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HIMSS21 Middle East: How Can We Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
2021 22 Nov
Leading digital health experts at HIMSS21 Middle East have been sharing practical insights into the best way to leverage technology to manage fresh outbreaks of contagious disease. Having successfully deployed digital solutions to help combat COVID-19, healthcare leaders are now looking to the future. They believe it is only a matter of time... Read more
Lack of research into precision medicine may hinder targeted therapies for cancers in the UAE
2018 12 Dec
· Experts highlight that Middle Eastern populations are underrepresented in disease research · UAE Vision 2021 aims to reduce cancer-related deaths, which WHO estimated to be 25.6 deaths per 100,000 population in the UAE in 2017 · Barriers to providing precision medicine in the Arab Read more
FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for Hologic's Aptima® Zika Virus Assay
2016 20 Jun
New Diagnostic Test for the Detection of the Zika Virus Now Available for Use on Fully Automated Panther System Hologic, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization for the company's new, diagnostic assay for Zika virus infection. The Aptima® Zika Virus assay is a molecular diagnostic... Read more
67th World Health Assembly In Geneva
2014 20 May
The World Health Organization (WHO) began its sixty-seventh annual assembly in Geneva on Monday, 19 May, on the heels of a global survey that indicates high public approval of the nongovernmental agency. Attendance is expected to exceed 3,000 delegates over the six-day World Health Assembly, which was opened by outgoing President Dr. Shigeru Omi of... Read more