Digital health salaries revealed: How much 12 top firms pay

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Today in healthcare news: The salaries at 12 digital health companies revealed, Pfizer’s vaccine requires two shots taken over three weeks, and the US could be on track for 1 million daily cases by the end of 2020.

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Digital health salaries revealed: How much 23andMe, GoodRx, Verily and 9 other health-tech upstarts pay their workers, from data scientists to software engineers

• Business Insider’s analysis shows that many digital health companies, like Teladoc and Verily, hire employees in the US at salaries ranging from around $64,000 to mid-six-figures.
• Our analysis includes salaries for positions from scientists to data analysts. The roles we analyzed include: science, data, engineering, and more.
• The results come from a US Department of Labor database of base salaries for permanent and temporary foreign workers.
• While a limited sample, the data brings some level of salary transparency to the highly competitive digital health industry.

Read the full story from Megan Hernbroth and Maddy Simpson here>>

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Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine requires 2 shots given 3 weeks apart, which could make distribution more complicated

• Pfizer said on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in clinical trials.
• The vaccine involves two shots administered three weeks apart.
• People may need additional booster shots too, experts say.

Read the full story from Aylin Woodward here>>

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The US could be on track to hit 1 million daily coronavirus cases by the end of 2020, a new report finds

• The US could see 1 million daily coronavirus cases by the end of 2020, according to a new report from Pantheon Macroeconomics.
• That's based on the current trend of average cases rising 34% from week to week.
• Experts predict this surge could be the largest, and perhaps deadliest, yet.

Read the full story from Aria Bendix here>>

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More stories we're reading:

• Meet the husband and wife team behind the leading coronavirus vaccine (The New York Times)
• As the holiday season approaches, New York Gov. Cuomo prohibits gatherings larger than 10 people at private residences (Business Insider)
• The CDC issued new advice saying cloth masks protect the wearer from COVID-19 infection. It's not that simple. (Business Insider)
• Moderna's analyzing its vaccine data ahead of releasing the results (Reuters)

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- Lydia