Author: Editorial Team
WHOOP’s membership base in the Gulf has grown 85 per cent in the past year and 15 times over the past three years, the company’s founder and CEO disclosed on Wednesday. This is the first time the figures have been shared publicly since Abu Dhabi investors Mubadala and 2PointZero Group joined a $575 million Series G funding round that values the US health wearable firm at $10.1 billion. Will Ahmed, speaking at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit, said the growth reflects a shared vision between WHOOP and Abu Dhabi’s leadership to shift healthcare from reactive to proactive. Stay up…
ABU DHABI, 21st October, 2026 (WAM) — Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi – and Bridge for Billions will launch a new entrepreneurship programme designed to strengthen promising health ventures in emerging markets and help locally-developed solutions reach more people. The new programme will seek to address some of the barriers faced by entrepreneurs, combining structured capacity-building with access to expertise, networks, and health systems connections. Over time, selected entrepreneurs will also have opportunities to engage with Abu Dhabi’s health innovation ecosystem and explore pathways for wider growth. The first phase will focus on identifying around 50…
“I am their eyes through which they see, their ears through which they hear, and their tongue through which they speak.” For Fawaz Al Hasban, these words capture what it means to raise his deafblind sons, Ahmad and Osama. Speaking to Khaleej Times at AccessAbilities Expo in Dubai, the father, known as Abu Abdullah, spoke not of sacrifice, but of responsibility, pride and his determination to help his children experience the world. Both sons have Usher syndrome, a rare genetic condition associated with hearing loss and progressive vision loss. They also face autism and difficulties with balance, making communication and…
ABU DHABI, 21st October, 2026 (WAM) — The Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open, presented by Abu Dhabi Sports Council, will celebrate its milestone fifth edition from 30 January to 6 February 2027, at the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City. Under the campaign theme 5 Years Strong – Strong on court. Strong in community. Stronger than ever, the WTA 500 tournament welcomed more than 60,000 people in 2026, reflecting its growing appeal among tennis fans and families. The tournament’s growing popularity has helped establish the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open as a major fixture on the international tennis calendar, combining elite women’s…
ABU DHABI, 21st October, 2026 (WAM) — The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, MSD (known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA in the United States and Canada), DSV and RAFED today announced a strategic collaboration to establish a regional healthcare logistics hub in the Emirate. Expected to commence operations in January 2027, the facility will support the re-export, storage and distribution of medicines and vaccines from MSD’s portfolio to the UAE and more than ten export markets across the Middle East and Africa. The collaboration was announced…
ABU DHABI, 21st October, 2026 (WAM) — Miral, the leading creator of immersive destinations and experiences in Abu Dhabi, and Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the national railway network, have entered a strategic partnership to enhance connectivity between Etihad Rail Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed City Station and Yas Island. Marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the move will connect Etihad Rail Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed City Station with Yas Island’s Yas Express shuttle network, establishing dedicated first- and last-mile transport aligned with passenger journeys. The MoU provides more convenient travel routes between…
Ten patients with severe heart failure were told they had between six months and two years to live. Most of them are still alive today, around eight years after receiving experimental stem cell injections, and the scientist behind the treatment has now chosen Abu Dhabi to run the world’s next pivotal controlled trial of the therapy. Sir Martin Evans, who won the Nobel Prize in 2007 for his discovery of embryonic stem cells, made the announcement on Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit. Evans, founder of UK biotechnology company Cardiogeni, said Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health had offered…
SHARJAH, 21st October, 2026 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, visited the Little Police Officer Early Childhood Centre at the Sharjah Police Headquarters on Wednesday. H.H. was briefed on the centre’s facilities for children, as well as its administrative, educational and technical staff. He also received a detailed explanation of the care and educational programmes, designed to the highest educational standards to ensure quality childcare and support children’s proper development. H.H. toured the centre and met with the children, who enthusiastically shared their joy and excitement about the…
ABU DHABI, 21st October, 2026 (WAM) — Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, received a delegation from Lebanon’s Maronite Antonine Order at his majlis in Abu Dhabi, as part of efforts to strengthen dialogue and engagement on the values of tolerance, coexistence and human fraternity, and the importance of promoting these values across societies. The delegation included Father Bechara Elia, General Administrator of the Maronite Antonine Order, and Father Charbel Bou Abboud, Director of the Antonine Technical Institute in Dekwaneh. The delegation was accompanied by Sherif Beshara, Group Chief Executive Officer of Mohamed & Obaid…
ABU DHABI, 21st October, 2026 (WAM) — Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister of Singapore, attended a high-level bilateral business dialogue at Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi hosted by Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, for a high-level business engagement, as part of the Prime Minister’s official visit to the UAE. The engagement brought together senior officials from both countries to explore opportunities for cooperation in artificial intelligence, advanced technology and energy. Singapore Prime Minister Wong stated, “I had good discussions with leaders of major Emirati companies in energy, AI and advanced technologies. We explored opportunities to…