Retracted COVID-19 studies expose gaps in vetting of U.S. health data firms
As hospitals have moved to electronic health records, independent analytics firms have started buying hospital data sold without patient names.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he expected the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 900 people to disappear in April due to hotter weather. "The virus ... typically that will go away in April," he told reporters at the White House, adding: "The ...
1 in 5 deaths worldwide linked to unhealthy diet, study says
Eleven million deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat that contributed to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a global study found. The research, published in the Lancet medical journal, found that among 195 countries ...
Bodies buried, Congo bracing for next Ebola outbreak, busting rumors
Democratic Republic of Congo may have declared an end to its ninth outbreak of the lethal Ebola virus since 1976, but health experts are already plotting ways to beat the next flare-up. From vaccines to apps, myth-busting to health training, officials are looking at myriad ...
In a 2013 study of 188 countries by the British medical journal Lancet, Japan ranked first in “healthy life expectancy.”
