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New drug can stop pandemic 'without vaccine': scientists in China
AFP, Published on 19/05/2020
» BEIJING: A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt.
WHO warns against virus over-reaction as death toll hits 1,868
AFP, Published on 18/02/2020
» BEIJING: The World Health Organization has warned against a global over-reaction to the new coronavirus epidemic following panic-buying, event cancellations and concerns about cruise ship travel, as China's official death toll neared 1,900 on Tuesday.
Last century's epidemics more deadly than today's
AFP, Published on 05/02/2020
» PARIS: Before the emergence of the new coronavirus, which has sparked worldwide panic, other epidemics had struck earlier in the 21st century, but were less deadly than the previous century's pandemics.
For China virus insurance, check the small print
AFP, Published on 04/02/2020
» LONDON - Companies and tourists out of pocket from the global disruption caused by the virus epidemic in China risk meeting a cold shoulder from insurers, industry experts warn.
Global shrimp prices jump
dpa, Published on 02/09/2013
» A new plague swimming through the shrimp farms of China and South-East Asia is making ripples in the United States and Europe, where prawn prices have jumped to record highs in recent months.
US health leader warns of human-to-human H7N9 bird flu
AFP, Published on 29/04/2013
» There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned.
Mental Matters
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 04/12/2012
» Sometimes it goes beyond stress and pressure into the darker realm of clinical condition. Economic instability, political uncertainty, a thirst for materialism, personal history, the breakneck social competition _ all this, and more, contributes to the increasing number of people suffering from mental health disorders.