Global Scans · Healthcare · Weekly Summary

• [New] Nearly 80% of consumers in the U.S. agree that nutritious foods are good for health and can reduce the risk of illness and disease. Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.
• [New] On current trends, inequalities in health will persist over the next two decades: people in the 10% most deprived areas can expect to be diagnosed with major illness a decade earlier than people in the 10% least deprived areas. Patient Safety Learning - the hub
• [New] Demand accountability of for-profit health care by directing HHS to block real estate deals that threaten to destabilize health care systems and prohibit private equity companies engaged in price gouging from investing in health care. JD Supra
• [New] The ALL4LIVER Grant program aims to support projects initiated by local communities in Africa, South America, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and North America (excluding the United States) to work towards the WHO goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. PharmiWeb.com
• [New] There is enormous potential for artificial intelligence to improve health care from earlier diagnosis of patients with lung cancer to identifying people at increased risk of heart attacks. Medical Xpress
• [New] Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, posing a major threat to public health. BioMed Central
• [New] Research in The Lancet Public Health estimates a global increase in the number of people with dementia, from 57.4 million cases in 2019 to 152.8 million cases by 2050. The National
• [New] Medic West Africa 2024 will serve as a catalyst for progress, fostering an environment where collaboration leads to tangible improvements in patient care and healthcare delivery across West Africa. Guardian Nigeria
• [New] Organised by Informa Markets, no fewer than 6,000 healthcare professionals are expected to foster a platform for innovation and collaboration that would propel advancements in healthcare infrastructure across West Africa. Guardian Nigeria
• [New] Artificial intelligence has changed the world of health care, where it has created opportunities for different diagnoses, patient care and clinical judgement. The Badger Herald
• [New] With almost 5 billion mobile phone users in the world, health care providers and researchers are realizing the potential of using mobile technologies, such as mobile phones, portable computers, and personal digital assistants, for health services. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The US Department of Health and Human Services designated B. anthracis as a tier 1 select agent, signifying that it presents the greatest risk of deliberate misuse with significant potential for mass causalities and poses a severe threat to public health and safety. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Communities across the United States depend on federal agencies such as the EPA to use the best available science to protect us from public health and environmental hazards. The Equation
• [New] The NHS contributes about 5% of UK fossil fuel emissions and generates substantial waste, 4 which feeds into a cycle where health systems experience the impacts of climate risks while simultaneously contributing to the processes that drive them. The BMJ
• Public Health expects to begin distributing fentanyl and xylazine test strips from the Washington State Department of Health this month. The Columbian
• Emerging markets represent a promising frontier for innovation in the fight against obesity, with the potential to make a significant impact on the health and well-being of millions of people worldwide. Yahoo Finance
• When drinking water contaminants are linked to health harms such as cancer, the EPA when developing health advisories must assume the safe level is zero, or the level at which there is no known or expected risk. Environmental Working Group
• The adoption of more structured benefit-risk analyses by NRAs could lead to greater harmonization of benefit-risk assessment globally and provide a framework that could be incorporated into health authorities' benefit-risk algorithms. PubMed Central (PMC)
• 49, 50 In the United Kingdom, the ACMD concluded that synthetic opioids posed a significant risk to public health and recommended that current monitoring and surveillance systems be adapted to help identify the true scale of the public health threat. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Swapping red meat for forage fish, such as herring, sardines and anchovies, could save up to 750,000 lives a year in 2050 and significantly reduce the prevalence of disability as a result of diet-related disease, suggests a data analysis published in BMJ Global Health. Global Seafood Alliance
• Because of the Canada Carbon Rebate, the Government of can take real action to slow down climate change and still protect households from increased costs that climate change will mean for insurance, infrastructure repairs, health care, and more. Yahoo Finance
• A shift towards healthy dietary patterns has the potential to curtail the current unsustainable high level of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and cancer in the United States and around the globe. PubMed Central (PMC)
• The reconstruction of Gaza's public health systems will require solutions that are not just about addressing immediate medical needs, but that also consider the broader infrastructure - including mental health services and vaccination programs, as well as the provision of essential medications. UPI

Last updated: 21 April 2024