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China seizes over 89 million shoddy face masks
Apr 26, 2020 (AFP)
Demand for protective equipment has soared as nations across the globe battle the deadly coronavirus, which has infected nearly 2.9 million people. But a number...
As earnings loom, Big Tech to highlight pandemic efforts
Apr 26, 2020 (AFP)
The normal talk on profits and revenue projections are likely to be replaced by discussions on how the world's most powerful companies are helping research for ...
German start-up in global demand with anti-virus escalators
Apr 26, 2020 (AFP)
A decade later, their small German start-up UVIS can barely keep up with orders from around the world for their coronavirus-killing escalators and coatings for ...
French armed forces buy chloroquine from China as 'precaution'
Apr 24, 2020 (AFP)
The ministry made the statement following a viral video on social media showing packages marked as chloroquine destined for the French army. "Against the backgr...
One million masks purchased in Canada not useable: govt
Apr 24, 2020 (AFP)
The Public Health Agency of Canada "has identified approximately one million KN95 masks as non-compliant with specifications for healthcare settings," a spokesm...
Chinese biotech firm says coronavirus vaccine protects monkeys
Apr 24, 2020 (AFP)
It is among a slew of vaccines being developed around the world as countries race to stop an outbreak that has infected around 2.7 million people globally and k...
China to give WHO $30 million more after US freezes funds
Apr 23, 2020 (AFP)
The US, which is the WHO's biggest contributor, accused the organisation last week of "mismanaging" the COVID-19 crisis, drawing ire from Beijing as both countr...
EU approves merger of Pfizer off-patent unit and Mylan
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
The merger between Pfizer's Upjohn unit, based in China, and Netherlands-based Mylan will create a new company selling popular products such Viagra, the anti-ch...
Tunisia researchers use AI, X-rays to create online virus scan tool
Apr 17, 2020 (AFP)
While it's not the first initiative of its kind in the world, its creators say it is the first to be openly available. And though not a diagnostic tool, the tec...
Fighting WHO, Trump hands China a PR opportunity
Apr 15, 2020 (AFP)
Critics say Trump is eager to find a scapegoat as thousands of Americans die from COVID-19, even if there is broad agreement in Washington that the WHO was too ...
Battelle awarded $415M to decontaminate N95 masks for reuse
Apr 14, 2020 (UPI)
According to the DoD, which awarded the contract on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, the deal should allow Battelle to decontaminate up to...
NATO chief urges more self-sufficiency in medical stocks
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
"We have to look into the issues of the supply of medical equipment and protective suits, medicines and all that kind of stuff. And also ask questions like: are...
AFRL'S connects hospitals, medical facilities in need of protective gear
Apr 14, 2020 (SPX)
Without a manufacturing line, hospitals in New York and Connecticut risked running out of critical protective gear. If the pandemic depleted their existing stoc...
US seeks to 'fundamentally change' WHO, Pompeo says
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
President Donald Trump has promised an announcement this week on US funding to the UN body at the forefront of the crisis. The United States is the top donor to...
In virus-hit America, World Health Organization in firing line
Apr 09, 2020 (AFP)
Skeptics see a mercurial US leader eager to find a new scapegoat for the COVID-19 disaster, but even some US supporters of the UN body agree that it made misste...
Audit finds security vulnerabilities at military hospitals; WA returns field hospital to FEMA
Apr 09, 2020 (UPI)
Inspectors who prepared the audit visited eight military medical treatment facilities and found that while all had implemented local physical security measures,...
World short of six million nurses, WHO says
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
The UN's health agency along with partners Nursing Now and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) underscored in a report the crucial role played by nurses, ...
Germany enlists Fitbits and smartwatches in virus battle
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
The Robert Koch Institute said it was launching an app called Corona Datenspende (Corona Data Donation) that would allow people to voluntarily and anonymously s...
Trump threatens withholding funds from UN world health body
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
Trump told reporters he was "going to put a very powerful hold on" funding to WHO, the UN body whose biggest funding source is the United States. "We're going t...
China says it has sold nearly four billion masks abroad
Apr 05, 2020 (AFP)
Despite Chinese cases dwindling, Beijing has encouraged factories to increase production of medical supplies as the pandemic kills over 60,000 globally and part...
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