David Walcott, Contributor

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Threads: A New Generation Of Healthy Social Media Discourse?

Threads, the latest innovation from Meta, has burst onto the scene with an impressive digital flourish, amassing a staggering 100 million signups within just four days.

A Rising Star In The East Lights A Path To Responsible Artificial Intelligence: The Mohammed Bin Zayed University Of AI

As we hurtle into the 21st century, the pivotal role that Artificial Intelligence plays in reshaping our world cannot be ignored.

From Tribulation To Transformation: The Need For A New Type Of Leadership In Healthcare

Their exhaustion has been intensified by apprehension as they traverse a world rapidly advancing, propelled by the winds of change and ChatGPT, which present the alluring yin of opportunity and the alarming yang of threat.

Can The Metaverse Drive The Metamorphosis Of Healthcare?

As reality post-Covid-19 becomes harder and harder with economic, geopolitical & social headwinds, it is fitting that the alternate realities brought by the metaverse have emerged as the epicentric conversations in the tech world.

History At A Turning Point: Beyond The Pandemic & Towards A Shared Future At Davos

The Annual Meeting marks the first global in-person leadership event since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, pursuing the Herculean task of restoring global trade, economic activity and long-term sustainability of our planet.

Healthcare Beyond The New Normal: Learning From Trends & Opportunities Across Borders

The rapid pace of societal evolution in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is met by systemic challenges that accompany the changing face of healthcare that imperil the progress of global health security. These challenges have been aggravated manyfold by…

Winter Has Come: Bracing For Impact In 2021 With Covid-19

Popularized by Game of thrones, the phrase ‘Winter is Coming’ has striking metaphorical relevance to our lives today as we face an infectious surge of the greatest healthcare threat facing humanity in a century.

Are We Ready To Mobilize On Mobile Health?

Society was telescoped into telehealth, and our ivory-tower models of healthcare delivery faced a decisive blow of creative destruction.

Vaccines Are On Their Way: Now We Need To Decide Who Gets Them

As we grapple with Covid-19, the world waits with bated breath for a vaccine to allow society to return to the days of old and the presidential debate has validated the importance of this therapeutic tool.

Happy Hypoxia: Why Covid-19 Can Cause Lung Damage Even Without Symptoms

As thunderstruck as the scientific community has been by its unusual range of end-organ effects and its ability to spread without symptoms, its arguably most peculiar characteristic is its ability to cause lung damage without symptoms, a clinical state…