Top 5 Apps for Tracking Weight Loss | apps and more
A new year is starting, so it’s a great time to set weight loss goals. Losing weight can help improve your health overall and help you feel your best. When…
Test and Trace app’s ‘delete my data’ button undermines its effectiveness, claim top scientists
Professor Paul Hunter, an expert in health protection at the University of East Anglia who has previously advised the World Health Organisation, said the app could be an effective tool…
The apps racing to catch early signs of cancer
“If you catch it early before it metastasises down the optic nerve to the brain it’s not going to be fatal,” he says. “It’s one of the cancers where an…
How do contact tracing apps work, and when will the UK ‘track and trace’ app be ready?
The system records contact as when a smartphone is within a couple of feet of another device for up to 10 minutes. Bluetooth wireless technology can sense devices from up…
Use of virus-tracing apps should be voluntary, EU says
The use of contact tracing apps designed to control the spread of coronavirus should be voluntary, according to the European Commission. The governing body of the European Union is set…
Northern Irish residents may be forced to download two contact-tracing apps, Stormont admits
Residents in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland may be forced to download two contact tracing apps in order to safely travel across the border, The Telegraph can reveal.…
The pros and cons of contact-tracing apps
Running old software during WannaCry The NHS’ reliance on aging software became a major issue in 2017 when large parts of the NHS’ IT network went offline due to a…
Britain’s digital doctor apps to launch coronavirus symptom checkers
Britain’s biggest digital doctor apps are rolling out symptom checker services for coronavirus as the nation retreats into quarantine. The spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus across the country has led…