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A Deadly Virus Is Spreading Around Saudi Arabia And It Might Be About To Go Global
Reported cases of MERS have surged in Saudi Arabia in 2014 and no one seems to know why.
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EU In 'Denial' That Sick Economy Costs Lives, Health Experts Say
Europe's financial crisis is costing lives, with suicides and infectious diseases on the rise, yet politicians are not addressing the problem, health experts said on Wednesday. Read More »
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European Union (EU) Joinup Web Site
I have been following Gijs Hillenius for the past year on several social media and news sites. He is a journalist with over 25 years of experience and is currently the news editor of the Open Source Repository & Observatory (OSOR). The focus of many of his posts is on the use of open source and open standards by national, regional, and local governments across the European Union (EU). Read More »
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Greek Government Moving to Open Source, Open Data
The Greek government wants the country’s public administrations to transition to free and open source software, open standards and open data. The Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Marine and Tourism has asked the Greek free and open source software society (Gfoss) to help organize workshops and conferences, train public administrations and propose research and development projects. The objective of the transition to open technologies is to strengthen Greece’s economy.
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MIT's Answer to Global Health Issues: Democratizing Big Data Analytics
If you think it's hard to keep up with all the new software and hardware innovations, imagine doctors trying to stay abreast of medical advances. "While wonderful new medical discoveries and innovations are in the news every day, doctors struggle with using information and techniques available right now," writes Leo Anthony Celi, assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, in the Conversation commentary Improving patient care by bridging the divide between doctors and data scientists...
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Photos: This Solar Powered Wheelchair Gives The Disabled A Chance To Swim In The Ocean
A solar-powered chair is allowing the wheelchair-bound a chance to swim, unaided, in the Greek sea. But without additional government assistance to promote the device’s upkeep and accessibility, it has suffered from vandalism and proven difficult for wheelchair-goers to get to. Read More »
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Tax Evasion? Greeks protests banning of open source in hospitals
Eel/lak, a Greek network of academic proponents of open source, is asking a hospital in Thessaloniki to reconsider its banning of software solutions based on free and open source software. Read More »
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The Happiest Countries In The World
Switzerland's residents are the most satisfied with their lives for the second consecutive year, according to the Better Life Index released last week. The study, published annually by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), reported that United States failed to crack the top 10 for the fourth consecutive year, while neighbors Mexico and Canada did...
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To Tax, or not to Tax - that is the question
There was an article published in the European Commiission's 'Joinup' news site entitled "Greek advocacy protests hospital's banning of open source". The story caught my attention Read More »