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The latest on how tech giants and startups are trying to disrupt the delivery of health care and the development of drugs.

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Will employers still shell out for health tech benefits in an unemployment crisis? The industry is about to find out

By Rebecca Robbins

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The fight over facial recognition technology gets fiercer during the Covid-19 pandemic

By Rebecca Robbins

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Facebook’s Covid-19 misinformation campaign is based on research. The authors worry Facebook missed the message

By Erin Brodwin

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds Bay Area effort to track coronavirus as the economy reopens

By Erin Brodwin

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In fading steel towns, chronically ill patients hope video visits stay after the pandemic goes

By Casey Ross

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A gulf emerges in health tech: While some companies surge, others lay off their workers

By Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin

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Hospitals are using AI to predict the decline of Covid-19 patients — before knowing it works

By Casey Ross

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Major health-record company drops opposition to federal data-sharing rule

By Casey Ross

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‘It’s noisy’: Competing Covid-19 efforts could hamper progress, experts warn

By Erin Brodwin and Rebecca Robbins

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Awaiting an FDA decision, Akili rolls out its video game for kids with ADHD under relaxed rules

By Rebecca Robbins

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How a coronavirus symptom checker came to steer patients to care from Texas to Estonia

By Casey Ross

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Pandemic will delay blockbuster trial of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes

By Rebecca Robbins

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5 burning questions about tech efforts to track Covid-19 cases

By Casey Ross

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With Covid-19 delaying routine care, chronic disease startups brace for a slew of complications

By Erin Brodwin

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Coronavirus pandemic sets up potential breakout moment for virtual mental health care

By Rebecca Robbins

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Startups spar with FDA over what constitutes a home coronavirus test

By Erin Brodwin

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International trial uses AI to rapidly identify optimal Covid-19 treatments

By Casey Ross

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Video Chat: How the coronavirus pandemic is testing health tech

By Rebecca Robbins, Casey Ross, and Erin Brodwin

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With the pandemic sidelining routine care, a trade group urges the government to pay for digital therapeutics

By Erin Brodwin and Rebecca Robbins

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‘Smart toilet’ could monitor for signs of illness in urine and stool, study finds

By Shafaq Zia

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A rare investment mechanism is helping to fund some health tech companies’ coronavirus projects 

By Kate Sheridan

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After 9/11, we gave up privacy for security. Will we make the same trade-off after Covid-19?

By Casey Ross

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Coronavirus-related layoffs hit health tech startups

By Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin

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The Covid-19 pandemic forces a new way of thinking for Quil, Comcast’s health tech startup

By Erin Brodwin

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Discovery of racial bias in health care AI wins STAT Madness ‘Editors’ Pick’

By Sharon Begley

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Digital health startups scored a critical cash infusion at the start of this year

By Erin Brodwin

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Covid-19 spreads too fast for traditional contact tracing. New digital tools could help

By Sharon Begley

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Tech companies are stepping up in the coronavirus pandemic response. Here’s how they’re dedicating resources

By Erin Brodwin

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‘Human experts will make the call’: Stanford launches an accelerated test of AI to help care for Covid-19 patients

By Rebecca Robbins

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