NLS Global report

Karolinska Institutet has produced a new online course based on the knowledge of global health collated by Professor Hans Rosling, and is held in a web-friendly format. The online course will highlight issues like: What is the public health status of different countries and of regions with different income levels? What impact does development have […]

Pfizer and Allergan have terminated their $160bn merger, blaming a crack-down this week on tax inversions deal by the US Treasury Department for scuppering what would have marked the largest-ever healthcare acquisition, reports The Telegraph. Tax avoidance schemes such as inversion deals, in which US companies move their legal addresses overseas to take advantage of lower tax rates, have long been a thorn in the […]

Siemens Financial Services has released a new research report examining how healthcare organisations around the world meet the sector’s key challenges with smart finance. Conducted with healthcare providers across thirteen countries, the report has identified four common challenges: ‘managing investment in a capital-constrained environment’, ‘adapting to market forces’, ‘digital innovation and technological transformation’ and ‘meeting […]

On yesterday’s WHO meeting, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus and its suspected link to birth defects an international public health emergency. This is a rare move that signals the seriousness of the outbreak and gives countries new tools to fight it. An outbreak of the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, […]

The World Health Organization has convened an emergency committee on Zika virus. It will meet on 1 February to decide whether Zika should be treated as a global emergency. The organisation expects “three to four million cases of Zika virus disease” in the Americas. Zika virus, which has caused thousands of severe birth defects in […]

The gene sequencing company Illumina has created a new company that is trying to invent a blood test that could hopefully find all cancers in their early stages. A key part of helping more patients survive cancer is finding new ways to catch cancer sooner, so doctors can treat it before it has time to […]