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Vara raises $7 million for AI tool that spots early signs of breast cancer

Vara (formerly Merantix Healthcare), a startup developing an AI system that screens for breast cancer, today announced that it raised $7 million. The...

Latin America carries rising burden of global COVID-19 cases

The head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said that about 250,000 of the world's 732,000 COVID-19 cases reported last week were...

Just 6 years after Ebola killed more than 11,000 people, West African nations are bracing for a coronavirus spike

Experts fear that a spike in coronavirus cases in West African nations will be devastating for the region. People in countries such as Sierra...

Verizon launches 5G network to enhance virtual health

The city of San Diego announced it will be expanding Verizon's 5G network in certain areas to help healthcare providers increase the speed and efficiency...

The coronavirus challenge: Here’s why OurCrowd is launching a $100 million Pandemic Innovation Fund

The new fund will target solutions for COVID-19 and future pandemics, remote working/learning, and social distancing Today, OurCrowd announces the launch of its Pandemic...

COVID-19 outbreaks surge in Central, South America

Countries in Central and South America are the most intense COVID-19 transmission zones, driven by complex factors such as crowded urban settings, and...

Terrorism Financing Continues Unabated During the Covid 19 Pandemic

Republished with permission from the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Researchby Amparo Pamela Fabe* 20 May 2020 While the COVID-19 situation unfolded, globally resulting...

Care-automation company Bright.md raises $16.7 million

Bright.md's SmartExam platform uses AI to remotely diagnose 500 conditions in just two minutes Virtual care is all the rage right now, for obvious...

Future of virtual care conference May 20 podcast

Takeaways: From clinic-to-home innovations; higher bar for in-office visits; unbundling of care This week we kickstarted the discussion around the Future of Virtual...

Coronavirus, Data Privacy & the New Online Social Contract

How governments can protect personal privacy in contact tracing while saving peoples' livesWhen Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote The Social Contract in 1762, he argued...

Hospitals are stuck waiting for supplies of a promising coronavirus treatment to arrive, days after health authorities OK’d its emergency use

A promising coronavirus treatment called remdesivir was approved last week for emergency use in the US.Now, some hospitals are having a hard time...

WHO warns of new lockdowns if transition not managed carefully

ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned of the risks of returning to lockdown if countries...

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