Iran missile attack on Qatar causes ‘extensive damage’ to facility housing huge gas plant

  • March 18, 2026
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Qatar said Wednesday that Iranian missiles caused “extensive damage” at Ras Laffan Industrial City, home to the largest liquefied natural gas, or LNG, export facility in the world. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry denounced the attack as a “dangerous escalation, flagrant violation of state sovereignty, and a direct threat to its national security and regional stability.” Qatar […]

HIMSS26: Optimize Hybrid Infrastructure To Accelerate Healthcare Innovation

  • March 18, 2026
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Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve clinician workflows, patient experiences and even patient outcomes, but many AI initiatives aren’t possible without the infrastructure to support them. A hybrid infrastructure, in particular, plays an important role in AI success. On-prem data centers provide lower latency for high-volume inferencing, while the cloud offers on-demand computing power. […]

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A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory

  • March 18, 2026
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On Monday, a federal judge issued a preliminary ruling with a harsh reprimand for the Trump administration: You’ve done this vaccine stuff all wrong. The Trump administration likely broke the law, the judge’s 45-page decision argued, when it dismissed and abruptly reconstituted the CDC’s expert vaccine-advisory panel last June, stacking the committee with members who […]

Trump waives Jones Act shipping rules for 60 days to steady oil market

  • March 18, 2026
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President Donald Trump issued a 60-day waiver of a longstanding U.S. shipping law in an attempt to stabilize oil markets amid the Iran war, the White House confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday. The temporary suspension of the Jones Act “will allow vital resources like oil, natural gas, fertilizer, and coal to flow freely to U.S. […]

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Microsoft unveils AI health assistant

  • March 18, 2026
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Microsoft is rolling out an AI health assistant designed to help people manage their health using their own medical data. The feature, called Copilot Health, works inside the company’s Copilot app and can provide personalised health advice using a user’s medical data, if they choose to share it. With permission, the tool can review information […]

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Enhanced Technology: helping practices recover money they are owed – Health Technology Digital News

  • March 18, 2026
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UK general practice is under growing pressure. Patient demand is rising, and admin work is getting more complex. Because of this, protecting practice income is now just as important as delivering good clinical care. Enhanced Technology has stepped into this space with a clear focus: helping practices recover money they are owed, while also helping them stop future […]