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Boeing names new CEO

2 years 2 months ago
Four months after Dave Calhoun said he would step down as CEO of The Boeing Co., the aerospace and defense giant, which has big defense operations in the St. Louis area, has tapped its next CEO.
Drew Hansen

Trump endorses both Missouri Republican AG candidates

2 years 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Former President Donald Trump has endorsed all the leading Republican candidates in two of Missouri's major primaries. On Tuesday, Trump announced his support for both Andrew Bailey, the incumbent Attorney General, and Will Scharf, a former federal prosecutor and member of Trump’s legal team. "Missouri has two highly respected candidates running for [...]
Joe Millitzer

Boar's Head Provisions Co. Expands Recall for Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products

2 years 2 months ago
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2024 – Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc., a Jarratt, Va., establishment, is expanding its July 26, 2024, recall of deli meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes , the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The establishment is recalling approximately 7 million additional pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. Whole genome sequencing results show that a liverwurst sample collected by the Maryland Department of Health tested positive for the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes . This expansion includes 71 products produced between May 10, 2024, and July 29, 2024, under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. These items include meat intended for slicing at retail delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold at retail locations. These products have “sell by” dates ranging from 29-JUL-2024 through 17-OCT-24. View ful

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AI Mass Surveillance At The Olympics Is A Privacy Nightmare

2 years 2 months ago
The 2024 Paris Olympics is drawing the eyes of the world as thousands of athletes and support personnel and hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the globe converge in France. It’s not just the eyes of the world that will be watching. Artificial intelligence systems will be watching, too. Government and private companies will […]
Mike Masnick

New Technology to Treat Atrial Fibrillation Available in O'Fallon  

2 years 2 months ago
O’FALLON — HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital recently added a new technology to help treat atrial fibrillation (AF). The FARAPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation System is a unique alternative to thermal ablation, the traditional treatment for AF. In a typical ablation procedure, a catheter is placed inside the heart and generates extreme temperatures – hot or cold – to destroy the areas causing abnormal heart rhythms. The FARAPULSE PFA System, however, is less invasive and uses a non-thermal electric field to disable atrial heart tissue, the tissue that is responsible for triggering atrial fibrillation, without harming surrounding structures. “With atrial fibrillation diagnoses on the rise, we’re able to use this new technology at St. Elizabeth’s to treat patients safely and effectively,” said Dr. Paban Saha, director of St. Elizabeth’s electrophysiology division. “This equipment is used effectively around the world

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