health predictions for 2024 | Future timeline

Read healthcare predictions for 2024, a year that will see many health revolutions become public—some might save your life ... or even make you superhuman.

Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.

health forecasts for 2024

The COVID-19 endemic phase begins. Likelihood: 70 percent.1
R21, the second malaria vaccine approved by the WHO, starts rolling out. Likelihood: 80 percent.1
COVID-19 becomes endemic like the flu or the common cold. Likelihood: 80 percent1

In 2024, a number of health breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:

Between 2022 to 2025, Canada enacts a universal, single-payer public pharmacare system worth $15 billion that will draft a national list of prescription medicines that will be covered by the taxpayer. Likelihood: 60% 1

Health related predictions due to make an impact in 2024 include:

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Medically assistive nanobots: Meet the micro-medics.

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Recurrent neural networks (RNNs): Predictive algorithms that can anticipate human behavior.

Convolutional neural network (CNN): Teaching computers how to see.

Molecular robotics: These microscopic robots can do just about anything.

Synthetic age reversal: Can science make us young again?.

Artificial nervous systems: Can robots finally feel?.

Blockchain health insurance: Addressing challenges in data management.

Digitized health and protective labeling: Empowering the consumer.

AI-augmented work: Can machine learning systems become our best teammate?.