Innovation through data-driven diagnostics

Photo by Lukas on Pexels.com Organizations across the health care sector recognize that the innovative use of data—when information is combined for advanced analysis and managed across disciplines, systems, and settings—is crucial to solving the most challenging problems in both patient health and operational efficiency. Despite this widespread recognition, only 15% of respondents to a … Continue reading Innovation through data-driven diagnostics

Eating disorder specialists slam campaign to tackle obesity

Charities supporting people with eating disorders have hit out at the government’s ‘Better Health’ campaign branding it “stigmatising” and “shaming”. The government launched its campaign to tackle obesity on Monday including a raft of plans to slim down Britain. The move comes after Boris Johnson revealed his own brush with Covid-19, which saw him require intensive … Continue reading Eating disorder specialists slam campaign to tackle obesity

Pandemic Risks and Consequences

Importance of Pandemics Pandemics can cause sudden, widespread morbidity and mortality as well as social, political, and economic disruption. The world has endured several notable pandemics, including the Black Death, Spanish flu, and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Because the definition of pandemic primarily is geographic, it groups together multiple, distinct types of … Continue reading Pandemic Risks and Consequences

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Militants kill UN emergency workers combating Ebola in Congo DR

Deadly night-time attacks by armed groups have once again claimed the lives of frontline health workers helping to confront the deadly Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The violence killed four workers responding to the Ebola outbreak and injured five others, at a camp in Biakato Mines, and an Ebola response … Continue reading Militants kill UN emergency workers combating Ebola in Congo DR