Health

[ad_1] Pharmacist Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. It has become the latest Chinese company to abandon a New York listing in favor of one closer to home, putting forward plans to raise HK $ 3.6 billion ($ 535 million) through an IPO in Hong Kong. Unlike many of the recently listed …

[ad_1] At some point in the In the next few months, before the end of the year, according to optimists, or more likely in early 2021, the United States will have a vaccine for Covid-19. We do not know which formula will be the first to reach the goal. We …

[ad_1] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values ​​and editorial ethics of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaging, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing within the African continent and beyond. It will offer debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses …

[ad_1] TIn months of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, there is growing frustration that life has not returned to “normal.” Many American schools and businesses remain closed, people are reluctant to fly and enjoy vacations, and in many places, restaurants and indoor activities are severely limited, with dire financial consequences. With patience …

[ad_1] Last week, the World Health Organization’s special envoy on COVID-19, David Nabarro, said: We, at the World Health Organization, do not advocate lockdowns as the main measure to control the virus. This has created confusion and frustration, as many people have interpreted this as going against the WHO’s previous …

[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to treat the Ebola virus. It was tested during the 2018 Ebola epidemic and represents a glimpse of what could come with the coronavirus. Details: The drug, called Inmazeb, is a mixture of three different antibodies that can block …

[ad_1] The world is caught in a perfect storm of rising rates of chronic diseases, persistent infectious diseases and public health failures that have fueled the deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a major global study on human health. The emergence and overlap of the coronavirus pandemic with a …

[ad_1] The annual flu season threatens to make the COVID-19 pandemic doubly deadly, but I believe this is not inevitable. There are two commonly given vaccines, the pneumococcal vaccine and the Hib vaccine, that protect against bacterial pneumonias. These bacteria complicate both influenza and COVID-19, and often lead to death. …

[ad_1] The failure of governments to address a three-decade surge in preventable diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes has fueled the Covid-19 pandemic and is stagnating life expectancy worldwide, according to a comprehensive study. The most recent data from the Global Burden of Disease study, published in the …

[ad_1] The World Health Organization has warned leaders not to rely on COVID-19 closures as the primary method of addressing outbreaks after previously saying that countries should be careful how quickly they reopen, which will be adds to the statements made by officials causing confusion. WHO special envoy Dr. David …