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Tampa General Hospital in Florida has admitted three patients with COVID-19. Halfway around the world, Sheba Medical Center in Israel has seen 40. Both expect exponential increases—and both are using new AI applications to respond.  

OSF Health is leveraging AI to help patients better understand the risks of contracting COVID-19 and navigate care types based on their symptoms.

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The state of Washington is the second states to receive an approved Section 1135 Medicaid waiver from CMS to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is jumping in to help curb the spread of COVID-19 with a new Diagnostic Development Initiative to support customers working on bringing better, more accurate diagnostic solutions to market.

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has partnered with AbCellera Biologics, a biotechnology company based in Canada, to address the new coronavirus crisis by developing antibody products to treat and prevent the virus.

The first at-home test for the new coronavirus, COVID-19, may soon be available, with the company selling the test, myLAB Box, opening a pre-sale.

 

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