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Mystery in Japan as dangerous streptococcal infections soar to …

(9 days ago) WEBIn the first two months of 2024, 378 cases have already been recorded, with infections identified in all but two of Japan’s 47 prefectures. Japan says 1.5m people are living as recluses after

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/japan-streptococcal-infections-rise-details

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Science & Health - News - The Japan Times

(5 days ago) WEBYellow sand gets carried by the wind from the deserts of China and Mongolia to Japan along with man-made pollutants, causing a host of symptoms. JAPAN / Science & Health. Apr 26, 2024.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/japan/science-health/

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Japan is making universal health coverage work. Here's …

(9 days ago) WEBJapan expressed its commitment to play a leading role in international discussions by supporting the establishment of universal health coverage in Africa, Asia, and other regions in cooperation with …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/12/mainstreaming-universal-health-coverage-with-japan-at-the-helm-as-a-leading-health-nation/

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5 dead and over 100 hospitalized from recalled Japanese health

(6 days ago) WEBUpdated 4:45 AM PDT, March 29, 2024. TOKYO (AP) — Five people who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized as of Friday, a week after a pharmaceutical company issued a recall of the products, officials said. Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. came under fire for not going public quickly with

https://apnews.com/article/supplement-recall-deaths-japan-health-benikoji-1ce6a27d6495e500e991e36581b2dbde

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Japan confirms first human-to-human transmission of tick-borne …

(Just Now) WEB1X. The National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) said it has confirmed the first instance of human-to-human transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in Japan. The

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/20/japan/science-health/first-person-to-person-sfts-infection-japan/

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Latest Updates on Coronavirus NHK WORLD-JAPAN …

(8 days ago) WEBThailand cashes in on Russian tourism boom. The latest on cases, policies, and more. Japan's public broadcaster provides coronavirus pandemic stats, graphs, and video features.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/tags/82/

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Why Japan's medical system has come close to …

(7 days ago) WEBFriday Feb. 26, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic has at times brought Japan's medical system to the brink of collapse despite being hit by far fewer cases than the United States and some European

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/1524/

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Japan flu cases surge to warning level at fastest pace in 10 years

(8 days ago) WEBThe central government on Friday said the average number of influenza patients at thousands of designated medical institutions nationwide had hit warning levels at their fastest pace in 10 years

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/16/japan/science-health/influenza-record-rise/

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Medical - The Mainichi - 毎日新聞

(4 days ago) WEBLatest news and in-depth reports on medicine from universities, institutes and scientists in Japan and abroad. Japan health ministry advisory body (2023/12/13)

https://mainichi.jp/english/science/medical/

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Japan’s Healthcare Innovation Goes Hand-In-Hand With Quality

(4 days ago) WEBSyrinx’s innovation was recognized at the Japan Healthcare Business Contest 2021 where it won the Grand Prix Prize, and it has also won several prestigious international prizes. Unfortunately

https://www.forbes.com/sites/japan/2021/03/15/japans-healthcare-innovation-goes-hand-in-hand-with-quality-of-life/

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In Japan, civilian feds say health care crisis still isn’t fixed

(7 days ago) WEBEarlier this month, Federal News Network published an article summarizing an extended interview with Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, the director of the Defense Health Agency. That article generated more pushback from our audience than any story I’ve written in my 13 years at Federal News Network, so we thought it was important to share some …

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2023/11/in-japan-civilian-feds-say-health-care-crisis-still-isnt-fixed/

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WHO Japan World Health Organization

(6 days ago) WEBWHO's primary role is to direct international health within the United Nations' system and to lead partners in global health responses. News release. Dzud emergency in Mongolia moves to risk of floods and environmental contamination This report provides a historical review of how Japan established its infection prevention and control

https://www.who.int/japan/

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Shortage of Doctors at the Root of Japan’s COVID Hospital Crisis

(8 days ago) WEB“An Aging Population and Growing Disease Burden Will Require a Large and Specialized Health Care Workforce by 2025,” Health Affairs, vol. 32, no. 11 (November 2013); and Harris Ahmed and J. Bryan Carmody, “On the Looming Physician Shortage and Strategic Expansion of Graduate Medical Education,” Cureus, vol. 12, no. 7 (July 15, 2020).

https://www.tokyofoundation.org/research/detail.php?id=922

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‘More people are going to die’: DoD civilians in Japan face health …

(5 days ago) WEBDoD civilians living in Japan say although access to health care in the country has always been somewhat challenging, the most recent changes have been dramatic. They happened gradually, and then all at once. First, in September, some employees started hearing from their regular providers at local MTFs that they’d no …

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2023/02/more-people-are-going-to-die-dod-civilians-in-japan-face-health-care-access-crisis/

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Japan's Takeda Pharma to restructure after annual profit slump

(4 days ago) WEBTOKYO, May 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502.T) , opens new tab announced a restructuring on Thursday after annual profit slid by more than half following the loss of patent

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/japans-takeda-pharma-says-full-year-profit-slumps-56-2024-05-09/

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Improving Japan’s health care system McKinsey

(5 days ago) WEBJapan’s health care system is becoming more expensive. In 2005 (the most recent year with available comprehensive data), the cost of the NHI plan was 33.1 trillion yen ($333.8 billion at March 2009 rates), or 6.6 percent of GDP. 2 2.

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/improving-japans-health-care-system

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Congress nudges DoD toward fixing serious health care shortfalls …

(8 days ago) WEBIn an April 21 letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, 11 members of Congress led by New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone said the department needed to take “immediate action” to provide access to health care for the entire DoD population serving in Japan. “Civilians and contractors perform vital services for the United States’ mission to

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2023/07/congress-nudges-dod-toward-fixing-serious-health-care-shortfalls-in-japan/

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Japan Health System Review - World Health Organization

(8 days ago) WEBi Japan Health System Review Health Systems in Transition Vol. 8 No. 1 2018 Written by: Haruka Sakamoto: Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Md. Mizanur Rahman: Project Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/259941/9789290226260-eng.pdf?sequence=1

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Health care system in Japan - Wikipedia

(7 days ago) WEBThe health care system in Japan provides different types of services, including screening examinations, prenatal care and infectious disease control, with the patient accepting responsibility for 30% of these costs while the government pays the remaining 70%. Payment for personal medical services is offered by a universal health care insurance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_system_in_Japan

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Health Policy in Japan – Current Situation and Future Challenges

(3 days ago) WEBNational health expenditures in Japan are increasing. In 2014, expenditure totaled US$361.1 billion, equivalent to US$2,842 per person . This figure corresponded to 11.2% of the National Income. According to the OECD database, the total healthcare expenditure in Japan was 10.9% of the GDP, which was 2% above the median for …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7930804/

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How the Japanese diet and lifestyle make it easier to stay - NPR

(7 days ago) WEBHe says Japan — and Asian countries generally — place greater emphasis on health and longevity, as compared to convenience, say, or instant gratification. Traditional Japanese cuisine centers

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/06/1190900066/japanese-food-diet-healthy-eating

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Health News JapanGov - The Government of Japan

(3 days ago) WEBHealth. Energy. Environment. Tourism. This is the official website of the Government of Japan that introduces its policies regarding important issues such as economic growth and regional peace and security. You can also read its official magazines/publications, including “We are Tomodachi.”. It also has links to the websites of various

https://www.japan.go.jp/publications/news/health.html

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How the pandemic changed Japan’s health care system

(1 days ago) WEBBy Ryusei Takahashi. Staff writer. Jan 2, 2022. At first glance, the humble office of Heart — an aptly named nursing station in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward — seems like any other. The scene

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/01/02/national/pandemic-japan-health-system-changes/

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New transit station in Japan significantly reduces cumulative …

(2 days ago) WEBContinue reading. Their results indicate that opening this mass transit station was significantly associated with a decrease in average health care expenditures per capita by approximately 99,257.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-transit-station-in-japan-significantly-reduces-cumulative-health-expenditures/ar-BB1mnN8z

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WHO launches new initiative to tackle the main cause of vision …

(5 days ago) WEBWHO launches new initiative to tackle the main cause of vision impairment. The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a new initiative, SPECS 2030, to assist countries in achieving the global eye care target of a 40% increase in the proportion of people with access to appropriate spectacles. The launch will be held during a 2-day …

https://www.who.int/news/item/14-05-2024-who-launches-new-initiative-to-tackle--the-main-cause-of-vision-impairment

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OMRON Healthcare's Presence at Heart Rhythm 2024 in the U.S.

(3 days ago) WEBKYOTO, Japan, May 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd. based in Muko, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, announced its presence at Heart Rhythm 2024, the Annual Meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) in the U.S. At Heart Rhythm 2024, the Company will showcase its upper-arm blood pressure monitor with ECG …

https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/omron-healthcare-s-presence-at-heart-rhythm-2024-in-the-u-s-/

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WHO prequalifies new dengue vaccine - World Health …

(6 days ago) WEBFrançais. Русский. A new vaccine for dengue received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) on 10 May 2024. TAK-003 is the second dengue vaccine to be prequalified by WHO. Developed by Takeda, it is a live-attenuated vaccine containing weakened versions of the four serotypes of the virus that cause dengue.

https://www.who.int/news/item/15-05-2024-who-prequalifies-new-dengue-vaccine

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Japan Inflation Likely Slowed Again, May Ease Cost Pressure - U.S.

(1 days ago) WEBTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation probably slowed for a second straight month in April from a year earlier, a Reuters poll of 18 economists showed on Friday, likely easing cost

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2024-05-17/japan-inflation-likely-slowed-again-may-ease-cost-pressure-reuters-poll

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An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for ringing in the …

(3 days ago) WEBFligor was impressed by the results of a clinical trial that found 84% of participants who tried Lenire experienced a significant reduction in symptoms. He became one of the first providers in the

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/15/1244501055/tinnitus-hearing-loss-ringing-ear-noise

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Japanese automaker Honda reports booming profit - Associated …

(9 days ago) WEBTOKYO (AP) — Honda’s profit for the fiscal year through March jumped 70% as vehicle sales grew and a weak yen buoyed overseas earnings, the Japanese automaker reported Friday. Annual profit at Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co. totaled 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) as sales surged nearly 21% to 20.4 billion yen ($131 million).

https://apnews.com/article/honda-auto-japan-ev-9dd30bc34774b6c93937768d1e99d92a

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How Large Language Models Are Putting Skin In The Healthcare …

(8 days ago) WEBConclusion. The integration of LLMs in healthcare is already a game-changer, promising to revolutionize the industry and redefine the way we approach patient care. However, the successful

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/05/15/how-large-language-models-are-putting-skin-in-the-healthcare-game/

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Need info from a doctor or nurse? YouTube Health is expanding …

(5 days ago) WEBYouTube Health first launched in Canada in 2022 to make it easier for people to find trusted health information online. The platform has also already paired with health organizations such as the

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/need-info-from-a-doctor-or-nurse-youtube-health-is-expanding-its-expertise/ar-BB1mudGi

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Tripler Army Medical Center Soldiers win the 2024 MRC-P BLC …

(7 days ago) WEBFourty-two Soldiers from Tripler Army Medical Center, Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic, Madigan Army Medical Center, Public Health Command Pacific, Dental Health Command Pacific, U.S. Army MEDDAC Alaska, U.S. Army MEDDAC Japan, and Brian D. Aligood Army Community Hospital Korea competed in the Best Leader …

https://tripler.tricare.mil/News-Gallery/Articles/Article/3778055/tripler-army-medical-center-soldiers-win-the-2024-mrc-p-blc-competition

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Kao Progress Report on Field Testing of Collecting Plastic …

(Just Now) WEBFrom April 2023 to March 2024, Kao Corporation worked with general recycling business Nakadai Co. Ltd. to conduct field testing for recycling plastic packaging used for personal and home care products in the Japanese city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture.

https://www.kao.com/global/en/newsroom/news/release/2024/20240513-001/

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An avoidable maternity care crisis - The Telegraph

(4 days ago) WEBThe treatment of mothers at NHS hospitals is a medical scandal that must be remedied. A new study has confirmed the inadequate levels of maternity care provided to many mothers across the UK. A

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2024/05/14/maternity-healthcare-scandal-nhs-hospital-childbirth/?n=@

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