Michael Z. Lin, Associate Professor, Stanford University, describes the basic biology of coronaviruses and the disease COVID-19, projections for the current epidemic, and reviews medications currently in clinical trials.

According to MIT CSAIL's Dr. Amar Gupta, whose work concentrates on telemedicine, there are currently many barriers to making health care better, safer, and more affordable for everyone, despite government claims that electronic health records would revolutionize the system.

As more Covid-19 cases appear in the United States and around the world, the need for fast, easy-to-use diagnostic tests is becoming ever more pressing. A startup company spun out from MIT is now working on a paper-based test that can deliver results in under half an hour, based on technology developed at MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES).

View the annual list from MIT Technology Review that includes technologies that "will make a real difference in solving important problems."

Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world’s most problematic disease-causing bacteria, including some strains that are resistant to all known antibiotics. It also cleared infections in two different mouse models.

Models that map these relationships based on patient data require fine-tuning for certain conditions, study shows.

Given that our smartphones have largely become appendages over the last decade, it’s hard to imagine that ten years ago there was no Instagram, Uber, TikTok or Tinder. The ways we move, shop, eat and communicate continue to evolve thanks to the technologies we use. It can be easy to forget how quickly things have changed - so let’s turn back the clocks and reminisce about some of the computing breakthroughs that have transformed our lives in the ’10s.