Global health-care providers are deploying agentic AI to automate administrative tasks and clinical decisions as the World Health Organization warns of a shortfall of 11 million health workers by 2030…
Researchers have systematically excluded women, particularly pregnant women, from clinical trials since post-thalidomide FDA guidance, leaving 79% of pregnant women taking at least one medication with…
Three Red Cross volunteers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo died after contracting Ebola during a humanitarian mission in March, before the outbreak was officially identified. The virus has sin…
The World Health Organization has raised the public health risk from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from "high" to "very high," though the global risk remains low. The outbreak…
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, first reported on May 15, has become the third largest on record, with nearly 750 cases and 177 deaths. The World Health Organization has ra…
A recent study published in *Psychopharmacology* suggests that major depressive disorder may cause changes in how the body metabolizes the amino acid valine, rather than the metabolic issue triggering…
A group of former world leaders, known as the Elders and founded by Nelson Mandela, conducted a simulation of a health emergency in Kenya to test global pandemic preparedness. The exercise revealed cr…
Google DeepMind's "AI co-clinician" research initiative, which aims to develop AI that functions as a collaborative member of the care team under expert clinical supervision. The initiative is designe…