Lauran Neergaard

Automated Warehouse

Lighting the Path to Dark Warehouses

February 17, 2023

Technology Wheel

Everyone Is Talking About Digital Transformation

February 9, 2023

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Linking Quality Management with Plant Floor Effectiveness

February 9, 2023

Online Safety And Security

Manufacturing's Mixed Technology Opens Doors for Cybercrime

December 23, 2022

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FDA's Advisers Back Plan to Simplify COVID-19 Vaccinations

The advisory panel mostly agreed with the FDA's approach.

January 27, 2023

A technician works with bioreactors containing pig kidneys in a Miromatrix laboratory on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Eden Prairie, Minn.

Making Pig Livers Humanlike in Quest to Ease Organ Shortage

Researchers would place a pig-turned-humanlike liver next to a hospital bed to temporarily filter the blood of someone whose own liver suddenly failed.

January 18, 2023

A pig kidney that has been 'decelled' is held by a technician in a Micromatrix laboratory on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Eden Prairie, Minn. This is a pig kidney that's gradually being transformed to look and act like a human one, part of scientists' long quest to ease the nation's transplant shortage by bioengineering replacement organs.

Making Pig Livers Humanlike in Quest to Ease Organ Shortage

The next step in a long quest to ease the nation's transplant shortage by bioengineering replacement organs.

December 27, 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is sworn in before a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus crisis hearing, July 31, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fauci steps down from a five-decade career in public service at the end of the month, one shaped by the HIV pandemic early on and the COVID-19 pandemic at the end.

Fauci's Parting Advice: Stick to the Science

At the end of the month, Dr. Anthony Fauci will step down from a five-decade career in public service.

December 19, 2022

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FDA Clears Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids Under Age 5

The Food and Drug Administration's decision aims to better protect the littlest kids from severe COVID-19.

December 8, 2022

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Pfizer Asks FDA to Clear Updated COVID Shot for Kids Under 5

Children ages 6 months through 4 years already are supposed to get three extra-small doses of the original Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

December 6, 2022

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Pfizer Booster Spurs Immune Response to New Omicron Subtypes

Americans have been reluctant to get the updated boosters rolled out by Pfizer and rival Moderna.

November 18, 2022

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Pfizer Study Says Updated COVID Boosters Rev Up Protection

Booster doses tweaked to target the most common omicron strain rolled out in early September.

November 4, 2022

This provided by Pfizer in October 2022 shows manufacturing of the company's COVID-19 bivalent vaccine for ages 5-11.

FDA Clears Updated COVID Boosters for Kids as Young as 5

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends how vaccines are used, must sign off.

October 12, 2022

A man receives a flu shot in Brattleboro, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don't skip your flu shot this fall 2022.

It's Flu Vaccine Time and Seniors Need Revved-Up Shots

After flu hit historically low levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be poised for a comeback.

October 3, 2022

This August 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows vials of the company's updated COVID-19 vaccine during production in Kalamazoo, Mich. U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain.

CDC Endorses Updated COVID Boosters, Shots to Begin Soon

The CDC's advisers struggled with who should get the new boosters.

September 2, 2022

This August 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows vials of the company's updated COVID-19 vaccine during production in Kalamazoo, Mich. U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain. The move on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2022, by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives.

U.S. Clears Updated COVID Boosters Targeting Newest Variants

The hope is that the modified boosters will blunt yet another winter surge.

August 31, 2022

A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Reading, Pa., Sept. 14, 2021. Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron mutants — a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign.

Pfizer Seeks OK of Updated COVID Vaccine Booster for Fall

It's similar to how flu vaccines are updated every year without having to undergo large studies.

August 23, 2022

In this photo provided by NYU Langone Health, Dr. Nader Moazami, right, and cardiothoracic physician assistant Amanda Merrifield, center, and other members of a surgical team prepare for the transplant of a genetically modified pig heart into a recently deceased donor at NYU Langone Health on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in New York. Experiments are raising new hope that pigs might one day help fill a shortage of donated organs -- at least, for people who need a new heart or kidney.

Pig Organ Transplants Inch Closer with Testing in the Dead

New York researchers transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month.

July 12, 2022

A Northwell Health registered nurse fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccination site the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center, April 8, 2021, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, June 30, 2022 recommended that COVID-19 booster shots be modified to better match more recent variants of the coronavirus.

Tweaked COVID Boosters in U.S. Must Target Newer Omicron Types

The recipe: Combination shots that add protection against the omicron relatives named BA.4 and BA.5.

June 30, 2022