COVID-19 vaccine
Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young, pulls her music from Spotify over vaccine misinformation
Spotify’s Joe Rogan headache is about to get a lot worse. Earlier this week, musician Neil Young announced that he would pull his music from the streaming service to protest…
Truveta is making progress towards building a living medical portrait of America
Truveta wants to collect privacy-safe medical data from around the United States on a regular basis, making it available for researchers to sift and parse.
YouTube will now ban content with vaccine misinformation
YouTube expanded its medical misinformation policies today to include new guidelines that ban vaccine misinformation. The Google-owned video platform had previously banned over 1 million videos spreading dangerous COVID-19 misinformation.…
Democratic bill would suspend Section 230 protections when social networks boost anti-vax conspiracies
Two Democratic senators introduced a bill Thursday that would strip away the liability shield that social media platforms hold dear when those companies boost anti-vaccine conspiracies and other kinds of…
SmartNews’ COVID-19 vaccine alert reaches 1M users in Japan a week after launching
SmartNews announced today that its tools to help Japanese users find nearby COVID-19 vaccine bookings have reached more than one million users just a week after launching. The news discovery…
Facebook launches profile frames that help you encourage friends to get the COVID-19 vaccine
As COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more readily available to larger groups of the U.S. population, Facebook has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and…
Apple Maps updated with COVID-19 vaccination locations in the US
Google earlier this year announced an update to Google Maps to help people find COVID-19 vaccination sites nearby, and now Apple is doing the same. Apple device owners can either…
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine just got a lot easier to transport and distribute
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech now has less stringent and extreme transportation requirements than when it debuted. Originally, the mRNA-based vaccine had to be maintained at ultra-low…
Notable Health seeks to improve COVID-19 vaccine administration through intelligent automation
Efficient and cost-effective vaccine distribution remains one of the biggest challenges of 2021, so it’s no surprise that startup Notable Health wants to use their automation platform to help. Initially…
Grab announces program to help increase COVID-19 vaccinations in Southeast Asia
Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing and on-demand delivery giant, announced a program to increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations today. Its goal is to have all of its employees, as well…
