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Hong Kong looking to procure world's first Covid-19 pill
Published on 03/10/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong is in the process of securing the world's first Covid-19 pill, which the manufacturers claim can cut hospitalisations and deaths by half.
Men with Covid-19 3 times more likely to need intensive care: study
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» PARIS - Men infected with Covid-19 are three times more likely to require intensive care than women and are at significantly higher risk of dying from the virus, scientists said Wednesday.
Why Covid may be more life-threatening for some patients
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/09/2020
» NEW YORK: When two brothers fell critically ill with Covid-19 around the same time in March, their doctors were baffled. Both were young -- 29 and 31 years old -- and healthy. Yet within days they could not breathe on their own and, tragically, one of them died.
Race for vaccine tests limits of drug innovation
AFP, Published on 31/03/2020
» PARIS: From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of Covid-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine.
Blood biomarkers found for chronic fatigue syndrome
AFP, Published on 28/02/2015
» WASHINGTON - Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease with distinct stages that can be identified through biomarkers in the blood, researchers said Friday, offering hope that earlier diagnosis may improve treatment.
Breakthrough in Australian hunt for devil vaccine
AFP, Published on 12/03/2013
» Australian scientists on Tuesday hailed a breakthrough discovery in the hunt for a vaccine against a savage facial tumour disease threatening the endangered Tasmanian devil with extinction.
Chinese genes boost peril from flu: study
AFP, Published on 30/01/2013
» Nearly a quarter of ethnic Chinese have a tiny genetic variant that boosts sixfold their risk of falling gravely ill when infected with flu, a study published on Tuesday said.
Cancer drug helps MS patients, trials show
AFP, Published on 01/11/2012
» A drug initially developed to treat some types of cancer now appears to help people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS), a study said Thursday.
'Aids-like' disease found
Published on 25/08/2012
» Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia, notably in Thailand, and some in the United States with Aids-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV.
Data exclusivity a life and death issue
News, Published on 22/08/2012
» During the last week of July, a team from the Department of Trade Negotiation (DTN) went to Brussels to work on a scoping exercise with the European Union Trade Commission. On their return to Bangkok a meeting was called by Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong at which officers from various government departments were present including, the DTN, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Intellectual Property, the Bank of Thailand and the Commerce, and Agriculture and Cooperatives ministries among others.