Rwanda gives drone companies something they cannot easily get in the US or Europe: access to airspace in a timely manner. This is helping manufacturers accelerate and scale the benefits o...

Amanda Russo and Harrison Wolf 16 Jan 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

This app can detect when someone has overdosed on opioids

The app uses sonar to send sound waves to people's chests, allowing it to read breathing patterns - and alert authorities if necessary.

Sarah McQuate · Futurity 16 Jan 2019

Healthcare Delivery

How telehealth can get healthcare to more people

We have the proof that telehealth works. But for wide adoption, patients, providers, government and non-profits will have to align with the idea that healthcare should be more seamless, m...

Vitor Rocha 15 Jan 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

What can America learn from Sweden about healthcare?

The US spends more than any other country on providing medical services, but access to care is just one small part of what makes us healthy. Here's how its spending could achieve greater ...

Bruce Broussard 15 Jan 2019

Global Health

How a mosquito 'birth control' could be key in the fight against malaria

Scientists have blocked a protein found in female mosquitoes which is critical for their young to hatch.

Emma Batha · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 15 Jan 2019

Mental Health

This is the world's biggest mental health problem - and you might not have heard of it

While depression is the condition most will associate with mental health issues, and the leading cause of disability worldwide, it is not the number one mental health concern people face.

Sean Fleming 14 Jan 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

How to get the most out of precision medicine

Precision medicine uses genetic test results to inform decision-making on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. But it will fall far short of its promise if high costs make ...

Patrick Courneya and Michael H Kanter 10 Jan 2019

Healthcare Delivery

A cancer-detecting breathalyzer has moved into clinical trials

A team of UK researchers have launched the trial, which will see 1,500 participants use the equipment in an attempt to identify molecules that could be evidence of cancer.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 10 Jan 2019

Global Health

Why the 21st century's biggest health challenge is our shared responsibility

Non-communicable diseases - cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes - are the leading cause of death globally. But we can reverse their advancement, if...

Shobana Kamineni 09 Jan 2019

Healthcare Delivery

New York City launches $100 million universal health insurance program

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a new health insurance programme that will cover 600,000 uninsured residents.

Gina Cherelus · Reuters 09 Jan 2019

Healthcare Delivery

Opioids are not much better at treating pain than a placebo

A study examined 26,000 patients experiencing chronic pain, and found that opioids were only marginally better than placebos at treating pain and improving physical functioning.

Stephen Johnson · Big Think 09 Jan 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

How we can win the war against antibiotic resistance

Without urgent action, simple infections that should be easily treated with antibiotics could become lethal. It is up to us to develop the tools we need to keep the world healthy.

Kristina Lagerstedt 08 Jan 2019

Healthcare Delivery

Occasional use of antibiotics is more closely linked to resistance than repeated use

Antibiotic resistance has risen to dangerously high levels in recent years. New research reveals it's widespread, rather than frequent, use that's to blame.

Karen Feldscher · Harvard Gazette 04 Jan 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Lessons from Healthlandia on getting better value care

Health systems around the world face a value problem: costs continue rising, yet there is massive variation in patients’ health outcomes. Moving to a value-based health system could be th...

Gabriel Seidman and Emmanuel Akpakwu 21 Dec 2018

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