Editorial: Waste not unwanted COVID-19 vaccine
Record-Eagle, June 9, 2021
Public health officials warned us — when it comes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine, it’ll be famine or feast.
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BALTIMORE, MD, May 24, 2025 – Most anti-human trafficking efforts focus on breaking up sex sales; however, new research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management is turning its attention to where trafficking truly begins – recruitment. Using machine learning to analyze millions of online ads, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered patterns that link deceptive job offers to sex trafficking networks. By mapping the connections between recruitment and sales locations, the study reveals a hidden supply chain – one that can now be exposed and interrupted earlier in the trafficking process.
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Old technology is behind the recent ongoing delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport, but newer technology will be an important part of the solution.
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‘Like a weight off my shoulders’: Low COVID case numbers bring optimism, change
Channel 3000, June 8, 2021
MADISON, Wis. – Low COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations have Rock County Epidemiologist Nick Zupan’s spirits high.
Path to the NFL
Observer Today, June 5, 2021
Gowanda native and 2012 graduate Zach Steever took a winding road to get to where he’s recently gotten. Following his graduation from Gowanda High School, he attended the University at Buffalo to pursue a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. Steever translated that degree, followed by a master’s in operations research into a job with the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League.
Do Customer Loyalty Programs Really Help Sellers Make Money?
Eurasia Review, June 9, 2021
Customer loyalty programs have been around for decades and are used to help businesses, marketers and sellers build a sustainable relationship with their customers. But do they work? A recent study sought to find out and researchers learned that while yes, customer loyalty programs do work, perhaps not in ways most may assume.
Michigan bet big on mass vaccine events for COVID-19. It didn’t work out as hoped.
USA Today, June 9, 2021
Michigan and Minnesota both had ample opportunities to push out vaccines through professional health care settings and into the arms of patients. They have essentially the same numbers of hospitals, rural clinics and doctors per capita.
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