SEOUL INNOVATION QUICKFIRE CHALLENGE LAUNCHED

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• Janssen Korea Ltd. and Johnson & Johnson Innovation are launching Seoul Innovation QuickFire Challenge
• This challenge is for Healthcare sector.
• Organized by New Normal in Collaboration with Korea Health Industry Development I...

PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH DURING A PANDEMIC

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• The current pandemic can have many long term mental health effects.
• Not only mental but economical losses are going to be there and they become the reason for mental health issues becomes.
• COVID-19 is similar to another outbreak...

CHINA DOMINATES MEDICAL SUPPLIES IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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• China has laid a groundwork to dominate the market of medical supplies and protective supplies for many more years. 
• China has been at the top for supplying masks, gowns, test-kits, and other front line weapons for fighting against th...

MICROSOFT RUNNING VOICE AI-BASED MENTAL HEALTHCARE PROGRAM IN SOUTH KOREA

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• Using AI, Microsoft is running an advanced mental healthcare service program.
• This program also uses voice assistants and wearable tech.
• Azure Health of Microsoft is based on Azure Kinect.

In South Korea, Micros...

MHLW APPROVES ILUMYA FOR JAPAN

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• ILUMYA has been approved by MHLW for use in Japan.
• ILUMYA can treat plaque psoriasis in adult patients.

A fully owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has been approved by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ...

UAE SHAMES PEOPLE FOR VIOLATING CORONA VIRUS RULES; 400 VOLUNTEERS JOIN HANDS WITH POLICE

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• UAE residents are shamed on website and news portals to warn them against rule-breaking
• Hundreds of citizens come forward to help police for checking on violators on streets

UAE has started a new way to br...

Health Coaching Market by Current Industry Status, Growth Opportunities, Top Key Players, and Forecast to 2027

The rising awareness for behavioral & mental health is anticipated to have notable implication on health and wellness sector. Behavioral health can be termed as the study of a person’s emotions and psychology relating to his/her mental well-being. The fast paced life of individuals in t...

AUSTRALIAN HEALTHCARE WORKER PRAISES AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

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• Proper management from the Australian government has managed the containment, she says
• She also compared her experience with UK government with the current Australian

An Australian worker tells her tale of working in the U...

ROKIT HEALTHCARE PRESENTS WORLD'S FIRST ALL-IN-ONE BIOPRINTING PLATFORM

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• Launched by ROKIT Healthcare, Dr. INVIVO 4D6 this is a bioreactor-based bioprinting platform.
• This platform is unique due to built-in cell incubator and low-temperature plasma sterilizer.

ROKIT Healthcare has launched the ...

CHINA APPROVED THE USE OF EXPERIMENTAL COVID-19 VACCINE IN MILITARY

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• Beijing has confirmed that it will administer a newly developed experimental vaccine for COVID-19 to its military force.
• The Chinese government has not revealed whether the vaccine will be distributed or it will be mandatory or voluntary f...

YONGIN SEVERANCE HOSPITAL MAY LEAD MEDICAL DIGITAL INNOVATION

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• Yongin Severance Hospital is planning to provide innovative patient care.
• This hospital has 5G-based cutting-edge ICT.

Affiliated with Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital is planning to provide...

UAE EXTENDS HELPING HAND TO 1 MILLION MEDICAL WORKERS WORLDWIDE 

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• UAE despite religious and political differences have come to the help of 1 million healthcare workers fighting against corona
• UAE has always sought humanitarian help to its counterparts, says Al Hashimy

The UAE declared on...

TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH AMID THE CHAOS OF COVID-19 SPREAD

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• The fear and uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 is not only claiming lives but also leaving a bad impact on the overall mental well-being.
• Psych...

Global On-Demand Healthcare Market to Witness Compound Annual Growth Rate of 24.8% over the Forecast Period; says Absolute Markets Insights

Global on-demand healthcare market has witnessed significant growth and is expected to witness a lucrative growth owing to increasing penetration of on-demand healthcare mobile applications. These user-friendly applications assists patients, irrespective of their ages by directing physicians or c...

HOW TO MIND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH DURING THE COVID CRISIS

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• Current COVID chaos is taking a toll on our metal health.
• Overcoming this crisis isn’t impossible.
• Here are some useful tips ...

HEALTH MONITORING APPLICATIONS FROM SAMSUNG LAUNCH IN SOUTH KOREA

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• New Health Monitoring Application from Samsung works with Samsung smartwatch called Galaxy Watch Active 2.
• This application can monitor blood pressure and provide ECG.
• Recently, Samsung had launched a handwashing app too.
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CELLYTRION TO EXPAND COVID-19 TESTING PORTFOLIO

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• Collaborating with BBB, Celltrion is planning to launch POCT kit in July 2020.
• Celltrion wants to distribute a second test, a COVID-19 RDT kit via agreement with Humasis.

Celltrion Group wants to expand its diagnostic port...

WHO PUBLISHES A POLICY BRIEF ON THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 ON THE SENIOR POPULATION

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• Older people are at the highest risk of contracting the COVID-19 infection
• It is due to their weakened immune systems along with pre-existing health conditions

The World Health Organization has published a policy brief. It...

STUDY LINKS JAPANESE CORONAVIRUS CLUSTERS TO YOUNG AND ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE

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• All over the world including Japan, coronavirus cases are shooting up.
• A study is linking coronavirus clusters outside the hospitals to people who might be asymptomatic or young.

With many countries ending lockdown without...

THE POTENTIAL ABILITY OF VITAMIN D TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS COMES UNDER REVIEW

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• The spread of the disease is not uniform across the population
• The disproportionate number of black, Asian and minority ethnic people are contracting the disease

The potential ability of vitamin D to reduce the risk of cor...