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By Dave Muoio | 03:43 pm | March 20, 2020
[Since this article was published, the FDA has released an alert warning that it has not yet authorized any COVID-19 home testing kits]
By Dave Muoio | 05:06 pm | March 19, 2020
Early data from the roughly 100,000-participant effort suggest infrequent social distancing and regional behavior disparities (as of March 15).
By Laura Lovett | 12:37 pm | March 19, 2020
[Since this article was published, the FDA has released an alert warning that it has not yet authorized any COVID-19 home testing kits]
By Dave Muoio | 04:40 pm | March 18, 2020
The recently announced COVID-19 Open Research Dataset consists of more than 29,000 machine-readable coronavirus articles ripe for analysis.
By Tammy Lovell | 10:15 am | March 18, 2020
Sight Diagnostics’ compact blood analyser has been installed to support the management of infected patients.
By HIMSS TV | 08:26 am | March 18, 2020
Health systems around the world are using chatbots, drive-through clinics and telemedicine to address the needs of coronavirus patients.
By Tammy Lovell | 05:59 am | March 18, 2020
Online mental health support is increasingly important as communities face lockdown and social distancing measures.
By HIMSS News | 11:00 am | March 17, 2020
The HIMSS Media editors discuss government and healthcare-organization response to the coronavirus, including chatbot services, drive-through testing sites and social-media monitoring.
By Dave Muoio | 04:23 pm | March 16, 2020
First announced by President Trump on Friday as a nationwide resource, the testing-referral service already seems to have reached its capacity among California's Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 10:17 am | March 16, 2020
The development comes as officials advise GPs to switch, where possible, to remote consultations as part of their response to the threats posed by the coronavirus.