The Deccan Herald reports: The Pinarayi Vijayan led left-front government in Kerala, which has been winning even international attention for effectively dealing with COVID-19, is now facing allegations of compromising health data of nearly 2 lakh people collected as part of COVID-19 surveillance as the data was being fed to a US-based firm. All local…
Category: Healthcare
Amid a pandemic, we must reconsider when an abortion is medically necessary
Merritt Tierce writes: Last week, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ban on almost all abortions in Texas as the state responds to the coronavirus pandemic. This is a craven and hateful act of votemongering that will endanger lives and damage families. State officials have argued either dishonestly or with inexcusable ignorance that…
UK government using confidential patient data in coronavirus response
Paul Lewis, David Conn and David Pegg report: Technology firms are processing large volumes of confidential UK patient information in a data-mining operation that is part of the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, according to documents seen by the Guardian. Palantir, the US big data firm founded by the rightwing billionaire Peter Thiel, is…
Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
From Apple’s announcement on April 10: All of us at Apple and Google believe there has never been a more important moment to work together to solve one of the world’s most pressing problems. Through close cooperation and collaboration with developers, governments and public health providers, we hope to harness the power of technology to…