covid-19

National Database: Dallas’ Catapult Health Partners With Evive to Help People Find COVID-19 Testing Sites

by | Apr 14, 2020
Catapult, which specializes in preventive health checkups through remote clinics and telehealth options, wants to help connect people to nearby coronavirus testing sites.
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‘An Avenue Back to Normalcy’: Neighborhood Goods Plans Free Store Space for Businesses Affected by COVID-19
by | Apr 9, 2020
The Commons by Neighborhood Goods plans to provide a free platform for local and national brands, restaurants, musicians, and artists who have been negatively impacted by the pandemic.
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Match is Giving the Dinner Bell Foundation $30,000 to Feed COVID-19 First Responders
by | Apr 8, 2020
Founded by the owners of Deep Ellum barbecue joint Pecan Lodge, the foundation will use Match' donation to give 5,000 meals to those on the front lines in Dallas.
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Dallas’ BBG Sees a Data Center Boom for Years to Come
by | Apr 8, 2020
The rise of cloud technology led to data center facilities setting a new record last year. And in the past few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused data usage to spike.
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Giving Back: Salesforce Just Announced $5M in Grants to Help Small Businesses Weather the COVID-19 Crisis

by | Apr 8, 2020
The Salesforce Care Small Business Grants were announced during a virtual event featuring Mark Cuban earlier today.
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Blue Box Grows HVAC Coronavirus Scrubbing Solution and Raises Capital
by | Apr 6, 2020
Following a recent HQ move to Dallas, Blue Box is now bullish on its future. Its disinfection protocol is being used in numerous major cities and an additional capital raise of $2.5M is complete.
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‘3 Parts Hope, 2 Parts Capital Preservation’: How Dallas-based LinedanceAI is Building the Next Data Frontier from Human Movement Now
by | Apr 3, 2020
Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, LinedanceAI continues to innovate. Its machine‑learning platform can analyze a human body’s joint-level movement (in real time) for use in sports, healthcare, security, and more.
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DFW Hospital Council:
We 💜 Our Healthcare Heroes
Watch this virtual "thank you" to the heroic healthcare workforce fighting COVID-19 on the front lines.
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Communities Foundation, United Way, and Dallas Cowboys lead North Texas Giving Day Pivot for COVID-19 Relief

by | Apr 1, 2020
'North Texas Giving Tuesday Now' will be a one-day emergency donation blitz held this year on May 5.
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The DEC Launches Free Virtual Mentoring to Help Entrepreneurs Through COVID-19
by | Apr 1, 2020
The new Fast Start Mentoring Program pairs entrepreneurs with business veterans who can help plan a path forward—and identify emerging opportunities. "It's fair to say we're genuinely saving jobs here," CEO Bill Chinn says.
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AT&T Collaborates With Plano’s VitalTech On Telehealth Services During COVID-19 Outbreak
by | Mar 31, 2020
The collaboration will allow physicians to virtually diagnose medical conditions, heightening safety for everyone.
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Jacobs Demtrious COVID-19
COVID-19 Response: Jacobs Execs Take Pay Cut to Help Raise $1M, Company Realigns Federal Contracts
by | Mar 30, 2020
The engineering firm also has instituted a "maximum remote working environment" for its 55,000 employees worldwide.
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COVID-19 testing

Discovery: HSC Opens COVID-19 Test Site for Tarrant County First Responders

by | Mar 27, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also read about four UTA faculty members being honored by the National Academy of Inventors as Senior Members.
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Dallas’ Unique Software Development is 3D Printing Respirators for the COVID-19 Shortage
by | Mar 26, 2020
For healthcare workers locally and nationally, the software development company is producing as many as 400 respirators a day—pro bono—with its 20 in-house printers. And, the design can be sanitized, allowing a common surgical mask to be reused 6-10 times.
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BuzzBallz Joins the Fight Against COVID-19 Through Hand Sanitizer Production
by | Mar 25, 2020
The Carrollton-based company plans to donate 10,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to Texas healthcare facilities, municipalities, and retail personnel in the next week.
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North Texas Startup Offers At‑Home COVID‑19 Test Kits, Gets Overwhelming Response
by | Mar 25, 2020
Demand was so high, Assist Health Group quickly ran out of the kits and had to put a waiting list in place.
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