Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Tracking COVID-19 across Europe

According to the World Health Organization, a third wave of COVID infections is now all but inevitable in Europe. A COVID tracker developed by IIASA researcher Asjad Naqvi, aims to identify, collect, and collate various official ...

Radiology & Imaging

AI-based system could help triage brain MRIs

An artificial intelligence-driven system that automatically combs through brain MRIs for abnormalities could speed care to those who need it most, according to a study published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Authors pull study flagging hydroxychloroquine risks

The Lancet on Thursday retracted a study that raised safety fears over the use of a drug favored by President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, after the paper's authors said they could no longer vouch for its underlying data.

Radiology & Imaging

RSNA AI challenge breaks new ground

An unprecedented collaboration among two medical societies and over 60 volunteer neuroradiologists has resulted in the generation of the largest public collection of expert-annotated brain hemorrhage CT images, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Building better coronavirus databases with automatic quality checks

Amid a growing coronavirus crisis, experts in all fields have begun compiling massive datasets to track the impact of the contagion. These datasets capture everything from society-wide virus response information to medical ...

Health

Indigenous status going under-reported in Aussie hospitals

Inaccurate recording of Indigenous status in hospital administrative datasets can influence health service decision-making and adversely affect outcomes for patients, according to the authors of a research letter published ...

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