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China shows off Covid-19 vaccines for first time
Sep 07, 2020 (AFP)
High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week -- vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and S...
Wary Hong Kongers shun China-backed mass virus testing
Sep 07, 2020 (AFP)
The free voluntary tests are part of an attempt to stamp out a third wave of infections that began in late June and saw the densely populated city reimpose econ...
China tries to flip the pandemic script, starring a 'reborn' Wuhan
Sep 06, 2020 (AFP)
The PR blitz plays out daily in comments by Chinese officials and lavish state media coverage of a "reborn" Wuhan that trumpets China's epidemic-control efforts...
China's security law a 'serious risk' to Hong Kong's freedoms: UN experts
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing has faced a groundswell of criticism over the law, which was imposed in late June after pro-democracy protests rocked the semi-autonomous city last year...
AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to be tested at military sites
Sep 03, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Department of Defense, researchers are still seeking volunteers for the next phase of testing for AZD1222, a COVID-19 vaccine candidate under d...
Chinese bus offers new evidence of airborne virus spread; Wuhan re-opens all schools
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
Health authorities had initially discounted the possibility that simply breathing could send infectious micro-droplets into the air, but did a U-turn as experts...
Hong Kong starts mass virus tests undermined by distrust of China
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
The free voluntary tests are part of an attempt to stamp out a third wave of infections that began in late June and saw the densely populated city reimpose econ...
Brazil's iconic chief Raoni hospitalized with Covid-19
Aug 31, 2020 (AFP)
The latest health scare for the 90-year-old chief came just over a month after he was released from the hospital for gastric ulcers and a series of other issues...
US protesters rally against mandatory flu shots for students
Aug 30, 2020 (AFP)
The northeastern state of Massachusetts became on August 19 the first in the United States to add seasonal flu shots to a list of mandatory vaccines for student...
Thousands arrested for 'virus-related crimes' in China; Hong Kong fears mass virus test
Aug 28, 2020 (AFP)
One case involved a shopper who beat another customer to death for not wearing a mask in a supermarket. Other cases included a person who deliberately mowed dow...
Fighting mosquito-borne diseases with mosquitoes
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
But could the solution come from producing mosquitoes? The French company InnovaFeed, specialised in the production of insects to feed livestock, is partnering ...
HIV-positive 'elite controllers' offer clues for cure
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
For most people with HIV, controlling the virus requires a daily, life-long regime of anti-retroviral therapy (ART). This treatment must be followed continuousl...
Peru seeks 6,000 volunteers for China vaccine trial
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
Six thousand volunteers, who must be aged between 18 and 75 and not have contracted the virus, will be recruited by Cayetano Heredia and San Marcos universities...
DR Congo declares end to deadly measles epidemic
Aug 25, 2020 (AFP)
The outbreak was countered by vaccination on a massive scale, in which millions of children and infants were immunised. "For the past month, we are able to say ...
Polymers in water at dentist can prevent aerosol mists that spread germs
Aug 25, 2020 (UPI)
Researchers say the addition of food-grade polymers to water solutions, such as polyacrylic acid, can prevent misting. In lab experiments, small amounts of poly...
Khan Academy founder's tips for educating kids in pandemic
Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)
"We got a letter from a teacher who was saying how they were using Khan Academy to keep the kids learning during school closure," he told AFP from San Francisco...
China faces questions over 'vaccinated' workers sent overseas
Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)
The China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) -- which controls a major nickel mine in the country -- warned local authorities that 48 staff who returned from...
Pakistan to conduct trials of Chinese coronavirus vaccine
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
According to Pakistan's National Institute of Health (NIH), regulators have approved the testing of a vaccine under development by CanSinoBio and the Beijing In...
New virus crackdown extended to more Spanish regions
Aug 17, 2020 (AFP)
Spain's most populous region, Andalusia, along with Galicia and Cantabria in the north and Castilla and Leon in the centre were the latest Spanish regions to be...
How climate change could expose new epidemics
Aug 16, 2020 (AFP)
These could be disaster movie storylines, but they are also serious and increasingly plausible scenarios of epidemics unleashed by global warming, scientists sa...
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