DARPA seeks an implantable ‘travel adapter’ for soldiers’ bodies

https://www.slashgear.com/darpa-seeks-an-implantable-travel-adapter-for-soldiers-bodies-11616330/

Military research agency DARPA has announced a new program that seeks a ‘travel adapter’ designed for the human body. The device, as with other DARPA projects, is intended for potential use with military personnel, helping them overcome common problems on the battlefield and beyond. In this case, the ‘travel adapter’ would help reduce jet lag and protect against illness caused by foreign food and water sources.

The new program is called Advanced Acclimation and Protection Tool for Environment Readiness (ADAPTER), which would integrate the therapies directly into the soldier’s body. With this ingestible device or implant, the soldier’s body would resist bacteria that cause diarrhea and would enable the soldier to quickly switch to a new time zone to prevent jet lag.

USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor in ICU due to coronavirus dies, Navy officials say

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(KGTV) – A USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor who was in ICU at a Navy hospital in Guam due to the coronavirus has died, Navy officials announced Monday.

The unidentified sailor was admitted to the ICU on April 9 after being found unresponsive during isolation in quarters on Naval Base Guam. Officials said the sailor tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30 and had been under a 14-day quarantine.

Navy officials said after the sailor, after testing positive, "was removed from the ship and placed in an isolation house on Naval Base Guam with four other USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Sailors. Like other Sailors in isolation, he received medical checks twice daily from Navy medical teams."

The San Diego-based aircraft carrier has been docked in Guam since late March after coronavirus cases mounted aboard the ship.

Navy officials said 585 members – over 10 percent – of the ship’s 4,800-plus crew have tested positive for COVID-19.