancers, contractors, and BYOD programs accessing corporate applications (like web and SaaS applications) via their own devices, oftentimes, what is overlooked is the security posture for the choice of web browsers people are using. There’s a good reason for it.

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Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google

GeekWire

Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO, Anthropic, at the 2023 Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah. “Training state-of-the-art models requires extensive resources including compute power and research programs,” the company said in the post. ”

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Redfin’s latest layoffs come a few months after it said housing market had started to recover

GeekWire

Redfin said last year that it expected the market in 2023 to contract 30% from 2021 during its third quarter earnings announcement. Other forecasters have reported conflicting predictions for home values in 2023. increase in home prices between January 2023 and January 2024. between December 2022 and December 2023.

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Healthcare company Accolade lays off workers and closes offices

GeekWire

million for the quarter, compared to net income of $22.5 Accolade is expecting annual revenue between $361 million and $365 million for its 2023 fiscal year and estimating $410 million for 2024. Accolade’s healthcare partners, customer health insurance carriers and associated programs. Accolade reported $90.9