Background: Older adults were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a high number of deaths occurring in this age group. The impact of social isolation and home confinement continues to impact the mental…
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On-demand, in-home care company Sprinter Health secured $55 million in a Series B financing round led by General Catalyst.Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health and other existing investors, including the Regents of the University…
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Response to the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic required the unprecedented, rapid activation of the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) representing hundreds of sites conducting vaccine clinical trials. The CoVPN Volunteer Screening Registry (VSR) collected participant information, distributed…
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Background: Recruitment of demographically diverse samples in clinical research is often challenging and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic when traditional, in-person recruitment methods could not be implemented. Social media platforms offer an…
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Background: The adoption of protective behaviors represents a crucial measure to counter the spread of infectious diseases. The development of effective behavior change techniques therefore emerged as a public health priority during the COVID-19…
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Valuable Public Health Use Cases for AI
AI can analyze massive, varied data sets — from sources such as electronic health records, demographic data, medical sensors, health journals and even social media — much faster…
The White House has replaced a federal website that provided information about COVID-19 with a web page titled “Lab Leak: The True Origins of COVID-19” that cites the controversial theory that the virus was…
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The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring in obstetric care. This study assessed pregnant patients’ perceptions before and after using a novel non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram (NI-FECG) device. The trial is…
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Tucson Medical Center (TMC), the flagship 600-bed hospital of TMC Health in Arizona, faced a critical inflection point. Emerging from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital needed more than just recovery—it needed…
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a devastating global impact, profoundly affecting daily life, healthcare systems, and public health infrastructure. Despite the availability of treatments and vaccines, hospitalizations and deaths continue. Real-time surveillance…
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