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Covid-19 public health emergency in US to end in May

Vaccines and at-home testing to stop, as will extra payments to hospitals

More than one in four Brits find work the best place to talk about mental health

Employers encouraged to get behind latest campaign, with Mind’s Time to Talk Day 2023 on 2 February

Norovirus cases in UK 37 per cent higher than pre-pandemic average

This has been described as ‘unusual norovirus activity’, with the elderly increasingly affected

Health screening uptake for British women, but inequalities remain

Women are still facing barriers to accessing lifesaving care

Medibank top Australian health insurer in 2022

It has overtaken Bupa after six years at the top

WHO to decide whether Covid-19 still a global emergency

High levels of infections in China causing doubts

Colombian government declares mandatory insurance coverage for medical cannabis products

Cannabis can be used as treatment for chronic and neuropathic pain, epilepsy and other conditions

WHO reviews Covid variant data from China

The Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) meets regularly to review the latest scientific evidence on circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and advises the World Health Organization (WHO) on whether a…

One in three UK employees reports significant mental health conditions

Many employees also felt too embarrassed to seek help, or felt that their problems weren’t severe enough

Forum on immunisation and Polio eradication in Africa

In recognition that immunisation is a global health and development success story, saving millions of lives each year, a recent Forum in Senegal called for equal access to Polio vaccinations…

THIA with biothreat intelligence BlueDot

THIA partners with BlueDot

The Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada (THIA) has agreed a deal with biothreat intelligence BlueDot to improve the industry’s decision-making capabilities

WHO renames monkeypox disease

Decision made based on consultations with experts, countries and the general public

Malaria potentially spreading to countries where it is not typically endemic

Warning of an invasive species of mosquito across urban settings from east to west Africa

Redbrick AI secures seed funding

Healthtech platform Redbrick AI has announced a successful US$4.6 million seed funding round, as it plans to develop medical data annotation technology