Precision Health Innovations in the Pandemic Era
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Two recent articles, one in Nature Medicine and another in Nature Biotechnology, highlight areas of health innovation that have…
Two recent articles, one in Nature Medicine and another in Nature Biotechnology, highlight areas of health innovation that have…
By Hayley…
The NHS’ original contact tracing app fell foul of privacy concerns, and could not be made to work without Apple and Google’s…
In a pandemic, policymakers have to deal with uncertainty and rapidly evolving information. Ramathi Bandaranayake and Merl…
Peter SingerSource LinkThe international response to coronavirus has been a mixture of 2 metre distancing, 14-day quarantines…
PETER SINGER, JOANNA MASELSource LinkMELBOURNE/TUCSON – When COVID-19 first appeared, strict quarantine requirements and short…
The international response to coronavirus has been a mixture of 2 meter distancing, 14-day quarantines and month-long lockdowns.
De Santiago Calvo López (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela) Durante las últimas semanas estamos asistiendo a lo que algunos…
The latest research findings from a team of modellers and epidemiologists at Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of…
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By Lucie White. The initial hype about a digital contact tracing app that could control the COVID-19 outbreak until an…
Both good and bad contagions spread via human networks. For good contagions, like ideas, knowledge, and experience we want our…
In March and April 2020, an ecosystem of tracing apps suddenly emerged, presenting digital solutions as indispensable for…
Pooling samples means one test can screen multiple people. Tetra Images via Getty…
Screening multiple samples with a single test got more people diagnosed using fewer supplies. Researchers explained how it…
Deven…
The original Sars virus disappeared on its own, but it is unlikely that today's novel coronavirus will do the same. Virologist…
Drawing on a qualitative study consisting of five focus groups, Simon Williams, Christopher J Armitage, Tova Tampe…
[TOTM: The following is part of a blog series by TOTM guests and authors on the law, economics, and policy of the ongoing COVID-1…
In the debate on contact tracing apps used in the fight against COVID-19 (COVID-19 apps), an increasing number of experts are…
By Alan Z. RozenshteinSource LinkOver the past several weeks, Senate Republicans and Democrats have introduced competing bills…
Dr Jaijus Pallippadan-Johny1, Dr John McDermott2, Rodney Jones1 and Michael Duddin1 (1 Wigram Capital Advisors, Auckland; 2Motu…
Contact tracing with the human touch works better than the highly-touted app panaceas du jour - and without raising the same…
Over the past several weeks, Senate Republicans and Democrats have introduced competing bills to regulate how companies can…
People shop at the re-opening of the Farmer's Market in Manhattan Beach, Calif. on May 12, 2020. Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles…
In times of emergency, how much privacy should—or will—Americans give up? After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S.
Until there’s a vaccine for the new coronavirus, infectious disease professionals worldwide are turning to digital contact…
Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on May 10, 2020 by…
Tech companies are pumping out new services and products to tackle pandemic challenges.
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Written by Alberto Giubilini Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities – Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics University…
In the latest edition of the COVID-19 wrap, public health researcher Alison Barrett reports on some timely new research and…
One important idea behind 'flattening the curve' of covid-19 cases is that, if lockdowns reduce the case rate sufficiently, the…
Today the Joint Committee on Human Rights will take evidence from the Information Commissioner, academics and the CEO of NHSX…
By G. Owen Schaefer and Angela…
Nigam H. Shah and Jacob SteinhardtSource LinkSocial distancing and stay-at-home orders in the United States have slowed the…
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Welcome to Naturally Speaking’s blog series on COVID-19. This fourth episode is about the ‘exit strategy’: the lifting of…
In hindsight, those countries which persisted with expanded and rigorous testing and tracing programmes,have fared better with…
Contact tracing might be great in theory, but it doesn’t take into account the behavior of real human users, writes Dashlane…
The government’s objections to this seemingly effective measure appear more political and economic than scientificCoronavirus …
Picture a scenario where citizens willingly have their every move tracked via their smartphones; their every bank transaction…
One death in Steven Soderbergh’s terrifyingly prescient masterpiece, Contagion, stayed with me: Kate Winslet’s Dr. Erin Mears…
By Douglas…
This blog gives a primer on epidemiological models for Covid-19 (coronavirus). It describes the uses and the types of models…
People are understandably looking for good news. But the truth is, we’re nowhere near controlling coronavirusCoronavirus …
Können Smartphone-Apps helfen, Pandemien zu besiegen? inge Thu, 04/16/2020 - 00:39
Putting the privacy of these smartphone apps aside, few Americans have been tested—and there's a risk of false positives.
In an unprecedented collaborative move, Google and Apple are working together to develop a novel smartphone-based system that…
An app to track and trace infections seems to be a promising way out of the lockdowns. Tracking the contacts of infected people…
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented threat to public health and the global economy. Countries must abandon nationalist…
Nonicoclolasos, Stockholm, april…
Prof. Dr. Christian DrostenToday's Podcast had a wide range of topics, from the proposal for an exit from the curfews by the…
iStock/peterhowell In recent weeks, most of us have spent a lot of time learning about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19…
Investigación señala que las aplicaciones de rastreo móvil podrían ser la alternativa para detener la propagación definitiva…
Like governments around the world, the United States is struggling with the “coronavirus trilemma”: It wants to protect lives…
[TOTM: The following is part of a blog series by TOTM guests and authors on the law, economics, and policy of the ongoing COVID-1…
Prof. Dr. Christian DrostenThis edition of the Corona Virus Update Podcast was about how effective an App could be that…
Governments around the world are trying out new digital surveillance tools in efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19. To…
Apps tracking people's movements that help identify and isolate anyone in contact with an infected person could be critical in…
WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson and senior correspondent Adam Rogers answer reader questions about the scientific and…
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news…
This blog examines the role of contact tracing in the U.S. coronavirus response. Contact tracing is going to be a crucial piece…
Enlarge (credit: Purism) Right now, with huge numbers of infected individuals and a limited testing capacity, the US has no…
Geolocation data is gettingincreasing attentionas a way of tracking social distancing in particular. Google has just released…
[A post by Prof. Jane Bambauer (Arizona) forthcoming at Truth on the Market, which she graciously let me reblog.] I've long…
Bonjour 02/04/2020. Et, déjà la silhouette d’un Big Brother sanitaire. C’est un sondage édifiant réalisé les 26 et 27 mars…
A team of medical researchers and bioethicists at Oxford University has published results in Science that furthers …
1. “…if the US stayed completely shut down for two months, the typical US worker would work about the same number of hours this…
By Douglas…
Technology is nearly ready for use and would also tell people when they should self isolateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all…