NASA will use Fitbits to help prevent spread of COVID-19 to astronauts and employees
NASA will provide 1,000 of its employees, including 150 astronauts, with Fitbit devices in a pilot program designed to see if they can help...
Contact-tracing app averted around 600,000 COVID infections, says study
It's been over four months since the NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app launched across the UK, and since then the health services have been short of...
Facebook says it will remove more COVID-19 conspiracies that discourage vaccination
Vaccine misinformation has been around since well before the pandemic, but ensuring that anti-scientific conspiracies don’t get boosted online is more crucial than ever...
Facebook will tell people where they can get vaccinated
Facebook this week will begin showing its U.S. users information about where and when they can get Covid-19 vaccines, the company announced on Monday.
As...
How India’s Serum Institute became a COVID-19 vaccine powerhouse
With the world’s attention on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, you’ve probably heard about big pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.
But the Serum...
Grab announces program to help increase COVID-19 vaccinations in Southeast Asia
Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing and on-demand delivery giant, announced a program to increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations today. Its goal is to have...
Update on the community vaccination site in Redmond
Editor’s note: Today, Kurt DelBene, executive vice president at Microsoft, shared the below update with Puget Sound employees on our previously-announced initiative to stand...
Community Health Network prescribes AI to combat COVID-19
AI is about to play a much larger role in identifying individuals who are at risk for contracting COVID-19 in Indiana. Community Health Network...
What investors need to know about research and inspiration in the COVID-19 era
Nili Metuki Contributor Nili Metuki is Senior Director of Research at InVision, a platform for inclusive collaboration within...
Telemedicine and chatbots are using data to transform health care
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: AI and the future of health care
Among the many transformations accelerated...
