Scientists are using AI to speed up drug repurposing, expanding the treatment possibilities for people with rare diseases and few options
Joseph Coates, left, owes his life to an A.I. model developed by Dr. David Fajgenbaum and the rest of his team.Hannah Yoon for The New York Times Bluesky: @rjcc , @karissabe , @nochoicebutaction , and...
Experts say AI-based apps like qXR, which help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis early, could make an enormous impact on the control of the disease in India
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Experts say AI-based apps like qXR, which help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis early, could make an enormous impact on the control of the disease in India
In rural India and other places where tuberculosis is rampant, A.I. that scans lung X-rays might eliminate the scourge. Tweets: @erictopol , @rinachandran , @nythealth , @nythealth , @juneymb , and @p...
Report: US has spent $36B digitizing health records, which has risked patient safety with thousands of reports of deaths and injuries tied to software glitches
The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer, and cheaper. Tweets: @erictopol , @ldrogen , @seemacms , @laware75 , @ros...
Predictim, a service using AI to generate character scores for babysitters based on years of online activity, provides questionable recommendations to parents
When Jessie Battaglia started looking for a new babysitter for her 1-year-old son, she wanted more information … Tweets: @zeynep , @justinhendrix , @katecrawford , @ai , @carnage4life , @etbrooking , ...
A look at how Estonia is building a digital society, with projects such as e-Estonia that move bureaucratic processes online for its 1.3M citizens
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How a startup called Augmedix, which has raised over $36M, is enabling hundreds of doctors in the US to use Google Glass for remote medical scribing
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post : Tweets: @erictopol , @tom_weaver , @geofutures and @cpmcinsf Tweets: Eric Topol / @erictopol : Redux of @Google glass, “low cost scribes” A1 @Washingtonpost http...