Victoria’s fourth COVID-19 lockdown is now underway as authorities urge people to get vaccinated to ensure this is the state’s last. The seven-day, statewide shutdown kicked in from midnight after a cluster of 26 cases of the Indian variant of the virus emerged in Whittlesea in Melbourne’s north. “The vaccine is really our only ticket… Read More »
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Health Canada ‘The problem of misinformation has been incredibly acute with the pandemic, but it’s not going away. The spread of misinformation is one of the great challenges of our time’ Author of the article: Sharon Kirkey Publishing date: May 27, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 5 minute read • 38… Read More »
Google struck a deal with national hospital chain HCA Healthcare to use its patient data to develop algorithms that could guide doctors’ medical decisions, increasing the tech giant’s foothold in the healthcare sector. HCA, which operates 181 hospitals and more than 2,000 healthcare sites in 21 states, would give Google anonymized data from patient health… Read More »
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson volunteered to be injected with the coronavirus early in the pandemic to calm public fears about the new pathogen, according to his former adviser in a scathing indictment of the government’s early handling of the pandemic. “The prime minister regarded this as just a scare story,” Johnson’s former senior adviser… Read More »