Health & Wellness
‘Patient-First’ Tech Innovations Can Boost Healthcare Access, Tackle Workforce Shortages and Burnout
The shortage of healthcare workers could rise to 10 million by the end of the decade, affecting access to care, inequities and treatment of...
Public health: more time to certify medical devices to mitigate risks of shortages
Today, the Commission adopted a proposal to give more time to certify medical devices to mitigate the risk of shortages. The proposal introduces a...
Education and healthcare are set for a high-tech boost
By CALEB DAVIES
In a Swiss classroom, two children are engrossed in navigating an intricate maze with the help of a small, rather cute, robot. The...
COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting
As COVID-19 infections surge in China, coronavirus experts gathered at the UN health agency on Tuesday, to discuss next steps.In Geneva, a spokesperson for...
European Health Union: a new EU Health security framework is in motion
As of today, the building blocks of the European Health Union are officially in place. This not only includes stronger EU rules on serious...
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox)...
Defeating depression through early risk detection and targeted medication
By Vittoria D’Alessio
Depression is a chronic illness and a first episode of lingering low mood – the kind that’s so severe it disrupts daily life...
Life-threatening infections on the rise due to drug-resistant bacteria
Over 50 per cent of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published on Friday reveals. Moreover,...
Breast cancer: an aggressive variant triggers a hunt for cures
By Vittoria D’alessio
Breast cancer is the most common type in women and, in Europe alone, causes almost 92 000 deaths a year. Though this number is...
Making face creams from coffee beans as cosmetics get greener
By Tom Cassauwers
‘Plant ingredients have always been used in cosmetics,’ said Heiko Rischer, head of plant biotechnology at VTT, a Finnish research centre. ‘But in...