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Mar 16, 2021 12:22pm XPrize previously launched competitions for the use of artificial intelligence models against the pandemic as well as a million-dollar challenge to design a next-generation face mask. (Getty Images/Naeblys)
Nine teams have been selected as the winners of XPrize’s $6 million COVID-19 testing competition, with the goal of providing affordable and accurate diagnostics to help ensure the safety of everyday activities.
Five grand prize winners brought forward unique antigen- and RNA-based tests that aim to meet the public’s high demand for diagnostics while also helping prevent future supply chain issues.
A separate “open innovation track” selected four participants that employed screening technologies outside of typical tests such as a panel to detect changes in a person’s sense of smell and breath analysis machines to detect viral infections.
Grand Prize Winners Selected in $6M XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing Competition to Create Fast, Frequent, Cheap, and Easy-to-Use Solutions
Dr. Rick Bright, Ph.D., Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis
Shawna Butler, R.N. M.D.A., Nurse Economist
Dr. Charity Dean, CEO and Co-Founder, The Public Health Company
Dr. Paul Drain, Associate Professor, Departments of Global Health, Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Washington
Dr. Anita Goel, Physicist and Physician, Chairman and CEO, Nanobiosym
Dr. Michael Mina, Physician-Scientist and Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Anne Wyllie, Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of Public Health
HIMSSCast: Nurses are leading the fight against vaccine hesitancy Nurses and advocates Shawna Butler and Melody Butler speak out about how to reassure people who might be unsure about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Podcast guests Shawna Butler and Melody Butler
Right now, COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the United States is facing supply chain and volume problems. But there s another, thornier challenge lurking beneath the surface once those challenges are addressed: a significant portion of Americans who may choose not to get the vaccine.
In today s episode, host Jonah Comstock welcomes Shawna Butler, host of the See You Now podcast, and Melody Butler, founder of the nonprofit Nurses Who Vaccinate (no relation), two nurses who discuss vaccine resistance and vaccine hesitancy, and how we can get ahead of them to address the current crisis. They also touch on the role of nurses in the healthcare innovation ecosystem.
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Shawna Butler, a sixth-grader at Edison Middle School, let her excitement show outside her home Thursday as Assistant Principal Nick Jones played Santa.
Butler smiled as she read the note on the outside of the gift bag Jones handed her and said she had been waiting for the moment all day.
Staff at Edison packed 545 bags full of surprisesâone for each family at the schoolâand are delivering them to students Thursday and today.
They want to remind students that they care about them and miss them while the students are learning virtually at home.
âThe reason this came about is because some of that (connection) has been missing at times, essentially since weâve been virtual. We naturally drift apart,â Jones said. âSo I think we need to have our students look at us as people they can look up to and that weâre not just the person in the class or in the office.â