Health

[ad_1] On February 15, Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health announced 143 new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total cumulative number of cases to date to 24,714. Two new deaths were reported today. Of the reported cases in Thailand, 92.6% (22,883) have recovered, 0.3% (82) have died, and 7.1% (1,749) are …

[ad_1] Facebook is building a smartwatch that is expected to launch in 2022, according to reports. The watch will focus on Facebook’s suite of apps, such as Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, to message each other and to integrate with apps from health and fitness companies, including Peloton, as documented by …

[ad_1] Health workers donned protective gear before entering an Ebola quarantine zone at a Red Cross facility in the eastern Sierra Leone town of Koidu on December 19, 2014. / Reuters Health workers donned protective gear before entering an Ebola quarantine zone at a Red Cross facility in the eastern …

[ad_1] Guinea has reported the first cases of the Ebola virus in a possible resurgence of the disease since the worst global outbreak in 2013-16. Three people died of Ebola and five others tested positive for the virus in southeastern Guinea, the state health agency said. The five still alive …

[ad_1] During their four-week visit to China, the team was reportedly stumped when China failed to share raw patient data from 174 of its COVID-19 cases, said an Australian infectious disease expert who was part of the team. The OMS. Beijing has tried to divert attention to imported frozen foods …

[ad_1] The toxic cocktail of climate change, conflict and COVID-19 is being felt most intensely in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. As a result, a record 235 million people everyone will need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2021, a 40% increase from last year. It can be difficult …

[ad_1] Ten prisons and documentation of all inmates in Tigray were destroyed when the Tigray regional government, which was under the control of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), collapsed in November 2020, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission revealed. The Commission, when releasing the findings of its monitoring and investigative …

[ad_1] The International Space Station will soon receive powerful artificial intelligence, cloud and edge computing tools from HPE and Microsoft Azure to expand technology experiments intended to prepare NASA for the launch of future manned exploratory missions to Mars. The new equipment and software, including HPE’s specialized second-generation Spaceborne Computer-2 …

[ad_1] BUTEMBO, CONGO – JULY 27: A health member vaccinates a man for suspected Ebola to take precautions against the disease in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo, on July 27, 2019 (Photo by JC Wenga / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images). BUTEMBO, CONGO – JULY 27: A health member vaccinates …

[ad_1] The flu season has been mild this year, thanks to mitigation measures used to contain COVID-19, such as physical distancing and the use of masks. School and office closures also contributed to the unusually sluggish flu season. Mitigation measures slowed flu activity even as COVID-19 increased. Last summer, infectious …