The Providence-St. Joseph Health spinout will receive $6 million from Cerner and LRVHealth. The post Cerner's investment into Xealth brings digital health prescription tools to its EHR & patient portal appeared first on Thebrokas ..read more

Sudan offers a laboratory for students of the coup. It has had 15 attempts, five of them successful – more than any other country on a continent that has itself seen more coups than any other region of the world. And on 21 July, Sudan made history again by putting its deposed president Omar al-Bashir on trial for leading the 1989 military coup that brought him to power. It was a unique moment. This was the first time an African leader was being prosecuted for conducting a coup – or at least a successful one – as far as one can establish. There was more than a touch of irony in the event too si ..read more

Snake eating a frog Theo Busschau Snakes eat a great diversity of prey but the details of each species’ diet have long been a bit of a mystery. That’s because it’s difficult to observe their infrequent and unpredictable feeding behaviour. But it’s important to understand their diet because of its impact on ecological systems and its role in venom biochemistry. Snake bites account for many deaths on the African continent. Two researchers used a novel way to gather information about the reptiles’ diets and feeding behaviour. In this episode of Pasha, Bryan Maritz, a senior lecturer in biodiversi ..read more

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As communities across the United States take steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting close contact, people are facing new challenges and questions about how to meet basic household needs, such as buying groceries and medicine, and completing banking activities. The following information provides advice about how to meet these household needs in a safe and healthy manner. The post Running Essential Errands appeared first on Thebrokas ..read more

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Once its insurance claim is resolved, HIMSS intends to come forward with additional remedies for the cancelled HIMSS20, says CEO Hal Wolf. The post HIMSS announces August date for 2021 annual global conference appeared first on Thebrokas ..read more

LONDON (AP) — Pharma giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur have announced they will supply 100 million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine to the United States as governments buy up supplies in hopes something will work. The United States will pay up to $2.1 billion “for development including clinical trials, manufacturing, scale-up and delivery of its vaccine,” the companies said in a statement. Sanofi will get the bulk of the funds. The U.S. government has a further option for the supply of an additional 500 million doses longer term as part of its Operation Warp Speed program. “T ..read more

Explainer | Are masks needed for outdoor exercise under Hong Kong’s new Covid-19 rules? The post Explainer | Are masks needed for outdoor exercise under Hong Kong’s new Covid-19 rules? appeared first on Thebrokas ..read more

Kenyan officials are under pressure to rescind a ban on imports of second-hand clothes, popularly known in the country as “mitumba”. The government imposed the ban in March 2020, citing the Covid-19 pandemic.  In 2019 the country imported 184,555 tonnes of second-hand clothing with an estimated value of KSh17.8 billion, according to official data.  It was one of the country’s top 20 imports. Second-hand clothes dealers have criticised the ban as harsh, arguing that imported garments do not pose a public health risk. “The latest scientific advice indicates that the importation of seco ..read more