In this interview, the CEO of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C; CA, USA), Sung Poblete, PHD, RN speaks to us about SU2C’s involvement in the ‘COVID Symptom Tracker’ app and why it is so important to collect data on at-risk populations, including cancer patients and survivors.
Scientists have persuaded Britons and Israelis to fill out questionnaires about their health, to get ahead of the coronavirus by getting resources to the right place. The U.S. is next.
Hi friends. First: Here’s the latest CDC guidance and Johns Hopkins’ tracker. On my agenda today…
There is a new way the public can help with the fight against the coronavirus! Scientists are asking individuals to input their symptoms using the COVID Symptom Tracker.
It’s safe to assume the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on everyone. Almost overnight, we’ve all had to make dramatic transitions to cope with this new reality and to protect ourselves and our communities. Added to that are the very real concerns about the impact COVID-19 will have on those battling pancreatic cancer. We’ve heard from many of you who want to remain engaged with and to help the pancreatic cancer community, so we’ve launched a new opportunity for you to provide the entire Lustgarten family with a little bit of HOPE.
The surge in positive cases have summoned clinical communities to the front lines of the pandemic. And while governments—state and federal—have ordered residents to shelter-in-place, to social distance or self-quarantine, the scientific community has mobilized and converged its diverse areas of expertise to problem-solve a cure for the virus in real time.
Now in its second year, Crain’s Notable Women in Health Care celebrates an industry uniquely shaped by women.
Twenty years ago, Katie Couric’s on-air colonoscopy on the Today Show inspired so many people to get checked. Doctors termed it “The Couric Effect”, which later helped to inspire Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), raising hundreds of millions of dollars.
