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Global Health

3 lessons from India in creating equal access to vaccines

India has introduced the pneumonia vaccine into its routine immunization programme in the six states with the highest rates of infant mortality.

Keith Klugman 14 Nov 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Could AI make doctors obsolete?

Technology is set to play a major role in the future of healthcare - but what could AI mean for doctors?

Vanessa Rampton · ETH Zurich 13 Nov 2018

Neuroscience

We need to rethink neuroscience. And you can help us

The field of neurotechnology is moving fast. To arrive at a set of ethical guidelines, first we need to know what the public wants.

Karen Rommelfanger and Alvaro Fernandez 10 Nov 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

These life-saving drugs are made from deadly venom

Scientists are using deadly animal toxins to treat a variety of health problems, from heart disease to diabetes.

Alex Gray 09 Nov 2018

Mental Health

Here are five ways we can make mental healthcare better

One in four people in the world will be affected by mental ill health at some point in their life. It is time to fix our extraordinary failure to embrace mental health.

Vanessa Candeias and Rihana Diabo 08 Nov 2018

Neuroscience

Mind control using sound waves? We ask a scientist how it works

The science of 'ultrasound neuromodulation' could change how we treat everything from Alzheimer's to migraines, but it could also fall into the wrong hands, says Professor Antoine Jerusal...

Antoine Jérusalem 07 Nov 2018

Global Health

This simple reaction could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria

MIT researchers have managed to successfully link microbes to existing antibiotic drugs to make them more effective.

Anne Trafton · MIT News 07 Nov 2018

Global Health

What makes a disease eradicable?

Two conditions are absolutely necessary to make a disease eradicable.

Sophie Ochmann · Our World in Data 07 Nov 2018

Biotechnology

As genome editing moves from the lab into the clinic, the ethical debate can no longer be hypothetical

Scientists can now change our genes in ways that will be inherited by our children. We should discuss the implications before national authorities start making decisions on our behalf.

Karen Yeung and Peter Mills 06 Nov 2018

Future of Health and Healthcare

Your smartphone may know more about your mental health than you

From speech patterns to scrolling style, the data stored on our digital devices offers psychiatrists a valuable new metric with which to diagnose and treat mental illness.

Amit Etkin 06 Nov 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Where EU air pollution is deadliest

New data from the European Environment Agency shows the EU countries where air pollution causes the most premature deaths.

Joe Myers 06 Nov 2018

Mental Health

Nordic noir: The unhappiness epidemic affecting young people in the world’s happiest countries

It’s not all hygge and hot tubs, as research reveals rising levels of unhappiness among young people.

Sean Fleming 06 Nov 2018

Biotechnology

The intoxicating science of animal venom. What you need to know

In the growing field of venomics, scientists are using deadly venoms from frogs, snakes and centipedes to block pain, fight disease and even map the human mind.

Mandë Holford, Marymegan Daly, and Ashlee Rowe 06 Nov 2018

Gender Parity

Female surgeons in the US earn $1 million less than men

Female surgeons expect to earn about $1 million less in their careers than their male colleagues, U.S. research showed on Thursday, illustrating a dramatic case of a gender wage gap as sc...

Ellen Wulfhorst · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 05 Nov 2018

Global Health

3 people with spinal cord injuries are now able to walk again thanks to this technology

New research shows that targeted electrical stimulation can help sufferers of spinal injuries to regain movement.

Lyndsey Collins-Praino and Anna Leonard · The Conversation 02 Nov 2018

Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare

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Explore context

Future of Health and Healthcare

3 lessons from India in creating equal access to vaccines

Could AI make doctors obsolete?

We need to rethink neuroscience. And you can help us

These life-saving drugs are made from deadly venom

Here are five ways we can make mental healthcare better

Mind control using sound waves? We ask a scientist how it works

This simple reaction could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria

What makes a disease eradicable?

As genome editing moves from the lab into the clinic, the ethical debate can no longer be hypothetical

Your smartphone may know more about your mental health than you

Where EU air pollution is deadliest

Nordic noir: The unhappiness epidemic affecting young people in the world’s happiest countries

The intoxicating science of animal venom. What you need to know

Female surgeons in the US earn $1 million less than men

3 people with spinal cord injuries are now able to walk again thanks to this technology