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The ASX healthcare sector bounced back this week, offering little welcome to investors. Photo: Getty Images The ASX Health sector is up 2.66% for the past five days while the broader market is up 2.81% Lomos secures US CLIA waiver for its flagship point-of-care (POC) respiratory test FebriDx Amplia reports four new confirmed responses from … Read more

Agencies warn that elderly support services are facing shortages as fuel prices rise

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The National Council for Aged Care Providers is calling on the federal government to provide urgent support to keep services running, as the Middle East war sends oil prices skyrocketing. Aged Australians, which represents residential care, home care, retirement living and community care operators, wants older Australians and aged care workers to be prioritized in … Read more

Here are four signs you may need couples therapy

Here are four signs you may need couples therapy

An eight-part Netflix reality series Blue treatment Seven follows a couple as they navigate their relationship with the help of therapist Karen Doherty. The fly-on-the-wall documentary, which centers on therapy sessions and real-world couple interactions, covers issues including infidelity, infidelity, financial problems, and parenting. Doherty, a couples therapist and relationship coach, said the show was … Read more

As Iranian missiles rain down, hospitals try to raise funds for underground shelters

As Iranian missiles rain down, hospitals try to raise funds for underground shelters

Last week, while medical staff at Hillel Yaf Hospital in Haidar were performing cardiac catheterizations in one of the hospital’s three secure operating rooms, a siren sounded signaling an impending Iranian ballistic missile attack. The missile was fired, and the operation continued successfully. Afterwards, staff moved the patient to another building with a safe recovery … Read more

World news in brief, Cuba embargo hurts health care, Haiti ‘violence’, Djibouti shipwreck dies

A long line of people wait outside for cash distributions as part of the World Food Program (WFP) 'Cash for Work' program in Haiti, with green tropical plants in front.

In an alert, the United Nations’ World Health Organization, WHO, warned that Cuban hospitals are struggling to maintain emergency and critical care services. “Thousands of surgeries have been delayed over the past month and people who need care … have been put at risk by the lack of electricity available for medical equipment,” said WHO … Read more

AI is changing pediatric surgery, but with strong ethical concerns

AI is changing pediatric surgery, but with strong ethical concerns

Before a child goes into the operating room, a large screen displays the risk score. This score predicts potential complications, provides an estimated time to recovery, and recommends a course of action. While the numbers seem accurate, the process that goes into creating them is hard to see. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing pediatric … Read more

A new emergency mental health center is one step closer to opening

The building, formerly owned by St. Vincent's Charity Medical Center, has become Central's new behavioral health crisis center. Credit: Michael Andriolo/Signal Cleveland/Catchlight Local

A new crisis center for people in need of emergency mental health care is a step closer to opening after a key funding source was put in place. The Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS), the public agency that oversees mental health in Cuyahoga County, on Wednesday approved $4.5 million from … Read more

Promoting development including health policies for refugees and migrants

Promoting development including health policies for refugees and migrants

The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting a major shift in how countries respond to the health needs of migrants and refugees, with new data showing more than 60 countries – two-thirds of those surveyed – now include them in their national health policies and laws. Gathering data from 93 Member States, the report forms … Read more

Solum Global and DFINITY Partner to Build US Healthcare’s First Steelcoin Payment Platform on the Internet

Solum Global and DFINITY Partner to Build US Healthcare's First Steelcoin Payment Platform on the Internet

Solum’s sgUSD and ICP-powered AI platform delivers near-instant healthcare payments, eliminating payment delays of 30-120 days and reducing fraud, waste and abuse West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, March 26, 2026 — Solum Global, Inc., a fully decentralized and permissionless blockchain protocol and DFINITY Foundation, developer and leading contributor to the Internet Computing Protocol (ICP), today … Read more