Belgian health tech Lynxcare, raises €20 million to fund doctors to improve their clinical insights
LynxCare, an AI-powered medical data platform in Belgium, has raised €20 m to expand internationally. MTIP, a Swiss healthtech investor, led the Series A investment, which was joined by Elaia and the company’s early investors Heran Partners, PMV and BTOV. For some time, hospitals have been digitising and now have...
Read moreThe Health Minister wishes to improve primary care in Belgium
Belgium’s healthcare system is in disarray, exacerbated by the pandemic, with issues ranging from a doctor shortage to patient barriers. Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke wishes to change that by restructuring the sector. In a proposal published on Saturday, Vandenbroucke writes that he got “many signals of concern” in recent...
Read moreBelgians spend 63 years in good health
According to Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency, Belgian men lived in good health for 63.6 years in 2020, while women lived for 64 years. Eurostat calculated “healthy life years” since birth or the number of years a person in the EU’s 27 member countries is expected to live in...
Read moreYoung people in Flanders will have easier access to online mental care
In recent years, young people’s mental health in Belgium has deteriorated, a situation exacerbated by the pandemic. Flanders hopes to improve its support for this group by investing in easily accessible online care. Online assistance, according to studies, can reach a larger target audience that does not seek traditional assistance...
Read moreThe Belgian Minister of Health admits to numerous mistakes during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Federal Public Health Service and Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke, according to The Brussels Times, made a series of major mistakes in the supply of Covid-19 materials during the pandemic. On June 10, the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reported that during the peak of the pandemic in 2020,...
Read more“The COVID-19 pandemic’s school closures and long periods of distance learning have resulted in learning delays of up to 21 weeks among Belgian pupils,” according to a recent report based on an analysis.
Several studies have found that COVID-19 has increased student inequality and contributed to a further decline in education in Belgium, despite the fact that education was already declining prior to the pandemic. Meanwhile, Arnaud Joskin, the study’s author and a Federal Planning Bureau expert, stated, “Based on figures at the...
Read moreVandenbroucke believes there is a “very good chance” of another mass vaccination campaign after the summer.
According to Federal Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgium will organise another large-scale Covid-19 vaccination campaign after the summer. With only 76 Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care and fewer than 900 Covid-19 patients in hospitals, Vandenbroucke said on Flemish television on Thursday evening that Belgium can be “relatively confident” of a...
Read moreThe severity of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage was investigated in COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Belgium
The interplay of host attributes, viral traits, and environmental factors influences COVID-19 pathogenesis. In hospitalized Belgian patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7, we compare the severity of COVID-19 disease with people infected with previous variations. By merging surveillance registries in Belgium, a causal approach was applied to evaluate the intensity...
Read moreThere are fewer than 900 Covid-19 patients in Belgium
The Belga News Agency reports that 883 people have tested positive for Covid-19, with 76 in critical condition. According to the most recent Sciensano Public Health Institute data, an average of 1,310 new Covid-19 infections were diagnosed every day between May 24 and May 30, representing a 36% decrease from...
Read moreIn Belgium, a tenth case of the monkeypox virus has been confirmed, with two more likely cases
The Sciensano public health institute in Belgium confirmed a tenth case of monkeypox on Tuesday, along with two other possible infections. According to the most recent Sciensano data, the last case of monkeypox was discovered on Saturday. There has been one more infection since then. All infections in Belgium have...
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