CBS Los Angeles Times

 Virgo Surgical Video Solutions, the leading cloud video and artificial intelligence platform for endoscopic medicine, announced the closing of its Series A financing — led by FCA Venture Partners and including participation from Tom Williams of Heron Rock Fund, who led Virgo's seed round — to scale its proprietary solutions for accelerating clinical trials. Virgo is widely regarded as the industry leader for capturing and managing endoscopic video data, and the company provides a unique set of tools, called VirgoTrials, which help healthcare providers leverage this data for clinical trial recruitment. Virgo is currently partnered with multiple leading pharmaceutical trial sponsors and is actively deployed across a wide range of academic medical centers, integrated health systems, and private practice networks. The company will use this financing to expand the VirgoTrials platform and further accelerate distribution in the United States and internationally.In addition to accelerati...

This Christmas season, Washington, DC audiences have a unique opportunity to experience an original theatrical event and musical production at the Museum of the Bible.  The Ringing Nativity is a fresh telling of the classic nativity story accompanied entirely by English handbells.  This never-before-seen production gives audiences a look inside the world of Bezalel, a first century Israelite and craftsman who waits expectantly for the promised Messiah.  One night, Bezalel and his small family are visited by a wealth traveler from the East who has followed a star to find a new king.  A nationally auditioned ensemble of elite handbell musicians joins the drama cast on stage to provide the glorious artistry of handbell ringing as the soundtrack for The Heavens are Ringing -- the original play written for the world premiere of the Ringing Nativity.  The World Stage Theater at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC is a 400-seat, state-of-the-art immersive th...