COVID-19
Amid COVID-19, a new 1,000-person survey suggests high demand for remote health services.
The app alerts users if they have come in close contact with the virus.
Governments are finding technology-based tracking is helping in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, but when does it cross the line into problematic surveillance?
The two tech giants' unprecedented partnership looks to engage as many users in disease-tracing and prevention efforts as possible while tearing down the data silos of their respective smartphone platforms.
The in-development system foregoes GPS tracking and other identifying data collection methods in its effort to automate labor-intensive COVID-19 contact tracing.
A telehealth VP describes the concerns and trends her team is hearing from an influx of worried patients.
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Also, tech-enabled home care provider Cera has concluded research into the performance of AI in comparison to human clinicians.
The service, which is provided by Samitivej, is available free-of-charge and all-day from 8 April to 10 May 2020.
Also: FDA COVID-19 policy allows for remote use, digital modifications to ophthalmic devices; 23andMe launches genetics study to understand varying COVID-19 responses.
A team at MIT creates a program that searches for ideas to fight COVID-19 via hackathons and virtual events.