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Shared medical appointments, whereby patients with similar medical conditions consult their medical practitioner together, alleviate pressure on the health system and provide an instant support network for the patient. Why not make them virtual?
The United Nations Assembly has named 2021 the International Year of Peace and Trust. In that spirit, the world can look forward with hope to the international collaborations spearheaded by the World Health Organization and consider the challenges the agency has yet to face.
There has been a lot of hype around the applications of machine learning in medicine. But how is machine learning actually helping bench-to-bedside scientists and clinicians do their jobs?
Stakeholders in public health must lobby policy makers to make decisions based on evidence, not political expediency, particularly when the studies that hang in the balance are critical to understanding the origins of epidemics.
The pandemic has thrust many mainstream journalists into unfamiliar grounds, including coverage of expert opinion that is not backed up by peer-reviewed content, reporting on preprints, and assessing high-complexity instant-response science. How did they manage? We asked five journalists from mainstream media about their experience.