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New York Post- Experts say face masks can help slow COVID-19, despite previous claims

By Paula Froelich March 28, 2020 | 3:14pm | To mask or not to mask, that is the question. But scientists now think you may want to put a face mask on after all — if you have one. Their advice is laid out in a new report in Science Magazine. People in Asian countries have been wearing masks for months, which the head of the Chinese Center for Disease and Prevention supports. In the US, face masks are in short supply and government officials want the rapidly dwindling supply saved for health care professionals. “This virus is transmitted by droplets and close contact. Droplets play a very important role — you’ve got to wear a mask, because when you speak, there are always droplets coming out of your mouth,” the Chinese Center’s George Gao told the magazine. “Many people have asymptomatic or presymptomatic infections. If they are wearing face masks, it can prevent droplets that carry the […]

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GTX Joins Coronavirus Countermeasure Taskforce Begins Selling Face Masks

GTX Joins Coronavirus Countermeasure Taskforce Begins Selling Face Masks LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, March 26, 2020 GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) (GTX), a pioneer in the field of health and safety wearable technology today announced in an effort to support the community at large from the Covid-19 pandemic it will begin selling coronavirus face masks for virus protection. Under the Company’s Health and Safety umbrella, GTX has been actively sourcing masks across the globe, reaching out to its wide network of manufacturing partners in order to secure and make available a product that is in extreme high demand right now. “As this unprecedented global threat continues to spread, GTX will play its role in leveraging every resource it has from its technology to channel partners. GTX is pledging to do its part in fighting this pandemic and as a for profit with purpose company, we are committed to staying true to our […]

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GTX Corp CEO Patrick Bertagna Discusses The Coronavirus & What the Company is Doing to Help

GTX Corp CEO Patrick Bertagna Discusses The Coronavirus & What the Company is Doing to Helphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZiBNpazFM8&feature=youtu.be

GTX Corp “With You” Company Announcements & Coronavirus Impact

2020 started off strong with new product launches in the field of Health and Safety, new international expansion and viral multi-media news coverage! A great start so far and we expect to come out with more announcements as we are currently collaborating with partners on how to address the pandemic that is facing us. As part of the global community, our hearts are with all those impacted by the novel coronavirus. Like most businesses, we are facing some temporary uncertainty as elements of our international supply chain have been interrupted and many of our team members are working from home. Despite these coronavirus business impacts, we want to assure you we will continue to serve our community and our customers as usual and do not anticipate any interruption in service. We are very glad to have your continued support and engagement.In fact, we’d like to introduce new ways to connect […]

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GTX Corp is a proud member of the Southern California Biomedical Council

GTX Corp is a proud member of the Southern California Biomedical Council. Find GTX Corp Featured on SoCalBio.org  socalbio.org About SoCalBio  Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio) is a nonprofit, member-supported trade association that serves the biotech, med tech, IVD  and digital health communities in the six counties that comprise the Greater Los Angeles region (Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside and San Bernardino). SoCalBio’s programs help local firms gain access to capital, potential partners, and other business services. The Council also promotes technology transfer and workforce training, while informing policymakers and the public at-large about the benefits of the region’s bioscience industry. SoCalBio is open to membership by firms and organizations engaged in all aspects of bioscience research, technology development, and commercialization.

GTX Expands Testing of New Hearing Protection Solution to Sri Lanka, Peru and Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, March 9, 2020GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) (GTX), a pioneer in the field of GPS wearable technology people & asset tracking, today announced receiving test orders for their recently launched noise reduction system NRBz, from the Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense and from a distributor in Peru which specializes in solutions for the health, mining and transportation industry. NRBz are patented noise reduction ear buds designed to reduce loud background noise by up to 40 dB’s without attenuating low direct noise such as someone speaking to you. Ideal for military, law enforcement, first responders, hunters, recreational firearms users, mining, oil, utility and gas workers, race car drivers, motorcycle riders and people with autism or hyper-sensitivity to loud noises but still need to clearly communicate with other people around them. In fact this past weekend several of the 550 race teams from over thirty different states and seventeen different […]

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GPS SmartSoles on CBS Channel 5 Phoenix AZ

AZ Family.com Insole with GPS could help locate lost dementia, Alzheimer’s patients in Arizona David Caltabiano Posted Feb 27, 2020 The new device could help families keep track of loved ones who have dementia or Alzheimer’s. PHOENIX, AZ (3TV/CBS 5)– Lost and confused– it’s a sad reality for people who suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Patients often leave their houses and forget how to get home. Now, there’s a new product geared toward helping those families– one of which remembers the day their father went missing in 2015. [WATCH: How a new GPS device helped an AZ family track down grandpa] Raul Lujan is like many of our grandparents or parents: he loves to smile in pictures with his wife and hangout with his great grandchildren. On a July day in 2015, he took a drive to the auto shop. “He went out that morning to take the car to get the […]

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KTAR News- Shoe insole with GPS device helps Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism patients

BY BOB MCCLAYFEBRUARY 26, 2020 AT 4:25 AM PHOENIX — A California company says one of its products can help find lost Alzheimer’s, dementia and autism patients through a GPS tracking device in the insole in their shoes. The product is called Smartsole. “Think of it like a ‘Lojack’ meets ‘Dr. Scholls,” said Patrick Bertagna, CEO of GTX Corporation, the company that makes Smartsole. “It’s an orthotic insole, but it’s embedded with a GPS Cellular module that triangulates your position and transmits it out via cellular to the cloud.” With the GPS tracker in the insole of a patient’s shoe, loved ones and caregivers can use their computer or smart phone to track the patient’s whereabouts. Smartsole is credited with helping someone find an elderly man who had driven away in his car here in Arizona. “He literally drove until his car ran out of gas,” Bertagna said. “It was a […]

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GTX Corp Signs Agreement with Hearing Armor and Launches New Wearable Tech Hearing Protection Product Under its Health & Safety Platform

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2020GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) (GTX), a pioneer in the field of GPS wearable technology, people & asset tracking Location-Based Services (LBS) and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced the launch of a new patented wearable technology noise reduction system designed to protect the wearer from loud background noises, without interfering or drowning out direct verbal communication. The patented noise reduction ear buds or NRBz are designed to reduce loud background noise by up to 40 dB’s without attenuating low direct noise such as someone speaking to you. Perfect for military, law enforcement, first responders, hunters, recreational firearms users, oil and gas workers, race car drivers, motorcycle riders and people with autism. Basically, anyone who is exposed or sensitive to loud noises but still needs to clearly communicate with people around them. The hearing protection system, invented by Dr. Rick Rogers, was originally created to provide […]

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GTX Corp Launches New Health & Safety Platform

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, February 6, 2020 GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) (GTX), a pioneer in the field of GPS wearable technology, people & asset tracking Location-Based Services (LBS) and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced the launch of its new Health and Safety suite of products. This new platform will focus more on NFC, BLE and IoT technology along with other patented technologies to produce a variety of health and safety products that can be used alone or integrated across a wide array of vertical markets and applications. While the Company is staying true to its ethos of wearable technology, this Health and Safety platform will expand beyond footwear and the senior community, which is what GTX Corp is most well known for. Some of the new channels will be hospitals, schools, oil and mining, construction and the art world, adding to its existing channels serving seniors, Alzheimer’s, autism, military and […]

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