A machine learning algorithm could help public health officials identify COVID-19-related conspiracy theories on social media, potentially reducing the spread of misinformation online, a study...
The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) has launched its COVID-19 Index, a predictive analytics tool that will help leaders prepare for future surges of coronavirus.
The COVID-19 Index will enable...
Analyzing the genomic data of thousands of COVID-19 samples showed that surges in cases are driven by the appearance of new variants, according to a study published in Scientific...
Black individuals in rural parts of the US have experienced higher chronic disease death rates than whites in the last 20 years, reflecting significant racial disparities and gaps in care.
In a...
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders have developed and deployed health data collection technologies to track virus exposure, monitor outbreaks, and aggregate hospital data.
As...
Brigham Young University’s (BYU) Center for Family History and Genealogy and the University of Washington have partnered to prevent hereditary cancer using genetic data.
The Connect My Variant...
Real-world data collected at a large medical center showed that vaccinating healthcare workers reduced the number of required isolations and quarantines by more than 90 percent.
Recently published in...
Smartphone-based mobility data used to respond to COVID-19 can leave out older and minority voters, which could lead jurisdictions to under-allocate important health resources to underserved...
The FDA has launched the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), a public data dashboard showing human adverse event reports for drugs and therapeutic products used under emergency use...
Genomic data has emerged as a comprehensive resource that can help researchers and providers better understand the underlying mechanisms of disease, leading to improved population health.
During the...
Using machine learning, researchers found that people’s biases about COVID-19 and its treatments are exacerbated when they read tweets from other users, a study published in JMIR showed.
The...
Machine learning tools analyzed hundreds of proteins and identified blood biomarkers that could speed the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study published in PLOS One.
ASD...
A data analytics model could help researchers evaluate the false-negative rate of COVID-19 tests by comparing the sensitivity of different viral DNA test kits, according to a study published in...
A team from Johns Hopkins has created a data dashboard that shows how states are prioritizing people with disabilities in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
The tool can also help people with disabilities...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and PathCheck Foundation have developed an interactive, real-time data dashboard to track the quantity of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the US and...
Since the pandemic began, experts have looked to daily counts of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in an effort to contain the virus. Now, a machine learning algorithm has revealed that...
Google Cloud has announced the Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution, a set of data analytics technologies to help regional and local governments ensure vaccine availability and deliver successful...
Using data analytics, a team of researchers simulated a representation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the town of New Rochelle, New York – and found that it may not be effective to prioritize...
A new early warning system can fill in gaps in infectious disease surveillance and forecast the spread of influenza using predictive analytics, according to a study published in Nature...
Change Healthcare and Carnegie Mellon University’s Delphi Research Group have enhanced Delphi’s COVIDcast real-time data stream with COVID-19 claims information.
Since April, Delphi has...
