All posts tagged "health"

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  UK to invest US$300m in national artificial intelligence lab

  The UK government has pledged £250m (US$302m) for a national Artificial Intelligence lab designed to provide NHS patients with improved and personalised care.   The lab will bring together the

  • Posted August 13, 2019
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  The price of success: UK health chief Chris Wormald on what the NHS can’t do

  Marking the Department of Health and Social Care’s 100th birthday, its permanent secretary Chris Wormald both lauded its achievements, and highlighted its limitations. For while health services have radically extended

  • Posted August 6, 2019
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  UK researchers develop AI system to track urban inequality

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used to identify areas of poverty in cities across the world, after researchers at Imperial College London developed a system that scans street images. Dr

  • Posted April 24, 2019
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  Nations hit the fiscal sweet spot with sugar taxes

  Rising obesity threatens to hit wellbeing, productivity and public finances – but Gavin O’Toole finds that more countries are embracing tax measures that can drive down sugar consumption A growing

  • Posted September 25, 2017
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  New Russian law permits remote medical consultations and patient database

  Russian state healthcare providers will soon be able to offer remote consultations and prescriptions, under new legislation which also establishes a new nationwide patient records database. The legislation, which comes

  • Posted August 25, 2017
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  UK Lords urge integration of health and social care to cope with ageing population

  A proposed new department to integrate bringing together health and adult social care is the centrepiece of a report by the UK’s House of Lords on the future sustainability of

  • Posted April 6, 2017
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  Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister, Health Canada: Exclusive Interview

  With health issues rising up the list of emerging global threats, Canada’s health chief has plenty on his plate. But Matt Ross learns that Health Canada boss Simon Kennedy is

  • Posted January 16, 2017
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  New research boosts crusade to embed happiness in public policy

  New research suggests that governments could have more success in improving people’s lives if they prioritised improving mental health over traditional top goals such as boosting economic growth. The research,

  • Posted December 15, 2016
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  Giannis Baskozos, General Secretary of Public Health at the Greek Ministry of Health: Exclusive Interview

  Faced with high unemployment, falling budgets and the refugee crisis, the Greek Ministry of Health is launching a system of universal health insurance. Its general secretary Giannis Baskozos explains his

  • Posted September 28, 2016
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  Female private sector boss to lead New Zealand’s new Ministry for Vulnerable Children

  A private sector aged-care boss has been appointed to lead New Zealand’s new Ministry for Vulnerable Children. Gráinne Moss, who is previously worked as managing director for Bupa Care Services

  • Posted August 18, 2016
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