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Explore the latest strategic trends, research and analysis
Interest in working for health services has soared in the UK during COVID-19. But around the world nursing remains a difficult and under-resourced profession.
The State of Kuwait is showing how digital tools can breathe life back into the global airline industry.
Initial findings from new report highlight rare disease cases in Asia Pacific should be given greater priority, improved diagnosis and sustainable funding.
AI and machine learning can play a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, writes Dr Ruma Bhargava, Healthcare Lead at the World Economic Forum.
The English National Opera is helping sufferers use singing to manage their symptoms – as arts companies worldwide are hit hard by the pandemic.
More than 150 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered around the world. A 12-week gap between some doses has pushed protection rates to 82%.
Recent studies show physically active participants were more inventive than those with a more sedentary lifestyle – but they were not always happier.
Research showed that 43% of new mothers met the criteria for clinically relevant depression and 61% met the criteria for anxiety during the first UK lockdown.
A programme in Denver replaces police officers with health care workers on mental health/ substance abuse calls, resulting in 0 arrests from 748 callouts.
With increased life expectancy in developed and developing countries, the United Nations predicts the number of centenarians worldwide will rise to 573,000 this year.
Medecins Sans Frontieres-France provides compressive masks for Gaza facial burn victims, to help healing and prepare them for reconstruction surgery.
A study in Europe has found a link between loneliness during the pandemic and an extremely high risk of mental health problems.
Healthcare data and infrastructure investment need to be policy priorities for India, where cholera, tuberculosis, dengue and Ebola are still prevalent.
Research from Harvard Medical School suggests than walking an average of 4,400 steps a day is enough to significantly lower the risk of death for women.
This snapshot of mortality and disability causes from 2000 to 2019 shows improvements have been made with certain diseases – but COVID-19 may yet derail that progress.