News in Numbers

According to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), 6.1 billion people are now covered by at least one of its six MPOWER tobacco control measures.

A report by Boston Consulting Group forecasts that a tech-driven vision for the UK National Health Service could add £40bn ($54.8bn) to the UK's annual GDP.

Cognito has achieved its enrollment target for a trial of its Spectris system for Alzheimer's disease that previously demonstrated a 76% decrease in cognitive decline.

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) forecasts that loneliness contributes towards an estimated 871,000 deaths annually.

The Chinese government has excluded EU-based companies from procuring medical devices over 45 million yuan ($6.3m) after the EU banned Chinese companies from public procurement tenders for medical device contracts valued above €5m ($5.72m) last month.