South African based Digital Asset Investment holding company, The High Option Ltd, joined the Society as a corporate member in February 2020, just before the lockdown started in SA. The Society recently received an interesting media release from the company’s media office. We decided to follow up on it and…
The EU’s world-leading data protection and privacy rules can make life very complicated for the region’s scientists and researchers. Experts say the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for example, is sometimes used as “an excuse” for not sharing sensitive data, such as personal health data, even where there is a…
A healthcare solution born in an ETH student workshop has now entered mass production: the helpfulETH initiative is supporting hospitals during the coronavirus crisis by producing special face shields. ETH Zurich is working on the project alongside the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR Rapperswil), Geberit and Swiss Prime Pack….
Researchers at KTH are developing a computer model to simulate the connection between the spread of the coronavirus and the travel habits of Stockholm residents. The tool would provide epidemiologists with an important piece of the puzzle, and thereby enable them to better predict how both Covid-19 and other diseases…
A surge in the generation and use of cross-border health data for research in the coronavirus pandemic is boosting EU efforts to digitise health research and care, as a stepping stone to improving the response to future health crises. A flurry of cooperation projects has enabled Europe’s main life sciences…
20 June 2020 — Forty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3116 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to seven and two (702). To date, three hundred and fifty-seven (357) patients have recovered and been discharged, including six (6) in the past 24…
Beni – At the entrance to the Centre de médecine tradi-moderne du village, a health centre offering conventional and herbal treatments, in Beni town, a painted mural shows a man and a woman washing their hands. “Plants are life, handwashing saves lives” a caption reads. In a smoke-filled room inside,…
Brazzaville – The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC), responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region, is set to make its final decision about the region’s wild poliovirus status in August 2020. Following field verification visits over the past year and thorough…
When did you realise that your life had changed completely because of SARS-CoV-2? Was it in March 2020? Or perhaps April? We found that for most people it depends a lot on where they were based. As part of the TRESCA research activities, we watched closely what happened in eight…
Prof. Doug Leith and Dr Stephen Farrell at the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin have published new studies on the use of contact tracing apps on public transport (https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/bus.pdf)and on the Google/Apple API on which the apps are based (https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/gaen_verification.pdf). Prof. Doug Leith said: “We carried out an independent ‘due…
