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UNC ties up with Google to launch mental health app for front-line workers

ER doctor Sam McLean understands the intense pressures facing front-line healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Working on a COVID unit, McLean himself contracted coronavirus and, unfortunately, infected two of his family members. “First responders and healthcare workers are facing a lot of challenges right now. There is the personal risk of severe illness or death. Much worse, there is the anxiety and fear of infecting loved ones,” McLean said. Webinar On-Demand Webinar:… Source link

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Google Still Tracks App Users When They’ve Opted Out, Privacy Lawsuit Alleges

Class-action status sought as Google tracking opt-out status questioned SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Last month I reported how lawyers had filed a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking damages of at least $5 billion (£4 billion) against Google, alleging the illegal collection of information during Chrome browser incognito mode sessions. Now, the same law firm, Boies Schiller Flexner, has filed another Google data privacy lawsuit seeking… Source link

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Peacock Android App Omitted From Google Play Listings on Launch Day – Variety

UPDATED: Users searching for the Android app for Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service that made its U.S. national debut Wednesday, came up empty when they tried to find it in the Google Play store. In fact, the Peacock app for Android currently is available on Google Play at this link. But for much of the day, Peacock TV app was not showing up in searches or on other pages in the Google Play store, leading to confusion about how to get it. In reply to users’ inquiries… Source link

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UNC, Google team on mental health app for healthcare workers

UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health on Tuesday launched a mobile app that’s designed to provide healthcare workers with mental health resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Heroes Health app, a part of UNC School of Medicine’s Heroes Health Initiative and developed with volunteers from Google, is meant to help healthcare workers better understand their own mental health, said Dr. Samuel McLean, an emergency medicine physician at the medical school who founded the initiative. There’s also… Source link

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