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COVID-19 Symptom Research App Recruiting Millions of Americans

As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic grips the US, a new free app is helping to track the onset and progression of symptoms of millions across the nation. The app will help identify those at risk sooner, and help slow the outbreak of the disease. Information about those who remain symptom-free will also support better understanding of COVID-19.

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Experimental AI Tool Predicts which COVID-19 Patients Develop Respiratory Disease

An artificial intelligence tool accurately predicted which patients newly infected with the COVID-19 virus would go on to develop severe respiratory disease, a new study found. The work was led by NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, in partnership with Wenzhou Central Hospital and Cangnan People's Hospital, both in Wenzhou, China.

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Coronavirus Massive Simulations Completed on Frontera Supercomputer

Scientists are preparing a massive computer model of the coronavirus that they expect will give insight into how it infects in the body. They've taken the first steps, testing the first parts of the model and optimizing code on the Frontera supercomputer at the University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). The knowledge gained from the full model can help researchers design new drugs and vaccines to combat the coronavirus.

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Concerns over 'Exaggerated' Study Claims of AI Outperforming Doctors

Many studies claiming that artificial intelligence is as good as (or better than) human experts at interpreting medical images are of poor quality and are arguably exaggerated, posing a risk for the safety of 'millions of patients' warn researchers in The BMJ.

Their findings raise concerns about the quality of evidence underpinning many of these studies, and highlight the need to improve their design and reporting standards.

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COVID-19 should be Wake-Up Call for Robotics Research

Robots could perform some of the "dull, dirty and dangerous" jobs associated with combating the COVID-19 pandemic, but that would require many new capabilities not currently being funded or developed, an editorial in the journal Science Robotics argues.

The editorial, published today and signed by leading academic researchers including Carnegie Mellon University's Howie Choset, said robots conceivably could perform

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Buddy Healthcare Launches COVID-19 Remote Care Solution to Support Hospitals

Buddy Healthcare wants to help hospitals and healthcare professionals in the battle against the COVID-19. BuddyCare virtual care platform can be used for not only symptom tracking, remote monitoring and data collection purposes but also in digitizing secure communication between the individuals/patients and healthcare professionals.

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Philips Ramps Up Production of Critical Health Technology Products in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced that it is increasing the production of certain critical care products and solutions to help diagnose and treat patients with the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

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Siilo Gives Free Access to Crisis Management Functionality

Siilo, Europe's largest messaging network for health and care professionals, is offering health and care professionals free access to its organisational crisis management functionality in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Portable AI Device Turns Coughing Sounds into Health Data for Flu and Pandemic Forecasting

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning - called FluSense - which can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, then analyze the data to directly monitor flu-like illnesses and influenza trends.

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12 Open Topic Professorships for Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering

Within the framework of the Hightech Agenda Bavaria, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) invites applications for up to 12 Open Topic Professorships for Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering at the new Department of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering.

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