Canaries in the Coal Mine: Misinformation and Black Communities - June 2020

Worldwide Covid-19 Cases Top 10 Million: Florida has more new confirmed cases than Europe

4 lessons the coronavirus “swab robot” can teach about innovation: Researchers in Denmark have developed a "swab robot" in the space of only four weeks, which could transform the fight against COVID-19.

The robot collects samples for lab analysis and allows for safe, efficient mass testing for coronavirus. Hospitals will start using it in late June.

Building diverse teams and investing in research infrastructure during ordinary times proved crucial when the pandemic hit, as it enabled researchers to innovate fast in an unprecedented global crisis.

Covid19: The economics of a pandemic

Google and Apple's contact-tracing app diktat is a troubling display of power: Although it's a positive that Google and Apple have people's privacy in mind with these limitations, their decision raises alarming questions about how unaccountable Silicon Valley firms have power over public health decisions.

A second COVID-19 wave could be avoided if social distancing and the use of face masks are maintained: study: Individual behavior will have a significant effect on preventing a large second wave of COVID-19 infections. In fact, maintaining social distancing and other interventions such as the use of face masks and hand hygiene could remove the need for future lockdowns

INTAKE: dados de mobilidade ao serviço da melhoria dos modelos epidemiológicos: Geramos dados a um ritmo alucinante e automático, e o simples facto de sermos inseparáveis do nosso telemóvel traduz-se em informação que, em contexto de pandemia, pode ser fulcral na previsão do risco de contágio. Numa altura em que travamos uma autêntica guerra contra um inimigo invisível, temos na manga esta arma secreta que pode ser tão diferenciadora na estratégia de combate. Tendo todo este potencial bem presente, a equipa do projeto INTAKE – INtegrating mobility daTa into spAtial risK modEls pretende através da integração dos dados de mobilidade individual fornecidos por uma operadora de telecomunicações ajudar a melhorar modelos epidemiológicos que já existem e que permitem prever o risco de contágio em cada região do país.