By Reuters Staff HANOI, July 23 (Reuters) – Vietnams daily COVID-19 infections hit a record of 7,307 cases on Friday as the country battles its worst outbreak so far, the countrys health ministry said. Vietnam has reported 81,678 cases in total, most of which were detected during the latest outbreak,…

By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: A doctor inspects a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside the classroom turned COVID-19 care facility on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI (Reuters) – India reported on Friday 35,342 new COVID-19 cases, the federal health ministry said. The…

Conventional wisdom holds that one ought let sleeping does lie. But no one says you’re barred from tracking them while they do. New York-based smart collar maker Fi announced today that its adding sleep to the list of the devices tracking. The added feature uses the collars on-board motion sensing…

The province recorded another COVID-related death on Wednesday in a man in his 30s from the Winnipeg health region linked to the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant. There were 44 new cases of COVID-19 in the province recorded Wednesday. However, 11 cases were removed due to case corrections, leaving the net new…

A man stands near an IBM logo at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio PerezMADRID, July 22 (Reuters) – Spain’s Amadeus will integrate IBM’s digital health pass into its Traveler ID platform in a bid to simplify the verification of passengers’ health credentials during the…

People wait to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a mobile testing lab in Tunis, Tunisia October 7, 2020.REUTERS/Angus McDowall/File PhotoTUNIS, July 21 (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Wednesday that the military health department will take over management of the health crisis in the country…

By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Family members and cemetery workers, wearing protective suits, bury a victim of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a cemetery in Shah Alam, Malaysia July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysias health ministry reported a record 199 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the…

Samsung has announced that it’s expanding the ECG and blood pressure tracking features in its latest Galaxy Watch models to the UK and Europe, along with Chile, Indonesia and the UAE for 31 new countries in total. So far, the function has only been approved in South Korea and the…

By Reuters Staff KABUL, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The World Health Organizations COVAX programme has pledged $112 million for COVID-19 vaccines to reach 20% of Afghanistans population, an Afghan health official said on Tuesday. Afghanistans Deputy Health Minister Waheed Majroh told journalists it was going to take six months to…

Liz Meyerdirk made a name for herself at Uber as the Senior Director & Global Head of Business Development for the company’s Uber Eats business and she’s now turning her attention to women’s health as the new chief executive of The Pill Club. The move comes at a perilous time…