What You Should Know:
- Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies have expanded their partnership to map the human immune response to COVID-19 and advance our understanding of the disease.
- Data from this study will be made available through an open-access portal to help researchers, public health organizations and industry improve diagnostics, help triage patients based on the immune response to the disease, and inform vaccine discovery for COVID-19.
- Other industry leaders including
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New Website Helps People Find Nearby COVID-19 Testing Centers Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- Chicago-based technology company Evive launched the Evive.Care website, which is helping people find COVID-19 (Coronavirus) testing centers near them.
- The Evive.Care search tool allows people to enter their state and county and then displays a list of nearby COVID-19 testing centers.
- There are currently 240+ testing centers on the website across approximately 200 counties in the U.S.—those numbers are constantly evolving.
Evive, a Chicago,
IL-based
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Scanwell Health Launches Clinical-Grade Rapid At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits
What You Should Know:
- Scanwell Health announced the first clinical-grade rapid at-home test for COVID-19.
- Scanwell secures exclusive rights to license China FDA-cleared rapid serology test from INNOVITA; Partners with nationwide telehealth provider Lemonaid Health to distribute smartphone-enabled tests to individuals in the U.S.
- After a quick screening, eligible patients are sent a kit via next-business-day delivery. Patients take the test at home and
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AWS Launches $20M Initiative to Accelerate COVID-19 Diagnostics, Research, and Testing
What You Should Know:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced its commitment of $20 million and the launch of the Diagnostic Development Initiative to support customers who are working to bring better, more accurate, diagnostics solutions to market faster and promote better collaboration across organizations.
- With the assistance of AWS, customers can accelerate diagnostic research, innovation, and development to speed our collective understanding and detection of COVID-19 and other
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Sharecare Launches Comprehensive, Medically Verified COVID-19 Information Hub
What You Should Know:
- Sharecare announced the availability of a central COVID-19 information hub featuring the latest developments, guidance, and resources in response to the pandemic.
- The Sharecare COVID-19 information hub was created to provide people with easy access to the latest content and tools for COVID-19 preparedness, awareness, and prevention including interactive maps and data; articles, videos, and infographics detailing the latest news – in addition to direct links to
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At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits Will Be Available to U.S. Consumers for $139 on March 23rd
What You Should Know:
- Everlywell announces that an at-home collection kit with telehealth diagnosis for COVID-19 will be available to consumers starting Monday, March 23 for $139.
- The initial offering of 30,000 collection kits will significantly impact total coronavirus testing capacity in the United States; free telehealth consults are included for those with positive results.
- By working with multiple labs to scale infrastructure, the company plans to have testing and diagnosis
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COVID-19: Glooko Offers Free Remote Care to Medical Clinics and People with Diabetes
What You Should Know:
- Glooko today announced that during the COVID-19 pandemic they are taking action to serve the global diabetes community by providing a no-charge remote care solution that provides live patient-to-clinician connectivity.
- To minimize the risk to people with diabetes during this time by broadening access to a remote medical appointment with healthcare providers, Glooko is offering its secure, privacy-protected remote care solution at no charge to medical clinics and
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Stanford Alumni Scientists, Physicians Launch StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force
What You Should Know:
- More than 1500 Stanford faculty and alumni announced the launch of StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force featuring 70+ StartX Med Innovators with medical breakthroughs for the prevention, diagnostics, and treatment of coronavirus mobilize efforts to fast-track public health needs during the pandemic.
- The StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force will collaborate on outreach to government agencies, regulatory bodies and healthcare systems in the interest of public health for
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Blue Shield of CA Offers COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Assistant
What You Should Know:
- Blue Shield of California offers COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Assistant (COVID-19 SERA) to help handle anticipated surge of COVID-19 patients.
- The COVID-19 SERA is developed by GYANT can be customized for each health system's emergency response plan, and it is updated in real-time with latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO).
Blue Shield of California is offering a new digital tool
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New App Prevents Exposure to Coronavirus in Medical Waiting Rooms
What You Need to Know:
- A new app called DocClocker has unveiled a way for patients to prevent exposure to potential coronavirus carriers in medical waiting rooms.
- With the DocClocker app, which was created and funded entirely by practicing medical physicians, patients can receive real-time wait times; preventing the spread of the highly contagious virus by limiting the exposure of sick patients in waiting rooms.
DocClocker®, a pioneering app that enables patients for the
first
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