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EU4Health: MEPs Reach Deal with Council on 2021-2027 EU Health Programme

The new EU health programme, worth 5.1 billion EUR, will help to fix shortcomings exposed by COVID-19 and boost quality and resilience of EU health systems.

Parliament negotiators agreed on a deal with member states to significantly step up the EU’s action in the health sector through a dedicated 5.1 billion EUR "EU4Health Programme" as part of the EU’s recently agreed long-term budget.

New Neural Network Enables Easy Screening of Sleep Apnoea in Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease

A new neural network developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital enables an easy and accurate assessment of sleep apnoea severity in patients with cerebrovascular disease. The assessment is automated and based on a simple nocturnal pulse oximetry, making it possible to easily screen for sleep apnoea in stroke units.

COVID-19 Warnings Were on Twitter Well Before the Outbreak of the Pandemic

Even before public announcements of the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe were made, at the end of January 2020, signals that something strange was happening were already circulating on social media. A new study of researchers at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, published in Scientific Reports, has identified tracks of increasing concern about pneumonia cases on posts published on Twitter in seven countries, between the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020.

Using Artificial Intelligence to Find New Uses for Existing Medications

Scientists have developed a machine-learning method that crunches massive amounts of data to help determine which existing medications could improve outcomes in diseases for which they are not prescribed.

The intent of this work is to speed up drug repurposing, which is not a new concept - think Botox injections, first approved to treat crossed eyes and now a migraine treatment and top cosmetic strategy to reduce the appearance of wrinkles.

One in Four Doctors Attacked, Harassed on Social Media

While many physicians benefit from social media by networking with potential collaborators or interfacing with patients, a new study from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago found many physicians also report being sexually harassed and personally attacked on these platforms on the basis of their religion, race or medical recommendations.

New Virtual Screening Strategy Identifies Existing Drug that Inhibits COVID-19 Virus

A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with lab experiments suggest that pralatrexate, a chemotherapy medication originally developed to treat lymphoma, could potentially be repurposed to treat COVID-19. Haiping Zhang of the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology in Shenzhen, China, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology.

Significant Disparities in Telemedicine Use, Especially Among Older and Non-White Patients

After "COVID-19," the term that most people will remember best from 2020 is likely to be "social distancing." While it most commonly applied to social gatherings with family and friends, it has impacted the way many receive medical care. Historically, the United States has been relatively slow to broadly adopt telemedicine, largely emphasizing in-person visits.

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EU4Health: MEPs Reach Deal with Council on 2021-2027 EU Health Programme

New Neural Network Enables Easy Screening of Sleep Apnoea in Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease

COVID-19 Warnings Were on Twitter Well Before the Outbreak of the Pandemic

Using Artificial Intelligence to Find New Uses for Existing Medications

One in Four Doctors Attacked, Harassed on Social Media

New Virtual Screening Strategy Identifies Existing Drug that Inhibits COVID-19 Virus

Significant Disparities in Telemedicine Use, Especially Among Older and Non-White Patients

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