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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.