SAN FRANCISCO — Karen DeSalvo’s latest challenge came in the nanometer-sized envelope of a virus: monkeypox.
Since becoming Google’s first chief health officer in 2019, DeSalvo has overseen many disparate programs, ranging from AI-enabled diagnostics to patient records. But increasingly, as the tech giant has rethought some of its biggest aims in health, losing a longtime executive and dissolving its dedicated health-focused division, her focus has shifted to consumers.