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Huma Therapeutics has rolled remote asthma spirometry dashboards from its White City lab into NHS integrated care board pilots, pairing home peak-flow uploads with clinician triage views audited for MHRA software-as-a-medical-device pathways.
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SecurityIran Warns of Retaliation Without Limits If U.S. Plans New Strikes
StartupsSheffield Hallam Spinout Trials Stair-Climb Exoskeleton for NHS Community Physio Routes
BusinessAir India Schedules Extra Delhi–San Francisco Seats as Mumbai Consulate Clears Visa Backlog
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SportsAsian Games Hockey Squad Camps in Bhopal Before Hangzhou Pool Matches
PoliticsSeven Ethiopian Armed Groups Forge Alliance Against Abiy Government
TechnologyKCOM East Yorkshire Fibre Overbuild Clears Bridlington Exchange Backhaul Bottleneck
StocksSSE Renewables Updates Dogger Bank Cable Landing Schedule for Hull Port Authority
TechnologyEE Maps Voice-over-5G Priority Lanes for Cairngorms Emergency Hubs
BusinessAustralia Launches Bid for 2029 UN Security Council Seat at UNGA
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KCOM East Yorkshire Fibre Overbuild Clears Bridlington Exchange Backhaul Bottleneck
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SSE Renewables Updates Dogger Bank Cable Landing Schedule for Hull Port Authority
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EE Maps Voice-over-5G Priority Lanes for Cairngorms Emergency Hubs
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A Sheffield Hallam Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre spinout has opened NHS community physio trials for a stair-climb exoskeleton built for terraced-house discharge routes, targeting patients who fail home visits because of step counts, not lack of hospital rehab.
Australia Launches Bid for 2029 UN Security Council Seat at UNGA
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday in New York that Australia will campaign for one of two non-permanent Security Council seats available to its regional group for the 2029–30 term, pitching Pacific and Southeast Asian support at the UN General Assembly.
Iran Warns of Retaliation Without Limits If U.S. Plans New Strikes
Tehran said Sunday it had learned Washington may be preparing another bombing campaign and warned it would retaliate “without limitations” if the United States follows through, as President Donald Trump told interviewers the options range from economic pressure to obliteration or a deal.
Huma Therapeutics White City Rolls Remote Asthma Spirometry Dashboards for NHS ICB Pilots
Huma Therapeutics has rolled remote asthma spirometry dashboards from its White City lab into NHS integrated care board pilots, pairing home peak-flow uploads with clinician triage views audited for MHRA software-as-a-medical-device pathways.