Editorial Health Engineering for Combating CVD and COVID-19

The steady increases in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the continuing spread of coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) remain unprecedented public health crises of international concerns. The multiple crises are causing catastrophic human losses and tremendous health and economic burdens worldwide. This issue explores the CVD crisis in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The success of fighting against both deadly diseases will only come from a paradigm shift transforming the current reactive medicine focusing on the last stage of treatment to proactive health focusing on the early prediction, early diagnosis and prevention of diseases. Reports on the emerging field of health engineering, an emerging interdisciplinary field for the implementation of proactive health.