Around 1.3 billion people globally live with significant disabilities, facing more obstacles to healthcare than others. McKinsey’s latest report, in partnership with The Missing Billion, highlights these data deficiencies and suggests ways to use generative AI to improve data collection and usage. [caption id="attachment_11315" align="alignnone"...
Dinis Guarda interviews the award-winning engineer and the developer of the Universal Product Code (UPC), also known as the barcode, Paul McEnroe. In this episode of Dinis Guarda YouTube podcast, the two discuss the development and evolution of the revolutionary technology of barcodes, and how...
The world is closer than ever to ending polio, but outbreaks and challenges persist. The European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partner to launch a new impact investing partnership aimed at eradicating polio and ensuring that vital health innovations are...
Consigned by the Osaka prefectural government, EY Japan facilitates the entry of foreign asset management and fintech companies in the Japanese markets with their support and guidance. Osaka, already ranked among the "World's Most Livable Cities 2022," is poised for further growth with the upcoming...
A decentralised AI is a technology at the intersection of emergent tech including blockchain, AI and edge computing (IoT). What are the potentials of decentralised AI, its benefits, and how it can shape the future of technology? These are some of the questions that Dr. Paolo...
From Metaversive Banks, Digital healthcare, Virtual Retail and Commerce, to Tech Education…These are not mere concepts anymore. With progressive advancements in technology and tools, Metaverse is gaining traction among most industries, making its existence more relevant day by day. In this film, we highlight 10...
Spain’s Impress, the new generation of leading orthodontic chains in Europe, has raised a $50 million Series A round. This marks the biggest Series A round in Southern Europe. The funding will be put towards further international expansion across Europe and where Impress already...
A new initiative is being launched to support UK-based SMEs and innovators to better understand the pathway to bring medical technologies to market and enhance innovation for patient benefit. Market Access for MedTech is led by the University of Southampton Institute for Life Sciences and...
Dr Clair Francomano is a leading genetics professor. Dr. Clair Francomano has been involved in the care of individuals with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and other hereditary disorders of connective tissue throughout her career. During her years at the National Institutes of Health, she spear-headed a longitudinal...
The coronavirus outbreak put immense pressure on the healthcare industry, forcing pharmaceutical institutions to roll out clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine at breakneck speed. However, many other companies also played a huge role in identifying symptoms and keeping the virus under control, which sparked...
Leading roboticist Dr. David Hanson and AI pioneer Dr. Ben Goertzel announce the launch of Grace, the world’s first human-like robotic assistant for elderly care and biodata management. The product of Awakening Health Ltd. (AHL), a joint venture between Hanson Robotics (HR) and AI firm...
[caption id="attachment_2950" align="aligncenter" width="800"] US Medical care illustrated by flag and stethoscope[/caption] On November 3, 2020 Americans will cast their votes in what may be one of the most pivotal elections in American history. The outcome will determine the future of healthcare in this country...
The coronavirus pandemic put enormous pressure on the healthcare industry, forcing pharmaceutical giants and institutions to roll out clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine at breakneck speed. But behind the COVID-19 outbreak as the main healthcare issue in 2020, large health systems and venture capital...
[caption id="attachment_2829" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Meet The Team Behind the UK’s Forthcoming Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre[/caption] UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the construction site of what is rapidly becoming the UK’s Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre. He met with scientists, engineers, development, and...
Efforts to improve the early detection of cancer have received a significant boost with a £2.4 million funding deal to support the further development of innovative testing technology. Glasgow-based ClinSpec Diagnostics Limited (ClinSpec Dx), a spinout from the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at...
'During the coronavirus pandemic, people should guard their eyes with glasses or face shields to protect their eyes from virus infection," said Dr. Daniel Laroche, Director of Glaucoma Services and President of Advanced Eyecare of New York. People also need to know, even though there...
The Digital Diagnostics platform now holds the intellectual property for two key autonomous AI technologies focused on democratizing healthcare Healthcare access and inequity challenges have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; members of at-risk populations around the world are increasingly delaying important specialist care. Today...
Dr. Mark Lomax is a seasoned healthcare entrepreneur and medical doctor. Prior to establishing PEP Health, Dr. Lomax founded, built and sold an award winning business, MediHome- that tackled where patients should receive their healthcare. Dr. Lomax has worked,and still is, closely working with the...
Randall Bolten, author and finance executive with more than 30 years of experience, talks about how the assertion that the U.S. leads the world in COVID-19 testing is flatly dishonest, especially when the real cause of the increase in reported cases is a raging pandemic....
Bilthoven, The Netherlands based Intravacc, a worldwide leading translational research and development vaccine organization with an extensive track record in developing viral and bacterial vaccines, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Dutch based CimCure, focusing on cancer immunotherapies for solid tumors,...
As millions of Americans file for unemployment insurance and joblessness in danger of approaching 1930's levels amid coronavirus outbreak, the skyrocketing costs of the US health care become even more troubling. Ever growing health care expenses were a massive burden for states even before the...
Dinis Guarda interviews Joao Bocas, The Wearables Expert, Influencer Marketing about Healthtech, Lifestyle and Wearables Joao Bocas is a World’s #1 Wearables recognised Thought Leader, Global Keynote Speaker, #B2B Digital Influencer, Influencer Marketing, CEO at Digital Salutem. Joao Bocas’s global expertise, global networks and experience...
Germany ranks fifth in the OECD for salaries paid to healthcare workers. The UK ranks 13th. GPs in Germany earn almost £20,000 more annually than those in the UK. Germany invests 11.2% of its overall GDP in its healthcare system, compared to 9.8% in the...
The nations of the wealthy west are coming out of their pandemic foxholes and reopening their economies, even as some developing nations are seeing explosive growth in new cases. This is a good moment to take stock and evaluate the U.S.’s response to-date to the...
[caption id="attachment_1848" align="alignnone" width="825"] The Maternity Leave Calculator by Money.co.uk[/caption] Love Under Lockdown - A Maternity Leave Calculator One In Ten Couples Are Planning For a January Patter Of Tiny Feet News Release A third of couples are making more time for each other under...
[caption id="attachment_1841" align="alignnone" width="925"] Covid 19 Pandemic image by citiesabc.com[/caption] COVID-19 Testing by Country… and What REALLY Matters Ghest article by Randall Bolten Which countries are doing the most effective job of testing for COVID-19? And does all this focus on testing really matter, anyway?...
[caption id="attachment_1093" align="alignnone" width="525"] Technology & Coronavirus[/caption] Technology & Coronavirus: Changing The Way We Work News / opinion release guest contribution By Anthony Ginsberg Co-Creator, HAN-GINS Global Innovative Technology ETF Technology is coming to the rescue in a major way for workers and school kids...
[caption id="attachment_1072" align="alignnone" width="525"] Cologne-based blockchain company Ubirch today announced it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), an organization dedicated to determining best practices and standards for blockchain in the transportation industry.[/caption] A Secure Healthcare Blockchain Solution for the Successful Fight Against COVID-19...
Edwin Diender, CDTO and Vice President, Global Government Business Unit, Huawei Enterprise joins Dinis Guarda in this new series of interviews for citiesabc to discuss his profile and background, his work in Huawei and what this tech leading global player is doing in Digital Transformation,...
Dinis Guarda and Professor Yu Xiong talk with Professor Henning Walczak about how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting every single aspect of the society and how healthcare systems all around the world struggle before this novel coronavirus. The best advice, according to the immunologist, is...