Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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Resisting the COVID-19

Apr 1, 2020

Sanbot is helping people to resist the COVID-19 as a assistant. They helps the medical workers to observe the patients by non-contact. And make them in good sprite when tell jokes.

Sanbot, humanoid robots, Sanbot Innovation Technology., Ltd, Shenzhen, China

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Pneumask: reusable full-face snorkel mask PPE project

Apr 1, 2020

PPE is one of the most important protective layers for healthcare workers around the world in a crisis like COVID-19. Many hospitals have already run out of N95 masks and other PPE, including face masks, face shields and elastomeric respirators. Doctors are trying to reuse and ration masks. The industrial supply chain is unable to scale up to meet current demands. In the US and globally, there is an urgent need for fast stopgap solutions to meet the current demands for PPE. One place to focus is to integrate a face shield and N95 mask together into a single unit which makes for a faster gowning and degowning - while also possibly making a reusable, autoclavable shield.

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Product Demo | Babylon's COVID-19 Care Assistant

Apr 2, 2020

If you’re finding it hard to access information for coronavirus, or are self-isolating, we’re here to help. Meet our COVID-19 Care Assistant. It makes taking care of yourself and your loved ones easier.

Designed for coronavirus care: Our COVID-19 Care Assistant offers information from doctors and clinicians. The COVID-19 Care Assistant is available for anyone on an existing Babylon plan.* You can access it through the Babylon app or on our website.

Here's how COVID-19 Care Assistant can help:

Get the latest information
Find continually-updated information on coronavirus, like how to self-isolate and tips to take care of the elderly. Our information comes from the World Health Organization and NHS doctors.

Symptom checker and live chat
Babylon offers a symptom checker that has the ability to recognise what might be COVID-19 symptoms and suggest possible next steps. You can access the symptom checker via the app or web and use the live chat feature to ask questions and receive answers from a member of our team.

A Care Plan made for you
After you’ve received information about your symptoms, our COVID-19 Care Assistant will give you a Care Plan, based on the latest guidance. Get daily notifications to track your symptoms, reminders to measure your vital signs, information for the 14-day isolation and general tips for your physical and mental wellbeing.

Speak to a healthcare expert
Our COVID-19 Care Assistant allows you to have a video consultation with a clinician via your smartphone or web, possibly saving you a trip to the hospital. After you enter your symptoms into our Symptom Checker, it will indicate possible next steps.

If you believe you need to speak to a healthcare professional, you can book a video consultation. You can do all of this within the app or on web.

Download the Babylon app to get started and check your symptoms.

*Our Symptom Checker is free to all users. Our full COVID-19 Care Assistant tool is only available to our paid subscribers, Babylon GP at Hand, and selected partners.

Babylon Healthcare Services Limited, mobile health service, London, United Kingdom

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Autonomous shuttles help transport COVID-19 tests at Mayo Clinic in Florida

Apr 2, 2020

For the first time in the U.S., autonomous vehicles are being used to transport medical supplies and COVID-19 tests at Mayo Clinic in Florida.

At a time when health care resources and staff are stretched thin, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) has partnered with Beep and NAVYA to use autonomous vehicles to safely transport COVID-19 tests collected at a drive-thru testing location at Mayo Clinic in Florida.

"This development is a historic moment for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority," says Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr., CEO of Jacksonville Transportation Authority. "Along with our partners, Beep, NAVYA and Mayo Clinic, we are leveraging our learnings from three years of testing autonomous vehicles through our Ultimate Urban Circulator program. Our innovative team saw this as an opportunity to use technology to respond to this crisis in Northeast Florida and increase the safety of COVID-19 testing."

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COVID-19 expert explains what soap does to SARS-CoV-2 virus

Apr 2, 2020

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Remote Coronavirus screening by mediscreen.ai

Apr 2, 2020

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What you need to know about spring allergies and COVID-19

Apr 2, 2020

In many parts of the U.S., spring is in full bloom. And with the arrival of spring comes an increase in seasonal allergies and now questions about increased risk related to COVID-19.

"Currently, there is no data to substantiate those patients with allergies and asthma are at an increased risk for COVID-19. And there's nothing in the literature to suggest that COVID-19 affects these people differently," says Dr. Arveen Bhasin, a Mayo Clinic allergy and immunology specialist.

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Article "Using AI responsibly to fight the coronavirus pandemic"

by Mark Minevich, Irakli Beridze
April 3, 2020

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Article "Q&A: Markus Buehler on setting coronavirus and AI-inspired proteins to music"
Translated into sound, SARS-CoV-2 tricks our ear in the same way the virus tricks our cells.

by Kim Martineau
April 2, 2020

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Debunking 10 Coronavirus myths ft. Dr. Seema Yasmin

Apr 3, 2020

Epidemic expert Dr. Seema Yasmin helps debunk some common medical myths surrounding Covid-19. Will drinking water flush the virus out? Can you take ibuprofen? Will garlic prevent infection? Can you hold your breath to test if you have coronavirus?