Category: Health

Further information Ofgem SIF: cycle three beta, summary of projects approved Round three, challenge three: unlocking energy system flexibility to accelerate electrification of heat Cooldown Cooldown will explore if space cooling can be harnessed for flexibility through trials of space cooling demand response across both commercial and residential archetypes. It aims to better understand customer […]

Being able to instantly and accurately predict the trajectory of a person’s health in the years to come has long been seen as the pinnacle of medicine. This kind of information would have a profound effect on healthcare systems as a whole – shifting care from treatment to prevention. According to the findings of a […]

And because healthcare spending is also under pressure around the world, it should be a priority to develop so-called combination vaccines, the panel insisted.  WHO immunisation chief Dr. Kate O’Brien, stressed that the combination MMR jab that protects against measles, mumps and rubella, is safe for children. ‘Significant risks’ “What is really critical is that rubella and measles […]

Dublin, 1 October 2025 — LaNua Medical, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out, has secured €6 million in funding under Ireland’s Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) to accelerate development of its pioneering ECORE™ device, designed to modernise embolisation procedures. Embolisation is a minimally invasive technique used by surgeons and interventional radiologists to control blood flow […]

Um Muhammad al-Masri, displaced from the northern town of Beit Hanoun, never lets go of her asthma inhaler. She says she would die without it. Smoke fills her tent, where she runs a primitive furnace fuelled by trash. “I was prescribed medicine, but I couldn’t afford it, so UNRWA [the UN agency for Palestine refugees] […]

When her 11-year-old daughter, Noel-Dina, was struck by fever and unbearable abdominal pain, Oriata didn’t hesitate. She immediately took her child to the nearest hospital. “She couldn’t walk anymore because she was so weak. I had to carry her on my back. I was terribly worried and thought I was going to lose her,” said Oriata, […]

Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types. Yet recent research is challenging parts of this long-standing practice. Imagine your body’s immune defences as a city, and lymph nodes as the hubs where police and firefighters gather fresh intel to launch their attack on criminals. What happens if you […]

Further information Full list of funded projects Strategic Growth projects Advanced Logistics BVLOS UAV Mission (ALBUM) Partners include: ARC Aerosystems Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership Acroflight Scubatx This project will test a large, uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) in Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. This was a key step towards commercialisation of ARC’s heavy […]

US president Donald Trump’s claim that pregnant women should avoid paracetamol – a statement that is both harmful and not backed by the science – fits into a long and damaging tradition of blaming parents, especially mothers, for autism. Despite decades of research and a far richer understanding of autistic lives, two myths persist: that […]