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6 February 2025

Atrial fibrillation study highlights the role of GP data in research

A study led by Oxford Population Health identified 28% more cases of atrial fibrillation in primary care data than secondary
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6 November 2024

UK government to create surveillance system for future pandemics

The UK government has announced plans to create a real-time surveillance system to monitor the threat of future pandemics and
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18 October 2024

UK Biobank refutes claim that ‘race science’ group accessed data

UK Biobank "strongly" refutes claims that researchers from a ‘race science’ network obtained volunteers' sensitive health information.
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1 October 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

Today's Coffee Time Briefing covers AstraZeneca's new AI tool and figures on the impact of the cost of living crisis
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3 April 2024

Estonian Biobank selects PacBio for whole genome sequencing

PacBio's Revio HiFi sequencing system is to be used to sequence the entire genomes of 10,000 participants of the Estonian
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19 March 2024

Kainos and Our Future Health extend digital delivery partnership

A digital delivery partnership between Kainos and Our Future Health has been extended, to support the latter's goal of reaching
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30 November 2023

UK Biobank unveils new data, launching new era for treatments and cures  

Biobank has today unveiled incredible new data from whole genome sequencing of its half a million participants.
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17 November 2023

UK Biobank denies sharing health data without volunteers’ knowledge

UK Biobank has denied claims in The Observer newspaper that it shared health data from its volunteer participants with insurance
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Our Future Health
7 November 2023

Our Future Health hits 1,000,000 volunteer milestone

One million volunteers have already joined the health-focused database Our Future Health, which provides information to researchers studying disease.
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