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Chatbots Struggle to Answer Medical Questions in Widely Spoken Languages
Plugging medical symptoms into Google is so common that clinicians have nicknamed the search engine “Doctor Google.” But a newcomer is quickly taking its place: “Doctor Chatbot.” People with medical questions are drawn to generative artificial intelligence because chatbots can answer conversationally worded questions with simplified summaries of complex technical information. Users who direct medical
Colleges Struggle to Recruit Therapists for Students in Crisis
Early in his first quarter at the University of California-Davis, Ryan Manriquez realized he needed help. A combination of pressures — avoiding covid-19, enduring a breakup, dealing with a disability, trying to keep up with a tough slate of classes — hit him hard. “I felt the impact right away,” said Manriquez, 21. After learning…
Officials Struggle to Regulate Pop-Up Covid Testing Sites — And Warn Patients to Beware
NEW YORK — In recent months, mobile covid-19 testing tents and vans have sprouted on urban sidewalks and street curbs as demand has skyrocketed in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. Some of the sites run by private companies offer legitimate, timely and reliable results, but others are more like weeds. High…
Nurses Struggle through a New COVID Wave with Rage and Compassion
To health care workers in the COVID era, holidays mean death, and we knew Omicron was coming before it had a name. The wave caused by this variant has barely begun, rapidly gathering steam, and we are exhausted, attempting to pull from reserves badly drained by earlier surges. Back in August, the beds of my…