Medical tourism drives foreign card spending in Korea
Tourists visit Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul’s Jongno District, July 28. Yonhap Medical tourism has emerged as the…
Trump administration sued for blocking insurance coverage of gender-affirming healthcare | Trump administration
US federal employees and their families are joining a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration for blocking insurance…
Mould infection: Scientists sound alarm as lethal fungal infection kills a third of hospital patients
A lethal super-fungal infection is tearing through hospital wards, claiming the lives of roughly one in three patients…
Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud
The Trump administration announced on July 21, 2026, that it’s withholding US$867 million in federal healthcare funding for…
‘Just cruel’: Medicaid halt in California and Minnesota plunges caregivers and disabled people into uncertainty | Medicaid
By now, when Shannon Rosa hears about cuts to Medicaid and misinformation from the Trump administration about disabled…
Why bad health information can seem so convincing – and five ways to resist it
Recent reports have highlighted AI-generated “doctors” spreading dubious health advice to millions of social media users. Fabricated wellness…
At 108, Susan Young Browne takes only one medicine, drives her blue car still: 5 tips from her for a long, healthy, fulfilling life
When most people imagine old age, they picture slowing down, giving up the car keys, piling up medications,…
ChatGPT can now answer your pressing medical questions
Your Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant wants to replace your GP. OpenAI — the parent company behind ChatGPT —…
‘A completely new person’: can surgery help Alzheimer’s patients regain basic skills?
A surgical procedure for Alzheimer’s disease being tested in Hong Kong has the potential to improve patients’ ability…
Trained neurologists quitting NZ due to lack of jobs and funding, experts say
Leading brain health and neurological organisations are warning the country is training specialists, only to lose them due…
Tend Health’s Cecilia and James Robinson: ‘Progress is held back by short-term thinking’
BusinessDesk CEO Index, driven by Range Rover, has returned for its second year. Our newsroom and a panel…
How retirees can win against rising healthcare cost in Hong Kong
Retiree Philip Kong says he realised Hong Kong’s healthcare system needed a wake-up call when he discovered that…