Entries by ignacioriesgo

7 days in healthcare (June 9th-15th, 2025)

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: Mary-Claire King, discoverer of the breast cancer gene, Princess of Asturias Award for Science. Global Health: Dementia is deadly. The UN should take this issue more seriously. International Health Policy: A research crisis in the US would have consequences for all of humanity. […]

7 days in healthcare (June 2nd-8th, 2025)

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: The FDA authorizes the first test to diagnose Alzheimer’s. Global Health: A new COVID variant is increasing infections. International Health Policy: Trump’s tax law, which Musk criticizes for not being aggressive enough, threatens to leave 10.8 million people without health coverage. National Health […]

7 days in healthcare (May 26th-June 1st, 2025)

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: Race to discover new life-saving drugs through the sequencing of new genomes. Global health: The US and Argentina agree to work on creating a replacement for the WHO. International health policy: Editorial in The Economist: How Labour should save the NHS. National health […]

7 days in healthcare (May 19th-25th, 2025)

  Summary The week’s most impactful health news stories were: Biomedicine: A type of mammography proves better than ultrasound for women with dense breasts. Global health: Gaza is a victim of silence and impunity. International health policy: Trump’s attacks on science become harsher and more indiscriminate. National health policy: Doctors consider the changes introduced in […]

7 days in healthcare (May 12th-18th, 2025

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: For the first time, a CRIPS treatment is capable of treating a single mutation. Global health: The need to accelerate vaccine development in Africa. International health policy: The medical profession cannot remain silent in the US in the face of the government’s abuses […]

7 days in healthcare (May 5th-11st, 2025)

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: 50 years of Prozac. A drug useful in many cases of depression. Global health: “Putting America First,” worsening health for populations at home (USA) and abroad. International health policy: European patients are waiting longer and longer for innovative drugs. National health policy: Numerous […]

7 days in healthcare (April 29th-May 4th, 2025)

    Summary The week’s most impactful health news stories were: Biomedicine: Individual well-being indicators identified. Global health: 25 million deaths could be expected if the US cuts off funding for global health. International health policy: France considers regulations for mandatory medical placement in medical deserts. National health policy: Doctors will have a specific chapter […]

7 days in healthcare (April 21st-27th, 2025)

  Summary The week’s most impactful health news stories were: Biomedicine: Deadly fungi are becoming drug-resistant. Global health: Tuberculosis, a health threat in Europe. International health policy: American drug tariffs in the US risk shortages of lower-cost generics. National health policy: Waiting lists become chronic. Companies: Novo Nordisk’s stock market plunges under pressure from rival […]

7 days in healthcare (April 14th-20th, 2025)

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: Lilly successfully tests an anti-obesity pill that will compete with previous injection therapies. Global Health: WHO members, without the US, reach an agreement on the Pandemic Treaty. International Health Policy: Trump promises drug price cuts, but disrupts the price negotiation process with Medicare, […]

7 days in healthcare (April 7th-13th, 2025)

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: The Lancet proposes rethinking coronary artery disease to save lives, based not so much on symptoms but on atheroma. Global Health: Public health under Trump 2.0: in the short term, chaos; in the long term, a disaster for public health both domestically and […]