Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty ImagesDoctors in the U.S. are struggling to contend with burnout, staffing shortages and overwhelming administrative workloads, but many are optimistic that artificial intelligence could help to ease these problems, a new survey found. More than...
Severe weather warnings were in place across swathes of China on Wednesday as temperatures plummeted across the south and Beijing shivered in snowy conditions. People visit the Forbidden City a day after snowfall in Beijing on February 21, 2024. Photo:...
GENEVA — More than half the world's countries will be at high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent preventative measures are taken, the World Health Organisation warned on Tuesday (Feb 20). Measles...
“A quite significant proportion of individuals with chronic hepatitis B infection unaware of .”Dr Bonnie Wong has said the city still has a long way to go to meet its global hepatitis B elimination goal by 2030. Photo: Jonathan WongWHO’s...
Good afternoon! The launch of the closely watched Alzheimer's drug Leqembi is off to a slow start.Still, demand for the treatment from Biogen and its Japanese partner Eisai is rising.That's the update the two drugmakers gave Wall Street during their latest...
Test tubes are seen in front of a displayed AbbVie logo in this illustration taken on May 21, 2021.Dado Ruvic | ReutersAbbVie on Tuesday said longtime executive Robert Michael will become the company's new CEO, replacing Richard Gonzalez. Michael, who is...
Hong Kong’s Dental Association has said it is concerned an expansion of an elderly healthcare voucher scheme to more hospitals and dental clinics in the Greater Bay Area could deal a blow to business and the economy, despite assurances from...
“There are ways for complaints if ... the patients feel that there are some services which are not up to their expectations. For the financial side, our Department of Health has a team to look into all the claims for...
An international team led by Hong Kong researchers has developed a blood test it claims can identify the early stages of dementia with an accuracy rate of nearly 90 per cent, allowing for treatment before the onset of symptoms of...
Enhancing public-private partnerships could help alleviate pressure on Hong Kong emergency services in public hospitals, an advocacy group and a doctor have said, with the latter warning the government’s suggestion that patients should be charged depending on how urgent their...
