Debate Flares Over AI To Detect COVID-19 In Lung Scans
Medical staff perform a CT scan of a Covid-19 patient at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images
HSNW News:
A series of studies, starting as a steady drip and quickening to a deluge, has reported the same core finding amid the global spread of COVID-19: Artificial intelligence could analyze chest images to accurately detect the disease in legions of untested patients.
Casey Ross writes in STAT that the results promised a ready solution to the shortage of diagnostic testing in the U.S. and some other countries and triggered splashy press releases and a cascade of hopeful headlines.
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NMDOH Provides Healthcare Workers Avenues To Comply
NMDOH News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announces instructions for where New Mexico health care providers can go online to comply with two public health orders announced March 25th designed to protect our state supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Providers reporting how they plan to comply with the ordered three-month delay on all non-essential medical procedures without risk to their patients can now submit their policies via the clinicians section of the NMDOH’s COVID-19 website at https://cv.nmhealth.org/clinicians/
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NWS: Today’s High Near 53; Tonight’s Low Around 31
The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 53 with mostly sunny skies and tonight’s low around 31. Courtesy/NWS
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New Mexico Office Of Superintendent Of Insurance Cautions Consumers About HCSM Health Care Sharing Ministries
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance cautions consumers who have subscribed, or are considering subscribing to health benefit plans offered by Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSM) that these are not authorized health insurance plans.
A HCSM may use marketing practices that suggest its plans include the protections found in approved health insurance plans. However, that may not be correct.
These plans may be less expensive than a regulated major medical plan. They may also appear to provide the benefits and protections that a major medical plan is required
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COVID-19 Growth Curves For March 29, 2020
This figure shows the recent growth in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for several US states, using data through Sunday 29 March. Dashed lines show exponential growth curves, labeled by doubling time in days. Several states (for example, California) may be seeing a slight reduction in their exponential growth rates, as recent data points seem to be dropping below the dashed lines showing their growth over the past two weeks. But Florida is on pace to overtake California soon. The growth in New York has moderated to a 4-day doubling time; its earlier rapid growth with 1.4-day doubling may
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Chart 14: COVID-19 Daily Cases By County In New Mexico
Chart shows the cumulative cases of COVID-19 by county in New Mexico. Courtesy/Eli Ben-Naim
Chart shows total cumulative tests of COVID-19 statewide in New Mexico, Courtesy/Eli Ben-Naim
Chart shows the probability of having zero cases in Los Alamos County. Under a random (Poisson) distribution, the probability of having no cases equals the inverse of the exponential of the expected average value. The expected average value was calculated using New Mexico statewide totals, New Mexico population, and Los Alamos County population. As of March 29, the expected value for Los Alamos County
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New Mexico COVID-19 Cases Now At 237
STATE News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced today 29 additional positive tests for COVID-19.
The New Mexico Department of Health stated that the most recent cases are located in the following counties:
- 9 new cases in Bernalillo County
- 1 new case in Chaves County
- 2 new cases in Curry County
- 1 new case in Eddy County
- 4 new cases in McKinley County
- 4 new cases in San Juan County
- 3 new cases in Sandoval County
- 4 new cases in Santa Fe County
- 1 new case in Valencia County
The number of deaths in the state related to COVID-19 remains at two.
Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico
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Catch Of The Week: COVID-19 Stimulus Check Scams
COVID-19 relief is on the way from the federal government, and even though they haven’t printed a single stimulus check yet, the bad guys are already trying to get their share.
There are already reports of scammers who claim to be calling about the federal government’s COVID-19 stimulus package. These calls claim that you can get your money immediately if you just give the caller your debit or credit card information. They might claim you qualify for $1,000-$14,000 in federal relief funds; in some cases, they might claim it is “grant money”. The government will not
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New Mexico Delegation Seeks Deployment Of Combat Support Hospital To Albuquerque To Increase State’s Patient Bed Capacity In Response To COVID-19 Pandemic
Congressional Delegation News:
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small wrote to the U.S. Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s request for the deployment of a fully equipped Combat Support Hospital (CSH) to Albuquerque and to support the mobilization of any needed Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) units to New Mexico communities under strain to meet the demands of a
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2020 State Spirit, Spring Sports & Activities Canceled
NMAA News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Based on the recent directive from the New Mexico Public Education Department that schools will close for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year, the NMAA and its Board of Directors have canceled the 2020 State Spirit Championships, the 2020 Spring Sports Season, and all remaining activities for this academic school year.
This cancellation applies to practices and workouts in addition to contests and events.
Due to the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, the Public Education Department has closed schools and additionally addressed interscholastic
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New Mexico [External Sources]
- JJ Caldwell to transfer from New Mexico - KRQE News 13
- New Mexico Now Has More Cannabis Patients Than Colorado - AZmarijuana.com
- New Mexico approves 50-megawatt public-private solar project - Kallanish Energy
- Leadership New Mexico Class of 2020 - Albuquerque Journal
- Group focuses on a better future - Albuquerque Journal
- Detainees in New Mexico say ICE violating hygiene, distancing rules - Santa Fe New Mexican
