Florida High School Students’ Life-Saving App Wins Award
Four Manatee County high school students who designed a new tool to calculate dosage for medicines have won the 16th Congressional District App Challenge, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan announced on Monday. by Carlos R. Munoz, Sarasota Herald-Tribune / December 10, 2020
U.S. Rep.
Vern Buchanan
announced on Monday.
The students built the Medical Dosage Calculator App after one of the students friends nearly died from a miscalculated dosage. I can t commend them enough for inventing such an important and potentially lifesaving tool, Buchanan, R-
Longboat Key, said in a news release. I m proud to name them this year s winners of the 16th Congressional District App Challenge, part of a national competition to encourage interest in science, technology, engineering and math.