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VitalMiner, a new software system to measure hemodynamic instability – unstable blood pressure – in intensive-care patients is hailed as a potential lifesaver by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where it is being piloted. “Earlier prediction of physiological deterioration of patients by using ‘smart’ monitoring software and machine learning algorithms...

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MidEast

The United States will no longer give funding to Gaza that empowers the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas or fund Palestinian incitement towards Israel, the U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, said on Thursday in New York at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. JNS reported on Sunday...

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MidEast

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday that it had launched at least six ballistic missiles into eastern Syria, targeting militants the paramilitary force blames for a recent attack on a military parade in Iran, in order to “convey a clear message to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and Israel.”...

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A 21-year-old Syrian-born Palestinian man was arrested in Berlin two weeks ago on suspicion of planning a terror attack in Israel, using chemical weapons, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. At the time of his arrest, the Syrian migrant was allegedly actively recruiting ‎members for a cell that was to...

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MidEast

An end to the conflict in Yemen can only be found through the capture of the port of Hodeidah by Coalition forces, after Iranian-backed Houthi rebels failed to attend peace negotiations in Geneva, TIP Senior Fellow Julie Lenarz argued in an op-ed published in Reaction on Thursday. “Iran’s use of...

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Israel

Some years ago, Adva Beck experienced an “aha” moment when she bit into her favorite fruit, a peach, and quickly discarded it because her stuffy nose prevented her from tasting it properly. She didn’t have any background in biology or medicine but the phenomenon intrigued her and she started to...

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Diplomacy

Delek, the Israeli energy giant, and its partners have announced that they will buy the EMG Egypt-Israel gas pipeline for $518 million, Globes reported Thursday. Delek and the American company Noble Energy will each pay $158 million for the pipeline. The balance will be paid by the Egyptian company East. The...

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In front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas paid “tribute to our hero martyrs and prisoners of war,” the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported, rejecting criticism of the PA for paying financial rewards to Palestinian terrorists and their families. Abbas had...

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Europe

The United Kingdom is set to proscribe the Iranian-backed, Lebanese-based terror organization Hezbollah in its entirety, The Jewish Chronicle reported Thursday. The UK outlawed Hezbollah’s “military wing” as a terrorist entity in 2008, but the “political wing” of the organization is not currently restricted. The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid will...

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Israel

Two Israeli companies have made a big splash in the fundraising world this month. On September 12, Sisense closed an $80 million investment led by New-York based Insight Venture Partners. On September 21, MeMed Diagnostics completed a $70 million funding round. Sisense makes a business intelligence hybrid-cloud solution covering everything from data preparation and...

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