SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of South Koreans believe that COVID-19 will continue and that they should accept the idea of an ‘uncomfortable coexistence’ with the disease. The the state-run National Medical Center conducted a survey of 1,550 South Korean adults, 89.6 percent of whom believed that ‘COVID-19 will never cease [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — People always hesitate with the question of whether to tell their families and loved ones about their medical results, especially if it has to do with cancer, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s disease. The results of a recent survey showed that a majority of people, including doctors, want to tell [...]
GENEVA, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A committee of the World Health Organization’s decision-making body included gaming disorder in its new international classification of diseases (ICD-11) on Saturday, underscoring growing global concerns about gaming addiction. The move could help health professionals prevent and treat the problems stemming from the disorder. Committee B of the World [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s culture ministry said Wednesday it has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that it’s opposed to codifying gaming addiction as a disease, citing other factors that may influence such behavior. The ministry, together with Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), sent a letter to the WHO on Monday, [...]
NAMYANGJU, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, said in a public statement that it had identified geographic locations at varying risk of outbreaks of disease through the application of big data technology. The city government charted a map of the city by combing through 2,072 civilian reports of disease carrying [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of patients diagnosed with malaria has declined steadily in South Korea in recent years due to heightened awareness of the disease, government data showed Monday. Malaria patients disappeared in South Korea in the early 1980s, but a soldier stationed at the Demilitarized Zone in the border with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Defense is teaming up with the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning for a big data research project that will make use of the medical information of 600,000 South Korean military personnel. Dubbed the “Military Personnel Medical Information Big Data Study”, the three-year project taking [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s science ministry said Tuesday that it will launch a pilot program using roaming data provided by mobile carriers to monitor and further prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Under the program, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) will provide information about virus outbreaks in [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has confirmed its sixth Zika virus infection in a woman who returned from the Dominican Republic, local health authorities said Friday. The latest Zika patient was discovered 51 days after the fifth case was confirmed here. The 28-year-old South Korean woman has tested positive for the mosquito-borne [...]
SEJONG, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The research arms of South Korea and the United States devoted to dealing with wildlife diseases, have joined together to cooperate in tackling avian influenza, rabies and other animal-transmitted diseases, a state-run think tank said Thursday. The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) signed a letter of intent early [...]