WHO to accelerate research and innovation for new coronavirus

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Feb, 2020

WHO convened a global research and innovation forum to mobilize international action in response to the new coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).    "Harnessing the power of science ...Read more

WHO renames coronavirus as COVID-19

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Feb, 2020

WHO has renamed the 2019-nCoV to COVID-19, under agreed guidelines between WHO, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unit...Read more

Taiwan Excellence assures safety to visitors from coronavirus

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Feb, 2020

Taiwan and Taiwan Excellence issue the following statement regarding travel to Taiwan during the Coronavirus outbreak: In response to the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-n...Read more

Caution needed in assessing how infectious is coronavirus: GlobalData

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Feb, 2020

One of the most frequently asked questions during the novel 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, centered in Wuhan, China, is: ‘how contagious is this new virus?’ One way to ...Read more

Anagram tackles coronavirus fears in Asian and Singapore organisations

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Feb, 2020

Anagram Group, a leading corporate training company based in Singapore launches online webinars, smaller in-house workshop sizes and temperature checks in response to Novel Corona...Read more

WHO, FIND to drive universal access to essential diagnostics

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Feb, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) have announced that a memorandum of understanding has been signed by the two organizations to fo...Read more

WHO holds first global technical partnership meeting on AMS

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Feb, 2020

WHO in collaboration with the Government of Thailand is organizing a 3-day international AMS technical partners meeting, to bring together country representatives, global experts, organizat...Read more

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commits $100M in response to 2019-nCoV

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Feb, 2020

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will immediately commit up to $100 million for the global response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The funding will ...Read more

UAE foundation supports NUS with medical professorship

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Feb, 2020

The Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable & Humanitarian Foundation is donating US$3 million to the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) to drive research, educa...Read more

Potential benefits of NR with exercise can relieve hypertension in adults

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Feb, 2020

ChromaDex Corp, the global scientific authority on nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide riboside (NR) science, on 3 Feb 2020 announced the initiation of a first-of-its-k...Read more

Novotech Wins Australian-Korean Business Excellence Award 2020

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Feb, 2020

Asia-Pacific specialist CRO Novotech has won the Australian-Korean Business Awards 2020 - Award for Excellence, in the category Biotech and Health. The award from the Australian C...Read more

Healthcare platform CAREhab 2020 postponed due to coronavirus threat in Singapore

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Feb, 2020

Due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation in Singapore, annual premier healthcare platform CAREhab 2020, originally scheduled to take place at MAX Atria at Singapore EXPO on 14-15 ...Read more

New Algorithm predicts gestational diabetes

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Feb, 2020

A new computer algorithm can predict in the early stages of pregnancy, or even before pregnancy has occurred, which women are at a high risk of gestational diabetes – according to a s...Read more

Singapore Hosts International Commission on Healthy Longevity

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Feb, 2020

The human race is at the cusp of a demographic transition, experiencing rapidly ageing populations coupled with declining birth rates all around the world. To successfully mitigate this and...Read more

Thailand finds successful cocktail to treat coronavirus

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Feb, 2020

Thailand’s health ministry announced on 3 Feb 2020 that Thailand has marked progress in the treatment of coronavirus. A 71-year-old Chinese patient from Wuhan infected with the novel ...Read more

Allianz sets up emergency response fund against coronavirus

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Feb, 2020

Allianz (China) Insurance Holding Co. Ltd. has announced that the group's key institutions in mainland China and Allianz SE will jointly set up an emergency response fund to support China's...Read more

Coronavirus outbreak can drastically impact the technology road map for 2020

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Feb, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak is now entering a crucial phase with the WHO declaring it as a global health emergency. While the economic impact of the outbreak will be dependent on how lon...Read more

Singapore's NGL donates 1M masks & medical supplies to China

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Feb, 2020

Singapore based Novena Global Lifecare, one of Asia's largest integrated medical healthcare and aesthetic companies, with over 250 clinics in 20 cities mainly in the Asia-Pac...Read more