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Poorer and rural Australians are sicker, yet they get less healthcare. It’s a broken system
The Guardian
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June 16, 2025
When it comes to health, Australia is an unfair country. Poorer Australians die about 7.5 years earlier than the wealthiest, and spend more years living with chronic disease. People from some communities, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
Indian Students Split On Studying At New Navi Mumbai Global Campuses vs Going Abroad
Free Press Journal
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June 16, 2025
The state government of Mumbai on Saturday gave the University Grants Commission's (UGC) Letters of Intent (LoIs) to five international universities for the establishment of full-fledged campuses in Navi Mumbai, marking the beginning of India's...
Hong Kong can lead world in AI healthcare by tapping trove of patient data: expert
South China Morning Post
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June 16, 2025
Hong Kong has the potential to develop the world’s most sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) system for healthcare, thanks to the data of millions of residents stored in the city’s public hospitals, according to a leading expert in the field...
Proposed law seeks fines of up to Ksh.50M for substandard healthcare facilities
Citizen TV Kenya
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June 15, 2025
Healthcare providers who mismanage patients or operate below acceptable standards may soon face stiff penalties — including fines of up to Ksh.50 million and jail terms of up to ten years — if a newly proposed bill becomes law. The Quality...
New COVID-19 Variant “Nimbus” Sparks Concerns as Global Cases Rise
Techstory
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June 15, 2025
As much of the world moves on from the early chaos of the pandemic, a new COVID-19 variant is quietly making its way through communities across Asia, Europe, and now the United States. Known scientifically as NB.1.8.1, this new variant has been...
“This Plastic Melts in the Ocean”: Japanese Scientists Reveal a Radical Material That Could Finally End the Global Pollution Crisis
Sustainability Times
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June 15, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 Revolutionary plastic dissolves completely in ocean water within hours, reducing plastic pollution. 🔬 Developed using supramolecular chemistry, the plastic disassembles in saltwater, preventing microplastic formation. ♻️ The...
National Tobacco Control Conference Held In Asmara
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ASMARA, Eritrea, June 15, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with its partners, organized a National Tobacco Control Conference on 13 June at the National Confederation of Eritrean...
Senate passes healthcare
Renew America
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By Michael Bresciani December 26, 2009 Santa came early on Christmas Eve 2009 for the embattled Democrats of the Senate who passed the Obama Healthcare bill as expected. Being forced to buy healthcare by the U.S. government will hardly be seen as...
Big Brother's Bedside Manner: "Healthcare" by the numbers; climate forecasting w/o them
Renew America
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Big Brother's Bedside Manner: "Healthcare" by the numbers; climate forecasting w/o them By Curtis Dahlgren January 6, 2010 "The Left claims the Right is anti-intellectual.. Thomas Sowell shows there's a good reason for being so — without being...
Absolute nothingness and non-self: The reigning worldview of global power elites and western ruling classes
Renew America
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Absolute nothingness and non-self: The reigning worldview of global power elites and western ruling classes By Linda Kimball January 31, 2021 “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no longer restricted by the Trump administration, issued...
The 5Th International Neuroscience Summit Kicks Off In Dubai
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN- Asdaf News) Dubai – Asdaf News: The International Neurology Conference for the Middle East, Africa and Russia kicked off in Dubai, in cooperation with AbbVie, the global biopharmaceutical research and development company, with the...
PGIMER Chandigarh aims to break its own record on International Yoga Day
The Indian Express
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June 15, 2025
The PGIMER Chandigarh is aiming to break its own record this International Yoga Day on June 21. Last year, the institute entered the Asia Book of Records after 1,924 healthcare workers participated in a yoga session organised on campus. This time,...
Montgomery mental healthcare monopoly torpedoes Alabama veterans
Renew America
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By Pete Riehm September 10, 2024 Mental illness has reached epidemic proportions across America and certainly here in Alabama. The need for substance abuse treatment far outpaces available services and the homeless crisis is driven by too many...
Healthcare workers in Islamabad up in arms against budget
Dawn
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June 15, 2025
ISLAMABAD: The healthcare workers of at least five public hospitals in Islamabad are up in arms against the recent budget, which did not offer them any incentives, such as the disparity reduction allowance announced for other government employees....
EHA, Konecta explore strategic partnership in digital transformation, smart healthcare
Daily News Egypt
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June 15, 2025
Ahmed El-Sobky, Chairperson of the Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA), met with Tawfik Kandil, General Manager of Konecta Egypt, and Safinaz El-Kattam, Chief Business Officer for the Middle East and Africa, to explore potential collaboration in the...
Healthcare Sector Taps AI Boom via Intuitive Surgical Stock (ISRG)
Yahoo Finance
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June 14, 2025
When investors think of artificial intelligence (AI), names like Nvidia (NVDA), Palantir (PLTR), and Alphabet (GOOGL) typically come to mind. But AI’s impact extends well beyond the traditional tech sector. A standout example is Intuitive Surgical...
Residents of congested housing society, scientists at premier public health institute: People who had a close shave on June 12
The Indian Express
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June 14, 2025
Residents of Meghaninagar, a densely populated area close to the Ahmedabad airport, are used to seeing airplanes from close proximity. Many of them would often joke that if only they could jump a little higher, they might touch the wheels of a...
Health officials track more travel-linked measles exposures across US
CIDRAP
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June 16, 2025
Summer travel season amid brisk global measles activity is keeping health officials in several states busy investigating potential measles exposures, including several new ones at some of the United States’ busiest airports. The measles activity...
iciHaiti - MJSAC : National Day of Physical Activity and Sport
Haiti Libre
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June 15, 2025
iciHaiti - MJSAC : National Day of Physical Activity and Sport 15/06/2025 09:30:36 On Friday, June 13, 2025, Niola Lynn Sarah Dévalis Octavius, Minister of Youth, Sports and Civic Action (MJSAC), accompanied by the Ministry's Director General,...
OPINION: Global Reshuffling: Investing Beyond American Exceptionalism
Kyiv Post
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June 15, 2025
Investors once believed in the dollar, the stability of the US stock market, and the risk-free nature of Treasury bonds. But everything has changed – today’s investment environment is no longer defined by these principles. The second Trump...