The coronavirus pandemic has exposed "systemic weaknesses" in global health systems, the G20 said Monday, but there was no mention of Washington's contentious decision to halt World Health Organization funding.
Apr 20, 2020
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From the bubonic plague of the 14th century to the Spanish flu outbreak in 1918, the repercussions and effects of pandemics have changed how societies function. Although pandemics strain health systems first, they also stress ...
Apr 10, 2020
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South Africa, one of the world's most unequal countries with a large population vulnerable to the new coronavirus, may have an advantage in the outbreak, honed during years battling HIV and tuberculosis: the know-how and ...
Apr 6, 2020
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How long would it take for you to get in to see your primary care physician? Do you even have one?
Mar 31, 2020
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Patients and caregivers from diverse backgrounds across Ontario consistently prioritized insufficient publicly-funded home care services as the gap in the health system that most needed to be addressed to improve their experience ...
Jan 6, 2020
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Digital diabetes management systems ("connected diabetes care") have the potential to become part of a new diabetes care model, augmenting the traditional practice of diabetes care by providing continuous and on-demand assistance ...
Oct 3, 2019
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African American women are at a two to three times greater risk of experiencing illness, injury or death during pregnancy compared to other racial groups in the United States.
Aug 8, 2019
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Skyrocketing spending and excess costs in the health care industry are reduced by innovative auditing methods that focus on increasing overall deterrence of waste and abuse in the long run.
Jun 11, 2019
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Researchers are warning that lead-based ammunition is posing a risk to firearms' users and their families, with a culture of denial about the issue among the firearms community.
Jun 11, 2019
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Expectant parents wait 40 weeks for the arrival of their new baby, but what if labor was induced one week earlier? Conventional wisdom holds that inducing labor at 39 weeks would be cost-prohibitive to a health care system. ...
May 3, 2019
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