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Keep in mind that many people who haven’t received their second stimulus payment yet may still receive one in the mail, either as a paper check or as a debit card. The IRS has said that it could take up to three to four weeks for mailed payments to arrive, and it has told taxpayers to keep watching their mail throughout the month of January. … [Read more...] about IRS stimulus check still not received? Free File could be a way to claim it

GRAIL envisions that absent other risk factors, people would undergo annual Galleri screening when they reach 50 (the same age when most people are now advised to have a colonoscopy). The potential benefits are eye-opening: The company’s models estimate that by adding Galleri to diagnosis by usual care, there is the potential to reduce late-stage (stages III and IV) cancer diagnoses by more than half in the U.S. among people aged 50-79. This decrease in late-stage diagnoses could translate to a reduction in five-year deaths by 39% due to earlier detection. … [Read more...] about A new early-detection blood test marks a leap forward in the war on cancer

When confronted by the pandemic, Governor Raimondo turned to Big Tech–specifically Salesforce–to replace legacy systems with new cloud solutions for contact tracing and case investigations as well as workforce retraining and other initiatives aimed at keeping Rhode Islanders working. Raimondo called Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and explained Rhode Island’s problems to him, the story goes. He had people on the ground in the state the following Monday. … [Read more...] about Biden picked an ex-VC to run Commerce. Her ties to tech might be too close