Entries by ignacioriesgo

15 days in healthcare (September 1st-14th, 2025)

Summary The most impactful health news stories of the last two weeks were: Biomedicine: The importance of prioritizing prevention in a disease as prevalent as heart failure. Global Health: The decline in global fertility will cause the population to decrease significantly in the relatively short term. International Health Policy: Evangelical Christians, Trump’s traditional partners, are […]

7 days in healthcare (August 25th-31st, 2025)

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: The first transplant of an animal lung into a human chest works for nine days. Global Health: The great progress of vaccines, which could be reversed. International Health Policy: It seems the CDC is done for. National Health Policy: Spain will have a […]

7 days in healthcare (August 18th-24th, 2025)

  Summary The week’s most impactful health news stories were: Biomedicine: Nature editorial: canceling mRNA research is the greatest irresponsibility. Global health: WHO Pandemic Agreement. International health policy: RFK Jr. and MAHA (Make American Healthy Again): dangerous, emboldened, and growing. National health policy: 2026 MIR call for applications: The Official State Gazette publishes this year’s […]

7 days in healthcare (August 11th-17th, 2025)

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: The rise of liver cancer must be reversed. Global health: UN talks on plastics end without agreement. International health policy: The suicide of science in the United States. National health policy: Major waiting list crisis in Catalonia. Companies: MSD and Pfizer will lead […]

7 days in healhtcare (August 4th-10th, 2025)

  Summary The week’s most impactful health news stories were: Biomedicine: The discovery of lithium’s essential role in Alzheimer’s opens a hopeful avenue for treating the disease. Global Health: The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure. This includes Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen. International Health Policy: Trump threatens pharmaceutical […]

7 days in healthcare (July 28th-August 3rd, 2025)

  Summary The week’s most impactful health news stories were: Biomedicine: Smart antibiotics: Can AI end antimicrobial resistance? Global health: Liver cancer will double by 2050, according to The Lancet. International health policy: Trump asks pharmaceutical companies to lower prices by the end of September. The Biden administration’s gradualist and well-designed policy is replaced by […]

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

    Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: The universal cancer vaccine, from hope to a promising reality. Global health: The impact of the famine in Gaza: a painful death today and a curse for generations to come. International health policy: The US Republicans made cuts to Medicaid; will it […]

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

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: A revolution in medicine: a molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis. Global health: Western aid cuts are more deadly for Africa than COVID-19. International health policy: The significance of Trumpcare. The American population without health insurance will exceed 10%, reversing all the […]

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

  Summary The most impactful health news of the week were: Biomedicine: Cancer vaccines and the important role of immunotherapy. Global health: Plastic pollution is increasing, requiring an ambitious UN Treaty to curb it. International health policy: Dentists fight RFK Jr. over fluoride. National health policy: Feijóo believes the main healthcare problem is the lack […]