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  • WORLD

    AIDS timeline: Four decades but still no silver bullet

    AFP, Published on 30/11/2021

    » PARIS: With hopes of eradicating AIDS badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, we look at the fight against the deadly condition since its emergence 40 years ago, as the planet marks World AIDS Day on Wednesday.

  • LIFE

    In search of a connection

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 19/11/2021

    » Besides social media and smartphones, dating apps have also become part of modern life. The trend of swiping left or right has made it easy to meet people from diverse social backgrounds. However, just like in real life, where good-looking people are most likely to benefit from the technology, it also has the potential to damage users' self-esteem if they cannot handle rejection. So, people tweak their profiles to draw more attention to themselves. Director Hernan Jimenez took this idea and mixed it with the message of being true to yourself and finding your worth as the plot of his new romantic comedy Love Hard.

  • THAILAND

    Making Golf More Fun with Pins & Aces

    Published on 18/11/2021

    » Golf has long been associated with stuffiness, country clubs and expensive fees — meaning it was typically just played by the wealthy and privileged. Since its beginnings in the 15th century, golf has often been thought of as a serious sport. You often had to be quiet on the course and focus purely on the game.

  • WORLD

    Pfizer strikes global licensing deal for Covid pill

    AFP, Published on 17/11/2021

    » GENEVA: US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday announced a deal to make its prospective antiviral Covid-19 pill available more cheaply in the world's least-wealthy countries.

  • WORLD

    Merck will share formula for its Covid pill with poor countries

    New York Times, Published on 29/10/2021

    » Merck has granted a royalty-free licence for its promising COVID-19 pill to a United Nations-backed nonprofit in a deal that would allow the drug to be manufactured and sold cheaply in the poorest nations, where vaccines for the coronavirus are in devastatingly short supply.

  • WORLD

    Philippines Covid patients may get Merck’s anti-viral pill early

    Bloomberg News, Published on 27/10/2021

    » Covid-19 patients in the Philippines may get early access to Merck & Co’s yet to be approved anti-viral treatment pill for a few dollars starting in November with a compassionate special permit.

  • OPINION

    It comes down to a matter of opinion

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/10/2021

    » There was a thought-provoking letter to the Bangkok Post last week from "Ye Olde Bloviator" suggesting there should be a contest for the best letters of the year to PostBag, with assorted categories including "most boring" and so on. Not a bad idea really. If Edith Clampton (Mrs) was still contributing I'm convinced she would sweep every category.

  • THAILAND

    Thammasat frustrated by vaccine delay

    News, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/10/2021

    » Thammasat University has urged the government to work faster to remove any red tape hindering the delivery of 3 million doses of the Moderna vaccine from Poland.

  • THAILAND

    Hospital chases vaccine for booster shots

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/10/2021

    » Thammasat University Hospital (TUH) has decided to join a third-phase trial of a protein-based Covid-19 vaccine with a plan to import it for use as a booster shot early next year.

  • LIFE

    A new generation slasher

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 15/10/2021

    » Recycling stories isn't new but common practice in Hollywood. However, it seems to be the main focus of Netflix lately, especially in the horror genre as some of these movies don't bring anything new to the table. For example, Stranger Things is almost a carbon copy of Stephen King's novels and a few months ago, the Fear Street trilogy reintroduced Gen Z to the teen slasher genre, which was popular back in the 1980s and 1990s, but it too fell short of developing an identity of its own.

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