Health & Wellness
COVID-19 and the Healthcare Backlog
The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound effect on our lives for the last few years, with 2020’s lockdown measures distancing families and networks,...
World leaders call for $23 billion to end pandemic this year
The COVID-19 pandemic could be defeated this year but only if vaccines, tests and treatments are made available to all people, UN Secretary-General António...
Solving the puzzle of rare diseases through international collaboration
The majority of rare diseases have no approved treatments (less than 6% have), but scientific strides have brought promising new therapeutic models.
Shortening the diagnostic...
4IR Technologies Can Play “Game-Changer” Role in Transforming Cancer Care
Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies can play a “game changer” role in transforming cancer care in India, according to a new white paper, FIRST Cancer...
Currently there’s no cure for rare types of cystic fibrosis, but researchers are making significant advances
Current treatments for cystic fibrosis are not suitable for all patients. The lack of treatment options is distressing for people suffering from a rare...
Healthcare waste from COVID threatens environment
Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on healthcare waste management...
Learning Loss Must be Recovered to Avoid Long-term Damage to Children’s Wellbeing
School closures have caused large and persistent damage to children’s learning and wellbeing, the cost of which will be felt for decades to come,...
COVID-19: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over
Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which gives the head of the World Health Organization...
UN-backed COVAX mechanism delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization’s multilateral initiative to provide equal access to vaccines for all...
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday reccommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with critical disease, and another deemed effective for non-severe cases.
The first drug, baricitinib,...