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UC Davis Health Cloud Innovation Center, powered by AWS, uses generative AI to fight health misinformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci called health misinformation “the enemy of pandemic control.” In addition to harming public well-being, health misinformation has dastardly effects on the US economy.

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AWS announces the 10 startups selected for the 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on health equity

AWS Public Sector Blog

CognitiveCare , based in Milpitas, California, has created a solution using artificial intelligence and machine learning that quantifies maternal health risks to help triage pregnant mothers and infants, optimize care, plan resources, and increase access to improve disparate health outcomes during pregnancy.

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What We Learned After Analyzing 5 Months of Active Mobility Responses to COVID-19

The City Fix

In 2020 and into 2021, transportation agencies, companies and advocacy groups acted swiftly in the face of the unique public health crisis and disruption caused by COVID-19. They provided solutions that kept frontline workers, groceries, health services and other critical. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Migrating and modernizing state WIC applications with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Public health agencies know that modernizing their technology infrastructure is necessary to avoid disruptions to program operations and create new opportunities to serve their constituents. This technology is aging across the U.S., Modern, advanced WIC technology applications (i.e.

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To Prevent Illegal Dumping, You Have to Know the Scale of the Problem

Center for Community Progress

(Photo: Community Progress) Neighborhood-Led Vacant Lot Maintenance Programs like the Genesee County Land Bank Authoritys (GCLBA) Clean & Green initiative show how resident engagement can combat illegal dumping. Beyond aesthetics, these programs improve public health and safety. Engage local groups to collect data.

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National Health Security Preparedness Index

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

In this podcast we learn about the National Health Security Preparedness Index This index gets an annual update and looks at the public health readiness of all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Additionally, we look at the pandemic and what it showed about public health readiness and plans to improve the functioning of the index.

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Innovating, investing, and improving: AWS Summit New Delhi and AWS Summit Singapore 2022 keynote recaps

AWS Public Sector Blog

On September 17, 2021, CoWIN recorded 22.5 Elsie Tan, country manager for worldwide public sector at AWS, opened up the AWS Summit Singapore keynote by highlighting how AWS’s continued investment in the ASEAN region is driving innovation in the public sector. When it first launched, 1.9 million people accessed the system.