COVID-19
The new MIT COVID-19 Challenge: Beat the Pandemic is a series of hackathons and digital events focused on coming up with ways to address the virus.
Also: FDA clears Nuvo Group's fetal and maternal heart monitor for pregnant women; Innovaccer, Sanitas USA launch virtual COVID-19 care app.
The anonymized, aggregated GPS data is collected from mobile devices that have opted into location-tracking services.
The new maps will be able to look at co-location, movement and social interaction data.
The test was designed to identify specific antibodies in order to detect if a patient has had coronavirus in the past.
Health
Innovators are eager to help but struggle to make the right connections.
Cassia's gateways allow up to 40 Bluetooth Low Energy devices to be paired and connected simultaneously while providing the long-range connectivity needed to cover multiple rooms in the SPHCC.
Bodysphere's announcement was spread across a number of mainstream news and social media channels before the company released a statement that explained its misunderstanding.
Also Cue Health scores $13 million from the department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development authority in order to fund its portable COVID-19 diagnostic test.
The proposal would fully fund telehealth services and devices for eligible healthcare providers, although some aren't pleased with its exclusion of for-profit hospitals.