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A woman sorts medication in the pharmacy of Yueyang Hospital at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai.JOHANNES EISELE | AFP | Getty ImagesChina's health sector is likely to be the next to be scrutinized, analysts…

A medical worker checks Covid-19 coronavirus patients in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Bogor on June 18, 2021, as the infection rate of the Indonesian Covid-19 coronavirus increases.Aditya Aji | AFP | Getty ImagesMedical…

The Amazon Pharmacy home screen on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsk a sports star before a game whether their team is going to win and…

US privacy laws need to be updated, especially after Google signs a deal with a major hospital chain, medical ethics expert Arthur Kaplan said on Wednesday. "Now we have electronic medical records, huge amounts of data, and it's like asking…

Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty ImagesThe federal prosecutor has charged 14 people - including a doctor and owner of laboratories, pharmacies and a home health department - with multiple Covid-related fraud programs that allegedly…

A handheld ultrasound (Vscan Air) that leads beyond highly specialized areas of medicine such as obstetrics and cardiology to general practitioners.Source: GEGeneral Electric announced the launch of its new Vscan Air wireless portable…

SINGAPORE - Indian drug maker Cadila Healthcare is about to start a phase 3 clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine, its chairman told CNBC."We are now entering the third phase, which will begin very, very soon," Pankaj Patel…

A security guard administers disinfectant to a visitor to a government hospital in Lagos on February 28, 2020.PIUS UTOMI EKPEI | AFP via Getty ImagesThe coronavirus pandemic has sharpened the lens of a significant health spending gap in…

Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at Rady Children's Hospital before being returned to the refrigerator on December 15, 2020 in San Diego, California.Adriana Drehsler | AFP | Getty ImagesThe doses of the coronavirus vaccine may have…