By Rich Mendez, CNBC •
Updated 1 hour ago
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Dr. John Nkengasong, director of Africa s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said he is very concerned about the emergence of a vaccine-resistant strain.
White House senior medical advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters Tuesday that the U.S. needs to vaccinate more people before the Delta variant takes hold in the country.
Scientists in the U.S. are currently sequencing just 1.6% of new infections.
Top health officials in Europe and Africa said Wednesday they are worried about the potential emergence of new Covid variants that could render current vaccines useless.
The real pressure is is this really going to help millions of people? , Feinberg said at the Wall Street Journal Health Tech virtual conference Wednesday. Is it Google scale? That s the pressure.
However, there s no doubt the company has a vested interest in healthcare across several business units. For instance, Google Cloud is partnering with HCA Healthcare, a healthcare provider based in Tennessee, to develop algorithms based on patient records in an attempt to improve efficiency and patient outcomes.
The company hired Obama administration official Karen DeSalvo to the company in 2019. She led the company s Covid-19 efforts and recently announced the company is helping create a device that uses AI to detect skin conditions.