Emerging Tech
NIH, FDA and VA 3D-Printing Collaboration Turns to Ventilator Parts
So far, about a dozen designs for personal protective gear have gotten the OK for clinical use.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Wearable, Lightweight Laser Detectors For the Troops
The challenge will be getting a sensitive enough sensor into a small enough package
Digital Government
Use of VA’s Telehealth, Virtual Mental Health Services Skyrocket
VA is adapting new ways to treat patients during the pandemic.
Digital Government
The Air Force and Navy Are Testing A Biometric App to Stay Fit Amid Social Distancing
The app is helping the services monitor the health of sailors and airmen stuck at home.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Supercomputers Puzzle Out How to Safely Airlift COVID-19 Patients
The Defense Department turned its supercomputing resources toward solving problems presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Digital Government
Congress Hears Options—And Concerns—for Using Smartphone Data to Fight COVID-19
Other countries have been using various forms of location and proximity tracing to slow the spread of the disease, with widely varying levels of privacy protections.
Emerging Tech
The Army Wants Your Ventilator Ideas
A new contest seeks new designs to meet a growing need.
Digital Government
140 Million Tweets Capture COVID-19's Spread
And it’s publicly available as a resource for the global research community.
Emerging Tech
Wi-Fi Peeks into Buildings to Check Social Distancing
Mapping the Wi-Fi strength of mobile devices can reveal how people move and gather.
Digital Government
GSA Creates Buying Guide for COVID-19 Screenings at Federal Buildings
As the government’s buyer and landlord, the General Services Administration created a central contract vehicle for screening services to prevent infected people from entering federal buildings.
Modernization
VA Delays Major IT Programs to Focus on COVID-19
The initial rollout of the new electronic health records system will be pushed out—again—as well as pilots for the new scheduling system. A third, integral effort remains on track.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Seeks Innovative Commercial Tech to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
The Air Force solicitation outlines seven mission areas it’s looking to support, including citizen welfare.
Artificial Intelligence
White House Expands Coronavirus-Focused Supercomputing Consortium
Officials are putting high-performance computing resources to work across the country to help combat COVID-19.
Emerging Tech
'Smart Toilet' Checks You for Diseases Like Cancer
Gadgets inside the toilet bowl can detect a range of disease markers in stool and urine.
Modernization
Mid-Pandemic, CDC Looks to Upgrade Its Biosurveillance Database
The system collects data from hospitals, local public health departments, pharmacies and more to give researchers and officials a view of how diseases spread across the country.
Digital Government
Justice, HHS Redistribute More than 500,000 Pieces of Protective Gear Seized from Hoarder
Emergency medical supplies peddled by price gougers were redistributed to front line medical personnel in New York and New Jersey.
Emerging Tech
Team Builds Ventilators from $300 Worth of Parts
Faculty and students at Rice University gathered to see how quickly they could develop a more robust prototype built primarily of 3D-printed and laser-cut parts.
Ideas
Antibody Tests: To Get a Grip on Coronavirus, We Need to Know Who's Already Had It
Antibody tests will also help guide vaccine development.
Emerging Tech
FDA, NIH, VA Partner to Accelerate 3D-Printed Protective Gear for COVID-19 Response
The pandemic-driven outcomes could demonstrate what strategic interagency efforts around emerging technology can catalyze in rapid timeframes.
Modernization
FCC’s Telehealth Plans Reach Beyond COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Provision
The moment has spurred the agency to also finalize a longer-term pilot project for connected care.
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