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Cardiost, Inc. Strengthens Scientific Advisory Board with Renowned Cardiovascular Experts, Advances Prototype Development with OEDIT Grant Support

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Friday, September 29, 2023
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Cardiost is currently designing an alpha prototype of its LAUD, or Left Atrium Unloading Device, with money it received from Colorado’s OEDIT grant in early 2023.

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  • Cardiost is currently designing an alpha prototype of its LAUD, or Left Atrium Unloading Device, with money it received from Colorado’s OEDIT grant in early 2023.
  • The LAUD is a durable mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device to treat late-stage patients suffering from heart failure (HF).
  • Cardiost is focused on developing cardiovascular devices medical devices in the cardiovascular space.
  • “We are thrilled to add Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Moreno to our Scientific Advisory Board, both KOLs in their respective fields – MCS the former and PCI the latter.

Forecasting Healthy Futures Hosts Inaugural Summit on Climate & Health

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2023 – Forecasting Healthy Futures, convened by Malaria No More and in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile, this week hosted the inaugural Forecasting Healthy Futures Global Summit in Abu Dhabi.

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  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2023 – Forecasting Healthy Futures, convened by Malaria No More and in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile, this week hosted the inaugural Forecasting Healthy Futures Global Summit in Abu Dhabi.
  • “Forecasting Healthy Futures is demonstrating that scalable, investible solutions exist to protect the health of the most vulnerable people and communities in the context of climate change.”
    “We know that climate change will increasingly damage people’s health and will hit the poorest the hardest.
  • “As countries grapple with limited health budgets, it’s critical that climate adaptations include investing in building climate resilient health systems.”
    “In order to fully address the tremendous health challenges caused by climate change, we must stimulate innovation to test and scale new solutions.
  • “Through the use of AI, innovation and technology are significantly bolstering efforts across climate research to detect, adapt and respond to climate change across many sectors.”
    For more information on Forecasting Healthy Futures, visit www.ForecastingHealthyFutures.org or explore full session videos here or photos from the Summit here .

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) completes successful trial of CTS CBRS-based Private Wireless Network-as-a-Service

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Communication Technology Services (CTS), an in-building and campus connectivity solution provider, announced the successful completion of a trial of a CTS CBRS-based Private Wireless Network (PWN) with Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The Private Wireless Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) was commissioned by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), who provides aviation services to the Twin Cities metropolitan area. CTS deployed a turnkey managed Private LTE NaaS to demonstrate the benefits for six MSP applications. For each application, the CTS PWN trial met or exceeded the performance of current networking technologies while also identifying opportunities to increase operational flexibility, reduce time to deploy/relocate services and applications, and decrease operational costs.

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  • MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Communication Technology Services (CTS), an in-building and campus connectivity solution provider, announced the successful completion of a trial of a CTS CBRS-based Private Wireless Network (PWN) with Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).The Private Wireless Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) was commissioned by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), who provides aviation services to the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
  • CTS deployed a turnkey managed Private LTE NaaS to demonstrate the benefits for six MSP applications.
  • Digital signage- MSP operates digital signs throughout the airport, assisting passengers with wayfinding, flight and entertainment services and advertising.
  • The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) owns and operates one of the nation's largest airport systems, including Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP) and six general aviation airports.

Extreme Heat & Climate Change Increase Risk of Malaria, other Health Threats

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events are complicating efforts to eliminate malaria.

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  • Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events are complicating efforts to eliminate malaria.
  • The same report projects those at risk of malaria infection could increase by 134 million by 2030 in South Asia.
  • "Extreme heat, severe weather, and increasing temperatures are wreaking havoc on our collective health and contributing to an alarming uptick in cases of mosquito-borne diseases worldwide," said Martin Edlund, Malaria No More CEO.
  • The President's Malaria Initiative also released its new five-year strategy in late 2021, highlighting the impact of climate change on global health and updating its strategic approach to reduce malaria mortality by adapting malaria services to "increase resilience against shocks," including Covid-19 and climate change.