The World Health Organization is worried about Disease X
In its recently updated Blueprint of Priority Diseases, the World Health Organisation listed Disease X- a potential pandemic we haven't yet discovered.
Will a sugar tax help reduce obesity?
Norway has put a hefty tax on chocolate and sweets in order to deter people from buying too many sugary treats. But others argue that sugar is being unfairly cast as the main cause of obe...
How a giant Amazonian frog could help save millions of lives
A species of frog typically found in the Amazon could pave the way for a bio-economy worth trillions of dollars.
Here's how an 'exercise pill' could work in practice
The FDA may never approve such a drug, as it doesn't see inability to exercise as a disease.
Personalized, industrialized and inclusive: the future of healthcare in Latin America
How can countries take advantage of a revolution in data and connected technology for patients and professionals?
This bacteria could make sunscreen more environmentally friendly
Scientists have developed a new method for harvesting the key ingredient.
This counterintuitive approach could help tackle severe depression
New research suggests that staying awake can have the opposite effects in people with depression than it does in healthy people.
The countries where people worry the most about healthcare
Concern about Hungary’s health service has dramatically increased in recent months, a survey reveals.
Genetic report cards could be the future of healthcare
Genetic testing could soon be so advanced that newborn babies will have report cards of potential and hereditary diseases they're at risk of contracting.
A deadly epidemic could start at any time. And we're not prepared, says the head of the WHO
Tedros Adhanom, Director General of the World Health Organization, says a devastating epidemic could begin in any country at any moment, with inaction on our part to blame.
Value in Healthcare: Mobilizing cooperation for health system transformation
The “Value in Healthcare - Mobilizing cooperation for health system transformation” highlights three drivers of health system transformation:
How precision medicine is helping to change the future of healthcare
Here are 4 areas where precision medicine is making a difference, and how it will improve healthcare in the future.