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Caring with Covid: Infected doctors battle China virus surge
Dec 28, 2022 (AFP)
Many Chinese were jubilant after Beijing announced the end of mandatory quarantines this week, effectively drawing the curtain on years of hardline virus contro...
China authorities take over medical supplies production as Covid surges
Dec 23, 2022 (AFP)
Pharmacies in major cities have been stripped bare in the wake of the Chinese government's sudden decision to lift years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass test...
US extends tariff exclusions on medical goods from China
Nov 23, 2022 (AFP)
The exclusions were originally set to expire on November 30 and have been extended for three months, said the USTR in a statement. Such exemptions were first an...
'Threat multiplier': How climate change affects health
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
The World Health Organization, which says climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, has called for the issue to be "front and centre" ...
Hong Kong to ban CBD, put it in same category as heroin, cocaine
Oct 20, 2022 (AFP)
The move is expected to wipe out businesses in the Chinese finance hub that had, until now, been able to sell CBD-infused products such as beers, coffee and hea...
World agencies team up to tackle emerging health threats
Oct 17, 2022 (AFP)
Shaken by the Covid-19, the four agencies teamed up to combat emerging health threats by targeting the links between ecosystem degradation, food system failures...
Researchers ID the high-efficiency hacks cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids
Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)
"This really helps us understand how the cells in cannabis trichomes can pump out massive quantities of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and terpenes-compounds that a...
Unprecedented case series advances promise of phage therapy
Jun 13, 2022 (SPX)
The findings published in the June 9, 2022 online issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterium (NTM) infections are increasingly common...
Medicinal cannabis shown to reduce pain and need for opiate painkillers among cancer patients
May 20, 2022 (SPX)
Pain, along with depression, anxiety, and insomnia, are some of the most fundamental causes of oncology patient's disability and suffering while undergoing trea...
Body-monitoring tech trend comes with concerns
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
Startups at the annual gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas touted technology-enhanced accessories designed to look fetching on the outside while scrutinizing what ...
China punishes officials after woman miscarries outside lockdown hospital
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
The historic city of 13 million has been under strict home confinement for two weeks as Beijing sticks to its "zero-Covid" strategy to stamp out all virus cases...
Samsung in talks to buy Biogen for $42 bn: report
Dec 29, 2021 (AFP)
Biogen, which is known for its Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm and a neurology-focused medication pipeline, approached Samsung on a potential deal that could be valued...
EU clears Microsoft buyout of telemedicine-oriented Nuance
Dec 21, 2021 (AFP)
The bloc's powerful antitrust authority said the $19.7 billion buyout posed no competition concerns in the European Union. After an investigation, the European ...
US targets Chinese firms in painkiller crackdown
Dec 15, 2021 (AFP)
With people who are dealing with addiction increasingly turning to cheaper pills bought online from abroad, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that m...
Reducing emissions to lessen climate change could yield dramatic health benefits by 2030
Dec 02, 2021 (JPL)
When burned, fossil fuels emit carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming. The World Health Organization projects that heat exposure caused by increased ...
UK to probe 'systematic bias' in medical devices tech
Nov 21, 2021 (AFP)
Sajid Javid said he would also work with his counterpart in the United States, Xavier Becerra, and other like-minded nations around the world "so we can shape w...
Hong Kong to admit more doctors trained abroad
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
The government says the law is meant to tackle the international finance hub's chronic shortage of doctors. The city has roughly two doctors for every 1,000 peo...
Study: Medicinal properties of spider silk have no basis in science
Oct 05, 2021 (UPI)
Earlier studies showing that extracts of spider silk, when applied to surgical sutures on skin, for example, can help protect against infection may have been co...
Study: Heart attacks are less common in greener neighborhoods
Aug 30, 2021 (UPI)
The research, which showed heart disease and stroke were less common in neighborhoods with higher levels of vegetation, was presented this month at the 2021 mee...
Electronic nose successfully detects elusive cancers
Jun 01, 2021 (UPI)
The novel odor-based test relies on a machine-learning algorithm to identify unique combinations of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, in the vapors wafting f...
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