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Google announced today that it has licensed its AI research model for breast cancer screening to medical technology company iCAD. This is the first time Google is licensing the technology, with the hopes that it will eventually lead to more accurate breast cancer detection and risk assessment. The two companies aim to eventually deploy the technology in real-world clinical settings — targeting a “2024 release,” Google communications manager Nicole Linton told The Verge in an email…. Source link

Andrew Whitaker is like every other long-shot NFL prospect in exactly one way: He has a dream of making it. That part is unremarkable. But everything else about Whitaker, a cornerback at Division III Washington University In St. Louis, apparently is. Whitaker is not only a standout at his level of football. He’s also a national champion for the school in track. He has won or been nominated for national awards for academics (too many to list), community service (Allstate AFCA Good Works Team)… Source link

The long-term effects of the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on minority communities has yet to play out, but one silver lining has emerged. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Black medical student enrollment has increased by 21% in the past year, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Currently, African-Americans account for just 5% of the entire physician population nationally, though about 14% of the general U.S. population. Michellene Davis, CEO of National Medical… Source link