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Covid vaccines for kids? Strategies around the world
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» PARIS - Pfizer on Thursday requested emergency approval from US health authorities to use its Covid jab in children aged five to 11.
Confidante of Myanmar's Suu Kyi dies after catching Covid in junta jail
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» A confidante of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and stalwart democracy campaigner died Tuesday after becoming infected with Covid-19 in prison, authorities said.
Covid shatters hajj dreams of older pilgrims
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» CAIRO - Samia Ahmed saved up for 16 years, but like many older Muslims she fears that renewed Covid-19 curbs will prevent her from ever making the hajj pilgrimage.
Expat pill couriers: Lifeline in medicine-starved Lebanon
AFP, Published on 11/07/2021
» BEIRUT - Barely two hours after Lydia landed from Marseille in France, friends and relatives flocked to her apartment to collect drugs that have vanished from Lebanese pharmacies because of crippling shortages.
Former Philippines president 'Noynoy' Aquino dies aged 61
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MANILA: Former Philippine president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, the reserved scion of one of Asia's most famous political families, died on Thursday. He was 61.
Africa has much higher mortality rate for very ill Covid patients: study
AFP, Published on 21/05/2021
» PARIS - Seriously ill Covid-19 patients in African countries are more likely to die than those on other continents, which could be because of a lack of critical care equipment, a study published Friday said.
India Covid patients flock to makeshift tent for lifesaving oxygen
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» GHAZIABAD, India: Himanshu Verma sighed in relief as a mask was fitted over his mother's face, allowing the Covid-19 sufferer to breathe in oxygen as she sat alongside a busy road on the outskirts of New Delhi.
Covid patients with sedentary habits more likely to die: study
AFP, Published on 14/04/2021
» PARIS - Among covid patients, a lack of exercise is linked to more severe symptoms and a higher risk of death, according to a study covering nearly 50,000 people who were infected with the virus.
French pharma giant faces verdict on weight loss pill deaths
AFP, Published on 29/03/2021
» PARIS: A French court will on Monday rule whether pharma giant Servier deliberately ignored warnings over a diabetes and weight loss pill blamed for hundreds of deaths, in one of France's worst health scandals.
Sequence African genomes for Africa and the world: scientist
AFP, Published on 11/02/2021
» PARIS - A $4.5 billion initiative to sequence the genomes of three million Africans would not only benefit a continent long neglected in gene-based healthcare, but advance understanding of genetic disease worldwide, the project leader told AFP Wednesday.