Researchers call for governing health data as a public utility to unlock real-world evidence and protect patients

Electronic health records (EHRs); insurance claims; patient registries; wearable tech: Never before has health data been so ...
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Global life expectancy plunges as WHO warns of deepening health crisis Post-COVID

The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the long-term health repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in its newly released World Health Statistics Report 2025. The report reveals a ...
STAT

Re-centering real-world data on the individual

Today’s health care leaders are awash in data. There’s no shortage of organizations collecting, structuring, and licensing massive real-world data sets, each touting millions of de-identified “patient ...

World Obesity Day 2026: India ranks second after China in childhood obesity, over 41 million children affected

A new World Obesity Atlas 2026 report reveals India now has the second-highest number of overweight and obese children ...
Human Rights Watch

New Data Exposes Global Healthcare Funding Inequalities

New data from the World Health Organization reveals that many governments’ public funding of health care falls short of what is needed to meet their human rights obligations. The vast majority of ...