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COVID-19

WHO to host first Infodemiology Conference, take stock of relevant research and effective practices

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the phenomenon of an ‘infodemic’ has escalated to a level that requires a coordinated response. An infodemic is an overabundance of information – some accurate and some ...

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COVID-19

UN: COVID-19’s far reaching impact on global drug abuse

If Governments react as they did to the 2008 economic crisis by reducing drug-related policy interventions; prevention, and treatment services; the report says that opioid addiction counter-measures could be pa...

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COVID-19

GE launches 8 AI algorithms for rapid testing of 1.5B global chest x-ray scans

GE Healthcare has introduced its Thoracic Care Suite, a collection of eight artificial intelligence algorithms from Lunit Insight CXR to help alleviate clinical strain due to Covid-19. The AI suite quickly anal...

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COVID-19

IMF chief warns global recession worse, recovery slower due to growing pandemic

In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that the global recession will be worse, and the economic recovery slower, than was anticipated. Georg...

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COVID-19

Blue Prism finds 86% in UAE see process automation solving productivity problems

Delivering new insights into the future of work, Blue Prism announced the findings of its annual global survey in a report titled, The Impact of a Digital Workforce on Business Agility and Survival. The report,...

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COVID-19

Dimension Data offers free incident response service to UAE hospitals

Following a significant spike in Covid-19 themed cyber-attacks on the healthcare sector, Dimension Data is offering world-class Incident Response Remediation assistance at no cost to UAE hospitals combatting th...

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COVID-19

Global CIO Forum, Bahrain’s AI Society host Session 2 of BotTalk on AI and Covid-19

On June 28 Global CIO Forum, in partnership with Bahrain’s Artificial Intelligence Society, hosted the second session, in Arabic, of the BotTalk AI Virtual Conference. The topics discussed included AI Ethics, R...

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COVID-19

Global partners require $31 billion to speed up COVID-19 medicines for all

Ahead of a major pledging summit, they updated journalists on a recently announced initiative to speed up production of these treatments, known as the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. “It’s clear tha...

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COVID-19

IOC joins forces with WHO and the United Nations to fight COVID-19

On Olympic Day, 23 June 2020, the International Olympic Committee and WHO together with the United Nations launch a partnership to encourage individuals and communities around the world to be #HEALTHYTogether. ...

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COVID-19

WHO: 10 million infections milestone looms 

Addressing journalists from Geneva during the agency’s regular press briefing, WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that more than 9.1 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported thus far, an...