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How to bridge the digital divide in healthcare

WEBWhile digital transformation has undoubtedly changed the world for the better, the benefits of digital tools in healthcare have not always reached those most in need — a disparity …

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FT Health: Priorities for 2021

WEBSmoke signals The WHO launched a year-long campaign to help 100m people quit smoking as a fierce row erupted in Australia over a clampdown on vaping. A study from the …

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Worsening health is an economic headwind

WEBThe writer is chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts. As individuals, we often take our health for granted. It is only when ill health strikes that the benefits of good health truly …

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Push for personalised medicine is the latest health blockbuster

WEBPossibilities of this kind are attracting new companies into healthcare. This month, . Medtronic, one of the biggest medical device makers, announced a “broad-based …

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Adapting the NHS to the needs of a new era

WEBBritain is hanging out the bunting for Wednesday’s 75th birthday of its cherished National Health Service. But like many of its patients of that age, the NHS finds itself weakened …

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FT Health: We’re not all in this together

WEBImpact on US Many hospitals in the US — the country with the most Covid-19 deaths — are facing cash shortages because they have had to cancel the elective procedures that …

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Health is wealth — investors can no longer afford to ignore it

WEBThe writer is chief executive of The Health Foundation. The link between health and prosperity has been rammed home by the pandemic. In 2008, a Government …

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Pandemic creates a ‘learning crisis’ in parallel to health emergency

WEBThe World Bank suggests that 7m to 10m school-age children could drop out of school entirely as their families’ incomes fall following the pandemic. The average duration of …

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Rethink needed over use of automated health records

WEBThe UK’s National Health Service has been an early adopter of AI technology, working, for example, in partnership with . DeepMind, a subsidiary of Google.. The UK’s single-payer …

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FT Health: Who for the WHO

WEBWith two months to go before the election of a new director-general of the World Health Organization, the outcome remains far from clear. The process has worked well until …

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Millions drop out of China’s state health insurance system

WEBChina’s state health insurance system has lost tens of millions of subscribers, as higher costs have put one of the world’s largest healthcare schemes out of reach for many …

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Fewer than one in 10 men in UK likely to reach retirement in good …

WEBFewer than one in 10 men, and only 16 per cent of women, in the UK are likely to be good health by the time they reach retirement, according to new research from the Institute …

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FT Health: Fighting vaccine nationalism

WEBWelcome to FT Health, a monthly guide to the big issues at the intersection of global health and finance. Technology and investment are changing the face of healthcare while …

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Mental health emerges as a work problem

WEBIn recent years, employers have taken a greater role in raising awareness. As was the case with physical health — with discounts on gym membership, healthy food in canteens …

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Surge in STIs in England sparks anxiety over reproductive health

WEBMore than a quarter of young people aged 15 to 29 in the EU live in overcrowded households, according to Eurostat. There are wide variations in the figures on a country …

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Chinese city touted as model for cutting healthcare costs

WEBA Chinese city has taken on pharmaceutical companies and local doctors in the battle against healthcare cost inflation — and is now being touted as a nationwide model.

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US health insurers: knock on wood

WEBA casual reader of headlines might conclude that the US health insurance industry was in a nasty fight with a government determined to foil it.

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Italy, Albania and the myth of a European migrant crisis

WEB“Administrative detention” is a technical term, coating in the neutral language of bureaucracy a harsh reality of coercion. Already traumatised from the journey, migrants …

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Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom to head World Health Organisation

WEBEthiopia’s former foreign minister has been elected as the new head of the World Health Organisation, beating rivals from Pakistan and the UK after a gruelling campaign over …

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