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Gizmodo reports San Francisco and Alameda counties in California have stopped using Verily to test for the novel coronavirus. Google's health-centered sister company launched a $55 million pilot COVID-19 testing program earlier this year to set up mobile and stationary test sites. However, Verily’s services weren’t geared towards filling the needs of communities especially vulnerable to the pandemic. Specifically, the services put people of color, those with low income, and the homeless at a disadvantage for using Verily's site and accessing test results. Another complaint was that Verily reserves the right to use collected data for 'commercial product research and development.' While Verily says strict privacy controls are in place, critics say the system may still violate federal health data privacy laws.
The EU is to donate another 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries, more than doubling its present pledge, the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen announces. SOUNDBITE
Shanghai/Guiyang, Aug 26 (EFE/EPA).- What if you want to consult a medical specialist but live in remote area without high quality healthcare? Online hospitals in China allows people to consult a specialist from home or ask experts for advice from the local outpatient clinic.Moreover, during the current coronavirus crisis, they are serving the purpose of decreasing crowds in conventional hospitals and thus reducing risk of contracting infectious diseases, especially Covid-19, in the health facilities. (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI/JAVIER GARCIA). FOOTAGE SHOWS DOCTORS CARRYING OUT CONSULTATIONS ONLINE IN SHANGHAI AND GUIYANG, CHINA. SOUND BITE: SUI SUEIY, A DOCTOR AT LONGMASTER'S HEADQUARTERS (IN CHINESE). TRANSLATION: The patients are more stressed when they visit the hospital in person. The Chinese have a lot of respect for the doctor so they are more relaxed with online communication. (02:17-02:29).
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife visit the Institut Curie research centre in Saint-Cloud, before a speech on the future of biomedical research in France. IMAGES
Images of San Raffaele hospital in Milan, where former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in intensive care for heart problems, according to a member of his entourage. Italian news agency Ansa says he was admitted early Wednesday and that his current condition is "stable". IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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