Members of the Ugandan Medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit stand inside the ward in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA – Another health worker died of Ebola Wednesday in the western part of Uganda as the East African country […]
People write messages in memory of their beloved ones, on the National COVID-19 Memorial Wall, in London, on March 28, 2022. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) LONDON / WASHINGTON – A public inquiry into Britain's response to and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic got underway on Tuesday, with a promise it would get to the truth, and […]
HONG KONG, Oct 3, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – EC Healthcare (the “Company”, which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the “Group”, SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group and the Seller enters into a sale and purchase agreement […]
Nearly 1 in 10 people in the United States and almost 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults reported having depression in 2020, but most of them were not seeking help, resulting in an "escalating public health crisis" that needs urgent intervention, researchers said in a new study. Drawing data from the 2015-2020 National Survey […]
The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on Oct 24, 2017 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook […]
TOKYO, Aug 25, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu Limited and Tsuda University today announced the launch of a social design joint research project to realize sustainable and flexible community health care services in Japan. The project aims to realize a framework to provide patients with high-quality medical and health services even with […]
In this April 23, 2020 file photo, a sign is seen by the entrance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. (TAMI CHAPPELL / AFP) LOS ANGELES / ROME / OTTAWA – The chief of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday acknowledged that the agency had failed to respond […]
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Aug 18, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad’s (Bursa: MGRC, 0155) wholly-owned subsidiary, MGRC Therapeutics Sdn. Bhd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MAHSA Health Sdn Bhd to discuss the formation of a strategic partnership promoting practice-based education, research and knowledge exchange. En. Azri Azerai, […]
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels on Feb 18, 2022. (JOHANNA GERON/POOL PHOTO VIA AP, FILE) LONDON – The World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has suggested that racism is behind a lack of international attention being paid […]
BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Kaixin Auto Holdings (“Kaixin” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: KXIN) announces today that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with National Kangyuan Technology Co., Ltd. (“National Kangyuan“), which commits to purchase 5,000 new energy vehicles custom made for public health services over the next three years. […]
Vials of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine are prepared at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, on Aug 9, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) LOS ANGELES – Monkeypox cases in the United States have kept climbing rapidly, topping over 11,000 cases, while media and experts have been blaming the Biden administration's response to […]
A health professional prepares a dose of a monkeypox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris on July 27, 2022. (ALAIN JOCARD / FILE / POOL VIA AP) LONDON – Health officials in Europe are discussing whether to follow a move by the United States to stretch out scarce monkeypox vaccine supplies, with […]
BEIJING, Aug. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — ZW Data Action Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) (“ZW Data” or the “Company”), an integrated online advertising, precision marketing, data analytics, and other value-added services company, today announced that it entered into a letter of intent with Nanyue Health, a digital medicine and health platform owned by […]
SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Hywin Holdings Ltd. (“Hywin”, or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HYW), a leading independent wealth management service provider in China, today announced that it has entered into a series of definitive share transfer agreements and capital increase agreement with Beijing iLife3 Technology Co. Ltd (“Life Infinity”), one […]
People wait in line to receive the monkeypox vaccine at the Balboa Sports Center in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on July 27, 2022. (ROBYN BECK / AFP) The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, the health secretary said on Thursday, a move expected to free up additional funding and […]
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva on Dec 20, 2021. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) MONTREAL, Canada – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that overlapping crises of COVID-19, inflation and cuts to foreign aid by wealthy countries are accelerating […]
North Miami, Florida , Aug 1, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The acclaimed annual telehealth event catalyzes C-suite global market executives driving the transformation of telehealth, data science, and edge technologies and includes healthcare leadership & breakthrough technology providers to inspire and guide informed decision making to successfully navigate a new digital health […]
AUSTIN, TX, Aug 1, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – What role and purpose will businesses accept to impact the social contract, and how might consumer and provider empowerment might bring change to healthcare business models using technology? The Partners in Digital Health blockchain in healthcare and telehealth portfolio both reflect and set trends […]
A health professional prepares a dose of a monkeypox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris on July 27, 2022. (ALAIN JOCARD / FILE / POOL VIA AP) SAO PAULO – Brazil on Friday reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the current outbreak, shortly before Spain confirmed Europe's first […]
MADISON, WI, Jul 27, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – UW Health has selected Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”) to provide the infrastructure to support proton therapy at UW Health Eastpark Medical Center. Proton therapy equipment combined with Hitachi’s 360° rotating gantry and Leo’s upright system Hitachi will provide equipment and technology to support UW […]