Public Health

Smoke, Dip, or Pouch It and Suffer the Horrific Consequences?

Tobacco products have been proven to cause various cancers, but new nicotine-containing products are questionable, too.

2 years ago

An Ageing Population Underlines Need for New Strategies to Improve Uptake of Adult Pneumococcal Immunisation

The following article is based on expert discussions taken from the MSD Pneumococcal Vaccination Policy Roundtable that took place in…

2 years ago

Health Equity & Inclusion in Action: Laying the Foundations for a Fairer, Healthier Future

The Health Equity and Inclusion in Action report, commissioned by the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences and developed by the global think tank…

2 years ago

A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

[Republished with permission from KFF Health News. Authored by Céline Gounder.] Smallpox was certified eradicated in 1980, but I first…

2 years ago

Breakthrough: New Treatment Sparks Remarkable, Swift Reversal of Brain Cancer in Early Clinical Trials

GLIOBLASTOMA IS AN AGGRESSIVE BRAIN CANCER that forms from star-shaped cells known as astrocytes. It is the most common and…

2 years ago

ViVE and HIMSS – Apples to Apples? Apples to Oranges?

Buzz on “X” On These Two Back-to-Back Meetings Is An Invitation to Rally Health Industry Priorities

2 years ago

Main Cause of Death in Infants Ages Zero to Five in Low-Income Countries; Hope for a Better Future

Hope shines through the veil of despair with low-cost, effective interventions that can significantly reduce the number of deaths among…

2 years ago

Why Engagement with Emerging Markets Matters More than Ever

As incomes continue to rise in more than 100 countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America, so too will the…

2 years ago

Exclusive Medika Conversation with HIMSS Top Leadership – Inside Scoop on Key 2024 Priorities

HIMSS - World's top health IT society takes on pressing policy and patient care issues - AI, cybersecurity, info democratization…

2 years ago

It’s About Time: CDC Changes COVID Isolation Guidelines

At Long last. The CDC has updated its guidelines with respect to Covid isolation. This has been a long time coming,…

2 years ago

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