COVID-19

Professor Claudia Pagliari, director of global eHealth at the University of Edinburgh, says sharing data with local public health authorities will improve management of public health crises while also reducing health inequalities.

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Dr. Rich Parker, chief medical officer at Arcadia, says the company sends over 1 million text messages in a frictionless outreach to close gaps in care.

The study compared mentions of pneumonia in the winter of 2019-2020 to those of previous winters. 

The approval of the tests comes as new cases of COVID-19 recorded today reached an all-time daily high – sparking fears of a new lockdown in the United Arab Emirates.

Deep Dive: COVID-19 will remain a challenge in 2021, but the vaccines raise hope that progress is being made in the battle with the coronavirus and countries are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

The evidence review and expert deliberation will examine ethical issues, risks, and benefits. 

Asset Management Ventures' Skip Fleshman outlines COVID-19's impact on clinical trials and the resulting leap toward tech-enabled decentralized trials.

Telehealth jumped ahead generations in 2020, says Amwell CEO Roy Schoenberg, who shares what he is excited about for 2021.

Also: NIH moves forward with physIQ's COVID digital biomarkers; Tyto Care adds pulse oximeter.