For the best. Katie Price detailed her “heartbreaking” decision to place her 18-year-old son, Harvey, in a home for full-time care. Celebrity Health Scares “It’s so upsetting to think I won’t see him every day but this is the best thing for Harvey and we have to think positively because I don’t want him to […]
Desirée Rogers, the former chief executive officer of Fashion Fair Cosmetics and social secretary under President Barack Obama, and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack, formerly the CEO of Ebony Media, have a plan to build a world-class beauty company for women of color. The duo are starting with a refresh for Black Opal, the decades-old beauty brand […]
It was a long struggle to adopt a new normal of wearing face masks, maintaining physical distance, handwashing and on-and-off lockdowns. Then, with the approval of two vaccines, came the expectation that the world will soon be cured of COVID-19, and that we all will resume our old normal life. But—not so fast. We must […]
Researchers from leading UK and US institutions have published an analysis outlining the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on ethnic minority groups, and the role of racism, in particular systemic racism, as a fundamental cause and driver of adverse health outcomes. Recommendations include the addition of ethnic minority groups to those defined as clinically extremely vulnerable […]
China has sent over 20,000 rural residents living in the epicentre of the country’s latest virus outbreak to state-run quarantine facilities, as Beijing on Friday reported the worst nationwide figures since March. The country had largely brought the virus under control after strict measures including mass testing and travel restrictions. But recent weeks have seen […]
Denmark leads the EU in vaccinations against the novel coronavirus thanks to a swift and smooth roll-out, and even more people would have got the jab if it had more available doses. So far, 2.2 percent of Denmark’s population of 5.8 million has been vaccinated since the campaign began on December 27. Unlike other countries […]
Written by Hollie Richardson Hollie is a digital writer at Stylist.co.uk, mainly covering the daily news on women’s issues, politics, celebrities and entertainment. She also keeps an ear out for the best podcast episodes to share with readers. Oh, and don’t even get her started on Outlander… Is anxiety causing you to worry and overthink the small […]
Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Thursday announced a curfew to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, as cases soar and hospitals run out of beds and oxygen supplies. Authorities warned of a dire situation across the vast state. In its capital Manaus, the health system has been pushed to breaking point. The […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week published its first action plan for how it intends to spur development and oversight of safe, patient-centric artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software as a medical device. WHY IT MATTERS The AI/ML-Based Software as a Medical Device Action Plan is a project of the Digital Health Center […]
L.A. Downtown Medical Center (LADMC) is a 212-bed hospital serving a culturally diverse patient population in downtown Los Angeles. THE PROBLEM Physicians were frustrated by the cumbersome user experience of their EHR, which made for endless clicking and time-consuming documentation. Many felt like the EHR had been designed more for regulatory compliance and billing than […]
