Memorial Healthcare System Names Shane Strum as Interim CEO
The Boards of Commissioners for the North and South Broward Hospital Districts, doing business as Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System, have both voted unanimously to appoint Shane Strum to become the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Healthcare System. They also get to maintain Strum as their President & CEO of Broward Health. Upon […]
WhiteGlove Has Unveiled a Concierge Healthcare Structure for Global Health Coordination
Thus, WhiteGlove, a new end-to-end concierge healthcare platform from Anand Prakash has been launched to provide the management and organization of comprehensive healthcare services for families living in foreign countries. It is aimed at serving the Indian community that looks for proper care solutions for elders in India which face major healthcare issues. Solving Important […]
Pope Francis Unveils Large-Scale Child Health-Care Program
In a major drive to improve children’s health worldwide, Pope Francis has initiated the Pope’s Global Alliance for Children’s Health, with the goal of helping one million children receive medical attention within the next three years. This audacious program aims at solving health crises in the least served regions of the globe. Recently, during a […]
India-based Online Travel Company EaseMyTrip Has Ventured into Medical Tourism
New Delhi, India – EaseMyTrip, a popular online travel agency, is coming up with a major aggressive foray into the medical tourism sector through buying stakes in two healthcare firms. This travel service provider has acquired a controlling 49% of Dubai’s Pflege Home Healthcare and a 30% stake in India’s Rollins International as it advances […]
Europe is seeing a rapid spread of the new Covid version XEC
In Europe, a novel COVID viral variation known as the XEC is expanding swiftly. Since its initial discovery in June in Germany, it has spread to over 13 nations. The strain is a hybrid of KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, two omicron subvariants. One FLiRT variation, KS.1.1, is responsible for the increase of Covid cases in several […]
HIMSS and Malaysia’s largest ambulatory care provider, CareClinics, forge partnership on digital transformation
CareClinics, a Malaysian private clinic group, made a pact with HIMSS to support the latter on its digital transformation journey. Founded in 2003, the company now operates a national network of over 100 primary care clinics. As per the memorandum of understanding, CareClinics will leverage HIMSS’s digital maturity and capacity frameworks to develop a digital […]
Indian Immunologicals Limited Collaborates with ICMR to Develop India’s First Zika Vaccine
Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has announced a significant development in the fight against emerging infectious diseases with its recent agreement with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to advance India’s first codon de-optimized live attenuated Zika vaccine. This move marks a notable milestone in the country’s vaccine development efforts. Zika virus, primarily transmitted by […]
Study Finds Bavarian Nordic’s Smallpox Vaccine Offers Moderate Protection Against Mpox
According to a recent study done in Ontario, Canada, the smallpox vaccine from Bavarian Nordic A/S offers a reasonable level of protection against mpox infection. A single dose of the vaccine provided approximately 58% protection against monkeypox, according to research conducted between mid-June and late-October 2022. The study is significant as it provides insight into […]
Delhi Reports India’s First Confirmed Case of Mpox
Delhi has reported India’s first confirmed case of mpox, a disease previously known as monkeypox, marking a significant development in the country’s public health landscape. The patient, a 26-year-old male from Hisar, Haryana, was admitted to Lok Nayak Jay Prakash (LNJP) Hospital with symptoms consistent with mpox. The diagnosis was confirmed by Delhi Health Minister […]
Newly Discovered Wetland Virus (WELV) Raises Concerns
There have been reports of a newly discovered virus in China known as the wetland virus (WELV), which can infect humans through tick bites. According to media reports, certain infected persons have been connected by the virus to neurological disorders. After a tick bite in the wetlands of Inner Mongolia, a 61-year-old patient from Jinzhou […]