Trendwatch Health & Wellness: April 10, 2020

New York Times: Our Health Is in Danger. Wellness Wants to Fill the Void. 

To the wellness industry, the coronavirus represents not just a loss but an opportunity for self-actualization. Miranda Kerr and Tom Brady are among the celebrities on the bandwagon.     

The Guardian: 10 Covid-busting Designs   

Companies the world over are directing their ingenuity at the fight against the coronavirus. Here are the front-runners, from sanitising robots to a 3D-printed hospital ward

Wired: Researchers Push for Mass Blood Tests as a Covid-19 Strategy 

While it might seem wasteful to test the seemingly healthy, tracking antibodies could show how widely the virus has spread—and who may now be immune.      

Axios: Telemedicine Doesn't Waste a Crisis    

Health care has always been one of our most regulated industries, which slows the pace of innovation. But the emergency nature of COVID-19 is taking the shackles off telemedicine.  

MobiHealthNews: MIT’s Mobile App Uses Bluetooth to Anonymously Spot Disease Contacts 

The in-development system foregoes GPS tracking and other identifying data collection methods in its effort to automate labor-intensive COVID-19 contact tracing.