At the front line, with little room to breathe
When Ema walks into the emergency department at the start of her shift, she knows she is stepping…
Human metapneumovirus in California: What you need to know
A respiratory virus that doesn’t have a vaccine or a specific treatment regimen is spreading in some parts…
Maternity services need investment in people and training, not another review | NHS
Once again, we are faced with a report detailing the failures in maternity services (Cruel comments, racism and…
Can Africa leapfrog the West’s legacy health tech?
Five years on, operational policies, protocols, and guidelines that shape day-to-day decisions receive far less attention than flashy…
ChatGPT Health ‘under-triaged’ half of medical emergencies in a new study
ChatGPT Health — OpenAI’s new health-focused chatbot — frequently underestimated the severity of medical emergencies, according to a…
My Unlikely Existence – Longreads
Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and…
Security Solutions Yes in Norwich acquired by former doctor
Security Solutions Yes (SSY), based on Sprowston Road in Norwich, has been acquired by Dr Andrew Threadgold and…
Healthcare Is AI’s Hardest Test
If you want to understand how artificial intelligence will really impact the world, don’t look at coding, law,…
Chile becomes the first country in the Americas to be verified by WHO for the elimination of leprosy
The World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), congratulates Chile for becoming the…
Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: ‘It’s so personalized to being human’ | Health & wellbeing
Did you drink ice water today? If you did, that was “not very Chinese of you”, according to…
WHO releases updated Health Inequality Data Repository and Health Equity Assessment Toolkit
WHO has released updated versions of two key resources as part of the Health Inequality Monitor to strengthen…
NHS urges Brits to switch on app feature now after 16,000,000 patients miss out on care
It’s easy to enable notifications (Picture: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) According to recent NHS figures, 16 million…