Genetics

Connecting the dots for health data

Precision medicine requires big data. In order to improve the treatment of individuals with cancer, or to understand rare diseases, scientists and clinicians, as well as AI technologies require access to larger sets of health ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Why data is vital in the fight against COVID-19

Epidemiologist and data scientist Dr. Kalinda Griffiths says "data is power" for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities facing the threat of coronavirus.

Medical research

In human development research, big data could mean better results

While there is no Hubble telescope gathering data about the universe of human development, projects to make large amounts of information—big data—more accessible to developmental researchers could bring behavioral science's ...

Health

Pandemic highlights e-health issues

Misinformation and mistrust of Australia's COVIDSafe app underlines the need for standards to scope, develop, assess and roll out e-health services, Flinders University digital health experts say.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Asia deploys innovative, if invasive, tech to curb virus

Electronic bracelets and phones that report your whereabouts, text messages if you stray too far from quarantine and digital detectives tracking where you've been—Asian countries have embraced innovative, if somewhat invasive, ...

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