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At the peak of the pandemic, essential workers faced rampant tech-based surveillance, from overhead infrared thermometers to wearables that tracked their proximity to one another.

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Misinformation issue: FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinfo fight

Tue, 2023-02-21 11:34 — mike kraft

FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinfo fight WASHINGTON (AP) — The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It’s an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed most its communications toward doctors and corporations. AP NEWS

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U.S. government to provide $24M more to help schools, libraries provide pandemic-related remote learning

Thu, 2023-02-16 11:27 — mike kraft

$24M committed to helping schools, libraries provide remote learning during pandemic - UPI.com The Federal Communications Commission is committing more than $24 million in funding to help provide students in multiple states with digital services, the agency announced Monday. UPI

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Misinformation issue: Google counter campaign, Sudan study, distortions of Fauci vaccine paper

Mon, 2023-02-13 17:50 — mike kraft

Google to expand misinformation 'prebunking' in Europe WASHINGTON (AP) — After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. AP NEWS

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An influential U.S. COVID tracker center plans to close down as pandemic ebbs

Mon, 2023-02-13 08:27 — mike kraft

As the pandemic ebbs, an influential COVID tracker shuts down After three years, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center is ceasing operations. Its data dashboards and maps became go-to sources for information from the early days of the pandemic. NPR

In another sign of the changing state of the pandemic, an invaluable source of information about the virus over the last three years is shutting down, NPR has learned.

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Analysis: Setting the record straight: There is no ‘Covid heart’

Wed, 2023-01-25 10:27 — mike kraft

Setting the record straight: There is no 'Covid heart' In a world where success is measured by clicks, the idea that even mild cases of Covid-19 could pose a new and unprecedented threat to the heart took off, even though it was largely unsubstantiated. Patrick Skerrett STAT

After a year of frightening headlines, widespread concern, and countless retweets that the virus that causes Covid-19 may attack the heart more aggressively than any other viral illness, the verdict is in: It doesn’t.

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