NYC’s early warning system for infectious diseases
A network of smart thermometers will allow public health officials to analyze data on individual neighborhoods so they can craft policies to control outbreaks of flu or COVID-19.
Pooling society’s collective intelligence helped fight COVID – it must help fight future crises too
The COVID pandemic has brought home the importance of gathering and analyzing society’s collective intelligence and finding new ways to share that combined knowledge as quickly as possible.
Tracking state vaccine passport initiatives
MIT’s Pandemic Technology Project is tracking each state’s stance on vaccine passports, noting whether the technology is in active use, under consideration or banned -- and linking to relevant legislation and sources.
Washington’s COVID exposure notification app averted cases, saved lives
Washington state’s Bluetooth-powered WA Notify app likely prevented about 6,000 cases and may have saved over 100 lives.
Web app visualizes intersection of COVID, government policies and mobility
Researchers at the University of Miami have developed an interactive web application that illustrates how pandemic-related policies affected the movement of people.
A solid cloud foundation proves crucial at crunch time
When the pandemic hit, agencies’ previous investments in cloud and DevSecOps help them scale websites, manage increased workloads and support telework and application development.
Labor Department IG: Legacy tech hindered states' delivery of unemployment benefits during pandemic
States with modernized systems were able to stand up new programs faster than states that relied on legacy technology, according to a new report from the Labor Department's internal watchdog.
How to use statistics to prepare for the next pandemic
Data-driven planning based upon cultural and demographic factors can help predict how outbreaks could progress and which people may be most vulnerable.
Louisiana adds vaccine status to digital driver’s license app
Residents of Louisiana can now have an electronic version of their COVID-19 vaccination records added to their LA Wallet, the state’s digital drivers’ license mobile application.
Human-AI teaming for DC-based emergency response
Members of Montgomery County, Md.’s Community Emergency Response Team are training an artificial intelligence-based system to find COVID-related items in Twitter posts that public safety officials should know about.
Tweet analysis uncovers how COVID conspiracy theories evolved
Building a machine learning model to filter analyze 120 million tweets gave researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory clues about how to combat online misinformation.
As vaccine passports emerge, administration takes advisory role
The White House plans to create privacy, security and access guidelines for vaccine passports as companies are already rolling out applications.
Vaccination passport apps could help society reopen – first they have to be secure, private and trusted
Any passport application’s back end and front end need to be fully open source and penetration-tested by security experts to build public trust.
For states’ COVID contact tracing apps, privacy tops utility
Exposure notification apps can help slow the virus’ spread, but health department officials say limited data the apps collect is the tradeoff required to assuage privacy concerns.
Sewage-testing robots process wastewater faster to predict COVID-19 outbreaks sooner
Using a robot to automate the sewage concentration in samples collected from community wastewater surveillance programs dramatically reduces the time it takes to get results.
States, cities get $325B in direct aid from COVID-19 package
Under the final bill, states and localities would have to use the funds to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and economic downturn through measures such as assisting small businesses, boosting essential worker pay, funding government services affected by a revenue shortfall or making infrastructure investments.
Dashboards to guide the next stage of the pandemic
Tableau’s Global Tracker pulls COVID-related information from multiple data sources into one visualization so users can see and interact with fresh data to inform public policy and business decisions.
NY pilots COVID passport
New York is testing a blockchain-based COVID passport in preparation for expanding residents’ safe access to venues.
NH rolls out statewide community response network
The multimedia collaboration platform allows public safety agencies, public safety answering points, hospitals, colleges and universities to securely share data, voice and video on-demand.
How to really fix COVID-19 vaccine appointment scheduling
Moving away from the traditional sign-up model and establishing one-stop preregistration systems is one way to resolve the painful vaccine scheduling process.
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