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Pandemics through the Ages: One more wake-up call unheeded?
Christopher Bruton, Published on 28/05/2020
» Pandemics have been an endemic feature of human history throughout the passage of time. They have killed off more people than wars and famines.
Mory Kante is gone, but not forgotten
Life, John Clewley, Published on 26/05/2020
» In 1987, the singer and kora (21-stringed African harp) player Mory Kante released his fifth studio album, Akwaba Beach. The Guinean-born musician included a number of interesting songs including an Islamic song, Inch Allah, but it was the 12-inch single from the album Yé Ké Yé Ké that caused a sensation as it became the first single from Africa to sell more than a million copies. The song swept into the charts across Europe, and if you were walking around the bars and clubs in Bangkok during that period, you could hear the song everywhere.
Much needed breathing room
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/05/2020
» After five months of battling the Covid-19 pandemic, normalcy is gradually returning to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute (BIDI), a specialised hospital for emerging infectious diseases and respiratory illnesses.
Tracing a path to Big Brother?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2020
» As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, governments are turning to contact tracing -- a tactic used to control outbreaks of syphilis in the 1930s and more recently Ebola in West Africa.
Virus stigma weighs heavily in sub-Saharan Africa
AFP, Published on 20/05/2020
» LIBREVILLE - Landlords evict people from their homes, nurses are abandoned by their husbands and people are spurned just on suspicion of coming into contact with a COVID-19 patient.
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.
Amazon could be next virus hot zone: scientist
AFP, Published on 14/05/2020
» SAO PAULO - The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says human encroachment on animals' habitats -- a likely culprit in the coronavirus outbreak -- is soaring there because of rampant deforestation.
How businesses can build resilience
Business, Published on 13/05/2020
» A bee sting nearly killed me. My passion for beekeeping therefore comes as a surprise to many. Through tending their hives, I observe nature's complex system of interdependency, adaptability and efficiency.
Millions at risk from known diseases as focus shifts to COVID-19
AFP, Published on 07/05/2020
» PARIS - As COVID-19 deaths climb ever higher in Europe and the United States, millions of lives are at risk in developing nations where lockdowns and overwhelmed medical systems are disrupting vital testing, vaccination and treatment for other killer diseases.
Spain eases strict lockdown as US approves virus drug
AFP, Published on 03/05/2020
» MADRID - Spaniards took to the streets to jog, cycle and rollerskate for the first time following 48 days of confinement on Saturday as some European nations cautiously eased virus lockdowns while Russia reported a sudden surge in its infections.