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A new study has confirmed vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 cases.

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A new wave of COVID-19 cases has the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, MD, “scared,” she said during a March 29 White House briefing. 

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Last week a literature review showed none of 62 high-quality medical AI models ready for translation from academic research to clinical practice. Now comes a similar but separate study confirming the depth of the dashed hopes.

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Noting that multiple sclerosis now affects more people between 50 and 60 than any other age group, researchers have shown how machine-learning gait analysis can help personalize therapy regimens.

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Academic researchers in the U.K. have completed a systematic review of 62 representative studies on the use of AI for COVID-19 diagnostics and prognostics on X-rays and CT scans. Their findings may strike some as a setback.  

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Of five emerging technologies used by nurses to help control infectious diseases, the Internet of Things is the most promising, researchers have concluded. 

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The approval, made as part of a special FDA pilot program, took just 50 days.