Healthcare

• [New] A higher level of eHealth literacy was associated with superior conventional health behaviors, indicating that college students with a higher level of eHealth literacy in China could maintain healthy lifestyles during the COVID-19 pandemic. / Journal of Medical Internet Research
• [New] The COVID-19 pandemic, a major public health emergency, has become a serious burden not only for China but also worldwide in terms of threatening people's lives as well as their mental health. / Journal of Medical Internet Research
• [New] Dementia is a major disease afflicting 54 million people, set to rise to 130 million by 2050, with the US Alzheimer's Association estimating early diagnosis of people with mild cognitive impairment could save more than $7 trillion in health and care costs. / Med-Tech Innovation | Latest news for the medical device industry
• [New] Big Pharma trade groups have made similar arguments, and multinational corporations in the Global North have maintained a tight grip on their patent protections even as public health experts warn India could face a half-billion cases of covid-19 as the public health system collapses. / Earther
• [New] The last year has been a challenging time for value-based care as patients withdrew from the healthcare system, making it difficult to identify and engage with patients at risk. / Jvion
• [New] Structural racism poses a serious threat to public health. / Phys Org
• [New] With the rising per capita health expenditure in the U.S., the demand for medical devices is expected to increase significantly over the coming years. / grandviewresearch
• [New] Increasing demand for medical devices, growing aging population, and expanding home healthcare sector in North America and Europe are anticipated to emerge as the key factors responsible for the market growth over the forecast period. / grandviewresearch
• [New] The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified health, humanitarian, and economic needs around the world - threatening to devastate countries with fragile health systems and set back decades of progress on hunger, conflict, disease, extreme poverty, and democracy and human rights, among others. / USGLC
• [New] The vaccine shortage may soon end as the global health organization will release its judgments on the emergency use listing requests from China's Sinopharm and Sinovac for their COVID-19 vaccines by the end of next week. / CGTN
• [New] Young people expect Europe to drive initiatives in education and environmental protection, but also in economic development and health. / DW.COM
• [New] Bright Health operates in more than 50 healthcare markets across 13 states, providing a tech platform that enables local providers to coordinate care and manage risk for plan members. / Liberation
• [New] As we see infection rates in India and other parts of the world skyrocketing, European Union and US government officials regularly declare that the Covid-19 public health disaster and resulting economic crises will not end anywhere unless people everywhere are vaccinated. / myerson
• [New] As a new wave of infections rips through India, many community health workers feel abandoned by a government that they say has consistently put their lives at risk with little protective equipment, little pay and little recognition. / Time
• [New] Providing just a fraction of the vaccine doses available to poor countries goes against the advice of the World Health Organization, which has warned that solidarity is the only way out of the global public health emergency. / Common Dreams
• [New] The Danish Health Authority said in a statement that it has concluded that the benefits of using the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson do not outweigh the risk of causing the possible adverse effect. / Coronavirus
• [New] The manufacturing and resources sector will demonstrate the fastest growth in terms of blockchain spending, with a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 60.5% during the forecast period (2021-2027). / Connected World
• [New] Vaccine patent protectionism denies billions of people protection against COVID-19 and leaves the world vulnerable to virus mutation and continuing health risks. / East Asia Forum
• [New] The unprecedented use of antibiotics and subsequent antimicrobial resistance is currently one of the largest threats to global health, food security, and human development. / Frontiers
• [New] The Asia Pacific is projected to have one of the fastest growths in the global demand for algae products in the coming years. / Expert Market Research
• [New] The health benefits of reducing local pollution will grow with the deployment of clean transportation technologies and could translate to more than $25 billion in savings in 2045. / Phys Org
• [New] Endocrine-disrupting chemicals have become increasingly prevalent in environment samples across the world, posing a serious threat to human health. / Science Direct
• [New] The CCP grasped the health crisis as an opportunity to fortify its political allegiances with Turkish actors who could potentially be useful for the advance of its Xinjiang interests. / Sinopsis

Last updated: 09 May 2021