Tag Archives: COVID19
COVID-19 Testing Drops, Still Essential, Experts Say
March 5, 2021 — A recent decrease in the number of Americans seeking testing for COVID-19 has experts on alert. Accurate and timely testing remains critical for treating and isolating individuals with COVID-19 infection, they stress. Widespread testing also allows for tracking the spread of the virus and any variants of concern as they arise.… Read More »
UK COVID-19 vaccine data available to request through HDR Innovation Gateway
As of 1 March, researchers can request access to two COVID-19 vaccine datasets through the HDR Innovation Gateway, set up by the national institute for health data science, HDR UK. The datasets available are the England COVID-19 Immunisation dataset and the Welsh COVID-19 Vaccination dataset. England’s COVID Immunisation dataset is now available through the Office for National… Read More »
Merck will help rival Johnson & Johnson produce COVID-19 vaccine, possibly doubling supply
The supply of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is set for a big boost, as its fierce competitor, Merck & Co., has agreed to help produce the shots. Under the deal, to be announced later Tuesday by President Biden, one Merck facility in the United States will manufacture the vaccine, while a second facility… Read More »
Google-boosted data platform Global.health enables new COVID-19 modeling
Some of the leading academic health research organizations in the world have built a new online data platform to offer researchers an array of new data tools to help study the COVID-19 pandemic – and hopefully prevent the next one. WHY IT MATTERSGlobal.health is billed as a “first of its kind” new data science initiative… Read More »