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Medical data has a silo problem. These models could help fix it.
Data, locked in siloes, is often out of reach to many innovators outside medical researchers. Policies must consider technological capabilities to ensure data's true potential can be unlo...
COVID-19
Our healthcare system is failing people without COVID-19. It’s time to address the hidden third wave.
By prioritizing preventing COVID-19, we have unintentionally left behind people living with cancer, rare diseases and other acute and chronic conditions.
Migration
Scientists around the world are already fighting the next pandemic
Improving water, sanitation, and hygiene practice – a practice known as WASH – is vital in reducing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in developing countries.
Precision Medicine
Why precision medicine won’t transform healthcare – but governance could
A review by 40 global experts resulted in tough words to ensure policy makers and healthsystems adapt and maximize precision medicine's potential.
Global Risks
5 questions to ask when reading about new research in the media
When reading about new research, especially surrounding COVID-19, it's important to check whether it has been peer reviewed and for supporting studies.
COVID-19
A llama is at the centre of the American and Belgian search for a COVID-19 treatment
Scientists have identified a tiny particle in a llama that appears to block the new coronavirus.
COVID-19
Bill Gates: Here's what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine
A vaccine against coronavirus could take up to 2 years to develop. Bill Gates looks at the work that's already been done and how it will reach 7 billion people.
Precision Medicine
I have a rare disease. We must rethink how we value care.
Our healthcare system needs to weigh the long-term costs of leaving behind people with rare disease, and, specifically, evaluate the economic consequences.
Global Health
6 surprising places scientists are searching for new drugs
From the bottom of the sea, to the desert, scientists are looking for antibiotics and anticancer drugs in the most unlikely places.
Precision Medicine
How to bring precision medicine into the doctor's office
The barriers to introducing genetic testing to everyday healthcare include a gap in expertise and a lack of genetic counsellors.
Global Health
4 ways data is improving healthcare
Harnessing medical data can, and will, improve healthcare, writes GE Healthcare President and CEO Kieran Murphy in the Global Innovation Index 2019.
Future of Health and Healthcare
New cell therapy reduced epilepsy and improved memory in mice after brain injury
Traumatic brain injuries affect 2 million Americans each year and causes cell death and inflammation in the brain. This new therapy might help.
Emerging Technologies
Engineers develop multimaterial fiber “ink” for 3-D-printed devices
A new method, described in the journal Nature Communication, states that researchers have produced functioning devices with the electronics already embedded inside.
Africa
Why Africa must be ready to take the quantum leap
IBM is bringing quantum technology to African universities, where scientific research from genetics to data-processing stand to gain from the increase in computing power.
The New Data Economy
How data can empower patients to personalize and improve their cancer treatment
Cancer treatment is not one-size-fits-all. Thanks to medical advancements, people receiving a cancer diagnosis might have many potential treatment options, ranging from established, “trie...