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It’s been 3 weeks since the last Ebola case was diagnosed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and “we are now in the countdown to the end of the outbreak,” said the World Health Organization’s director-general on Monday.
Hoping to stem the COVID-19 outbreak, Italy broadened its lockdown to include the entire country. For more COVID-19 coronavirus news, check out our daily feature summarizing late-breaking developments.
New federal rules announced by the Trump administration will make it easier for tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Apple to access consumer health data. (Wall Street Journal)
The geneticist who helped discovered the gene that causes Huntington’s disease publicly disclosed she suffers from the disease herself. (New York Times)
Very few residency programs train physicians on caring for mothers with opioid use disorder, and the majority of providers who are trained in such matters are family medicine physicians, not ob/gyns. (Annals of Family Medicine)
Clinical trial investigators viewed minorities as less “optimal” participants and withheld enrollment because of these biases, according to a survey published in Cancer.
An emergency medicine physician uses an experience with gender discrimination not as a springboard to say, “Me, too,” but instead to say, “not me.” (KevinMD)
Can an artificial intelligence algorithm be sued for malpractice? (STAT)
Low-income children in federal government housing assistance programs had about 25% fewer visits to the emergency department for asthma attacks compared to kids on the waitlist. (Reuters)
One in five sexual minority teens reported experiencing sexual assault in recent years in a National Youth Risk Behavioral Survey. (JAMA Pediatrics)
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