The health authorities predicted on Thursday that Covid-19 cases might resurge down the road as the impact of a massive population movement during the Chuseok holiday might appear from next week.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) confirmed 1,716 new virus cases, including 1,698 l
Cosmetic injections, such as facial contouring shots and salmon injections, lacked evidence to prove efficacy, a state agency said.On Thursday, the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) released the results of its study on the safety and efficacy of injections used for cosme
The government will raise the vaccination rate to 80 percent as soon as possible by increasing the benefits for those who completed the Covid-19 inoculation."Considering the current reservation rate, there is ample room for jacking up the vaccination rate above 70 percent," Ministry of Health and We
The National Institute of Health said it would establish a base for conducting cohort studies to support the development of diagnostics and treatment for dementia.The NIH under the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) plans to gather data from dementia patients or people at high risk o
The government has started to prepare reimbursement models to speed up the commercialization of digital therapeutics (DTx).The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) recently released a report, “The Concept of Digital Therapeutics and the Review on the Possibility of Granting Health I
The health authorities need to improve reimbursement and treatments for patients suffering from pulmonary hypertension in early-stage as the disorder ends with a low survival rate.At a National Assembly workshop, Professor Park Jae-hyeong of the Department of Cardiology at Chungnam National Universi
The government will provide additional Covid-19 vaccination opportunities for those who have missed out on receiving the vaccine, intentionally or unintentionally, despite having the opportunity to receive the vaccine."We will administer the vaccination at entrusted medical institutions nationwide f
The Korean Society of Nephrology (KSN) has held a symposium jointly with the European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EDTA) to share experiences and strategies in responding to Covid-19 for patients with chronic kidney disease.Professor Luuk Hilbrands of Radboud University Medical Center, Nethe
The government said it has completed the negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to retrieve health insurance for choline alfoscerate, adjuvant therapy for dementia.The talks had been dragging for nine months since Dec. 14.On Wednesday, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) said that some
A senior quarantine official said Wednesday that it is inevitable to expand home treatment for society to restore everyday life on the occasion of Gyeonggi Province starting outpatient treatment for asymptomatic and mild Covid-19 patients.His remark came after Suwon City decided to operate a "self-t
Hepatitis A cases have become prevalent this year, forcing the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) to urge people to follow the guidelines for hepatitis A prevention.According to the KDCA, the nation reported more than 100 hepatitis A cases per week since the 11th week of 2021. This n
The Korean government will provide comprehensive support for the health industry and promote collaboration with international organizations to realize its goal of becoming a global vaccine hub, a top official said Wednesday.At the Global Bio Conference organized by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safe
Advanced regulatory science is needed to provide better biopharmaceutical products for people amid pandemics, such as Covid-19, former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said on Tuesday.At the Global Bio Conference held by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Hamburg, v
The government said Tuesday that the share of people who have received the first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine has surpassed the U.S. and Japan to reach a similar level to major European countries.According to the Covid-19 Vaccination Response Promotion Team, Korea's cumulative first-dose vaccination
The recent enactment of the so-called three data privacy laws has laid the legal ground for the government to open public health data.However, Korea still has a long way to sharing healthcare big data because civic groups keep raising concerns about a privacy breach and the possibility of data use f
The government said that it would announce detailed plans for its fourth-quarter inoculation, including adolescents aged 12 to 17, later this month.“We plan to implement vaccination for children and adolescents in the fourth quarter,” said Kim Ki-nam, a member of the Corona 19 Vaccination Response P
The government should provide more support and human resources for the bio-health industry while working out policies and global strategies to better deal with infectious diseases, such as Covid-19, an expert said Monday.“In conclusion, no one is safe until everyone is safe, and we must prepare and
The government said Friday that it would examine measures to increase incentives for those vaccinated and simplify quarantine rules.“We plan to expand incentives for those who have completed vaccination,” said Lee Ki-il, a division chief at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarter
With pharmaceutical companies, local and foreign, racing against time to develop an oral Covid-19 treatment, health officials said they were ready to sign a purchase contract after monitoring the development status."The government is monitoring the developing situations of oral Covid-19 treatment an
Korea marked a new record in the share of infections with unknown routes on Wednesday, officials said.There were 23,992 new confirmed cases reported to the quarantine authorities in the past two weeks. About 36.7 percent of the total, or 8,815, are cases with unknown infection routes. The percentage