The new data will be available in the university's COVIDcast map, and on Facebook's Data for Good.
Also: Mercom's Q1 2020 digital health funding report; Fitbit, Scripps, Stanford collaborate on COVID-19 detection research.
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The new maps will be able to look at co-location, movement and social interaction data.
Facebook also plans to hold a virtual hackathon focused on COVID19.
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the US, healthcare providers and industry experts take to Twitter to dispel myths.
The social media giant is also planning on giving researchers aggregated and anonymized mobility data.
The false ads are instilling apprehension among at-risk individuals who would benefit from the HIV prevention treatment, 50-plus signatories write.
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