Healthcare

Scientists find a common food dye can make a live mouse's skin transparent

Do try this one at home, using a chicken breast and a recipe

Science09 Sep 2024 | 46

Blood boffins build billions of nanobots to battle brain aneurysms without surgery

Good news for rabbits, maybe great news soon for humans?

Science07 Sep 2024 | 34

Key aspects of Palantir's Federated Data Platform lack legal basis, lawyers tell NHS England

Exclusive Unless solution found, patients must be allowed to opt out

Databases05 Sep 2024 | 60

US govt halts medical study into Havana Syndrome, cites 'coercion' of participants

What was screwing with minds of US diplomats – wait, is that a black helicopt...

Science04 Sep 2024 | 49

Prior UK government planned £485M four-year budget for Palantir-based healthcare system

Exclusive Documents from NHS England meeting reveal scope of politicos spending intent

Databases21 Aug 2024 | 22

Say 'ahhhh' – AI robots are now gunning for your gums

Perceptive turns its automated dental dynamo on humans, and Zuck's dad thinks it's great

Bootnotes02 Aug 2024 | 25

Intruders at HealthEquity rifled through storage, stole 4.3M people's data

No mention of malware or ransomware – somewhat of a rarity these days

Cyber-crime29 Jul 2024 | 5

Row erupts over data sharing function in UK doctor software

Union advises members to turn off features government introduced to allow third parties to update records

Public Sector04 Jul 2024 | 38

MIT's bionic leg upgrade leaves amputees walking like the wind

Researchers expect treatment to be available clinically in around 5 years

Science02 Jul 2024 | 18

Apple crippled watchOS to corner heart-tracking market, doctors say

Normally it's the iGiant's prices that give the ol' ticker a hard time

Personal Tech28 Jun 2024 | 13

Change Healthcare finally spills the tea on what medical data was stolen by cyber-crew

'Substantial proportion' of America to get a little note from next month

Cyber-crime21 Jun 2024 | 9

Uncle Sam ends financial support to orgs hurt by Change Healthcare attack

Billions of dollars made available but worst appears to be over

Research18 Jun 2024 | 3

Wi-Fi can watch your heart beating, Taiwan’s datacenter power outfit Delta finds

Computex May come in handy for healthcare orgs, or to turn you off private 5G

Networks06 Jun 2024 | 10

London hospitals left in critical condition after ransomware attack

Pathology lab provider targeted, affecting blood transfusions and surgeries

Cyber-crime04 Jun 2024 | 77

Take two APIs and call me in the morning: How healthcare research can cure cyber crime

Opinion In evolving smarter security, open source is the missing link

Cyber-crime28 May 2024 | 3

Go after UnitedHealth, not us, 100+ medical groups urge Uncle Sam

Why should we get its paperwork?

CSO22 May 2024 | 8

Uncle Sam to inject $50M into auto-patcher for hospital IT

Boffins, why not simply invent an algorithm that autonomously fixes flaws, thereby ending ransomware forever

Public Sector22 May 2024 | 33

Japanese scientists propose drug to regrow teeth, promise trials won't bite

Adios, dentures?

Science13 May 2024 | 50

Uncle Sam urges action after Black Basta ransomware infects Ascension

Emergency ambulances diverted while techies restore systems

Cyber-crime13 May 2024 | 5

US faith-based healthcare org Ascension says 'cybersecurity event' disrupted clinical ops

Sources claim ransomware is to blame

Cyber-crime09 May 2024 | 30

DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic claims AlphaFold 3 predicts bio-matter down to the DNA

AI may help drug discovery, but not US drug affordability

AI + ML09 May 2024 | 2

UnitedHealth CEO: 'Decision to pay ransom was mine'

Updated Congress to hear how Citrix MFA snafu led to massive data theft, $870M+ loss

Malware Month30 Apr 2024 | 28

Kaiser Permanente handed over 13.4M people's data to Microsoft, Google, others

Ouch!

CSO26 Apr 2024 | 8

White House tweaks HIPAA to shield medical files of those seeking reproductive care

In theory, this should make it harder for states to compel data-sharing to enforce anti-abortion laws

Personal Tech24 Apr 2024 | 22

MITRE admits 'nation state' attackers touched its NERVE R&D operation

Infosec In Brief PLUS: Akira ransomware resurgent; Telehealth outfit fined for data-sharing; This week's nastiest vulns

Security22 Apr 2024 | 3

185K people's sensitive data in the pits after ransomware raid on Cherry Health

Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected

Cyber-crime18 Apr 2024 | 6

Change Healthcare’s ransomware attack costs edge toward $1B so far

First glimpse at attack financials reveals huge pain

Cyber-crime16 Apr 2024 | 11

KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout

Consultancy tasked with helping local services get on board

Public Sector16 Apr 2024 | 7

Healthcare AI won't take jobs – it'll make nursing easier, says process automation founder

Interview Something's gotta give in short-staffed, overworked healthcare industry, reckons Thoughtful cofounder and CPO

AI + ML10 Apr 2024 | 21

Change Healthcare faces second ransomware dilemma weeks after ALPHV attack

Theories abound over who's truly responsible

Security08 Apr 2024 | 25

Nearly 1M medical records feared stolen from City of Hope cancer centers

Is there no cure for this cyber-plague?

Cyber-crime03 Apr 2024 | 7

UK health department republishes £330M Palantir contract with fewer ██████

As Good Law Project considers response, ICO slams failure to comply with FoI request

Databases25 Mar 2024 | 43

Whistleblower raises alarm over UK Nursing and Midwifery Council's DB

Updated Exclusive Regulatory body insists it's on 'a journey of improvement'

Databases22 Mar 2024 | 87

US to probe Change Healthcare's data protection standards as lawsuits mount

Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling

Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 3

Change Healthcare registers pulse after crippling ransomware attack

Remaining services are expected to return in the coming weeks after $22M ALPHV ransom

Cyber-crime08 Mar 2024 | 2

Oracle Cerner system implementation risks future patient deaths, coroner warns

Doctors voiced concern over lack of Red-Amber-Green rating system, says report

Databases29 Feb 2024 | 12

Romanian hospital ransomware crisis attributed to third-party breach

Emergency impacting more than 100 facilities appears to be caused by incident at software provider

Cyber-crime14 Feb 2024 | 1

NHS in Wales bets big on Microsoft with deal worth nearly half a billion

Forget historic cloud downtime, latest contract with reseller to offer 'agile and flexible' approach

SaaS13 Feb 2024 | 28

US regulators crack down on AI playing doctor in healthcare

Code might get things wrong for patients but we must think of the corporate profits

AI + ML09 Feb 2024 | 11

Ignore Uncle Sam's 'voluntary' cybersecurity goals for hospitals at your peril

Interview What is on HHS paper will most likely become law, Google security boss says

Cyber-crime05 Feb 2024 | 12

Lurie Children's Hospital back to pen and paper after cyberattack

It's the second Chicago hospital to disclose a major incident in the same week

Cyber-crime05 Feb 2024 | 9

Elon Musk's brain-computer interface outfit Neuralink tests its tech on a human

Controling prostheses? Mr X imagines an app for that

Science30 Jan 2024 | 69

Your pacemaker should be running open source software

Opinion Using embedded medical technology, such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, or insulin pump? What's running inside is a complete mystery

OSes12 Jan 2024 | 53

COVID-19 infection surge detected in wastewater, signals potential new wave

US, Netherlands, Germany all show spikes while UK no longer collects data

Science09 Jan 2024 | 166

Expert sounds alarm bells over upcoming NHS data platform

Research warns not to make the same mistakes as other electronic patient record systems

Databases05 Jan 2024 | 18

Philips recalls 340 MRI machines because they may explode in an emergency

Rapid unscheduled disassembly not exactly a desirable quality for medical imaging equipment

Bootnotes21 Dec 2023 | 43

SEC charges ex-medtech CEO with fraud for selling plastic fake implants

Sure, bogus blood tests are bad, but have you considered tricking doctors into embedded useless tubes?

Bootnotes20 Dec 2023 | 14

Yet another UK public sector data blab, this time info of pregnant women, cancer patients

NHS Trust admits highly sensitive data left online for nearly three years

Public Sector07 Dec 2023 | 10

NTT Data to monitor ten million hotel guests and sell data about their sleep

It'll be opt-in at a capsule hotel chain

Personal Tech06 Dec 2023 | 14

Boehringer Ingelheim swaps lab coats for AI algorithms in search for new drugs

Mixing IBM's foundation models and proprietary data to discover novel antibodies

AI + ML01 Dec 2023 | 2

Health crusaders prep legal challenge over NHS mega contract with Palantir

Updated Groups claim Federated Data Platform requires new legislation to go ahead

Databases01 Dec 2023 | 10

Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears

Award follows £1 deal during pandemic and £60 million in non-competitive contracts

Databases22 Nov 2023 | 35

Former infosec COO pleads guilty to attacking hospitals to drum up business

Admits to taking phones used for 'code blue' emergencies offline and more

Cyber-crime20 Nov 2023 | 13

UnitedHealthcare's broken AI denied seniors' medical claims, lawsuit alleges

Post-acute care algorithm allegedly comes up short 90% of the time

AI + ML15 Nov 2023 | 38

Ransomware crooks SIM swap medical research biz exec, threaten to leak stolen data

Advarra probes intrusion claims, says 'the matter is contained'

Cyber-crime01 Nov 2023 | 6

Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle

Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account

Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 40