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[ad_1] Britain became the latest country to abolish the so-called “tampon tax” on Friday, eliminating taxes on sales of women’s sanitary products. The move was widely praised by defenders of women’s rights, as well as by supporters of the country’s exit from the European Union. Treasury chief Rishi Sunak had …

[ad_1] RABAT, Jan.1 (Xinhua) – Morocco registered 1,777 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total count in the North African country to 440,970, the Health Ministry said in a statement. The total number of COVID-19 recoveries in Morocco reached 409,638 after 2,134 new ones were added. The death …

[ad_1] A paramedic who volunteered for eight months to care for people in one of the world’s most remote communities has called for steps to be taken to erode stark inequalities in global health after receiving a British Empire Medal (BEM) for emergency medicine and disaster response services. Nich Woolf, …

[ad_1] In an ideal world, vaccine trial participants might wait to find out whether they received the sham injection or the vaccine. But experts agree that current circumstances are extraordinary Tens of thousands of people in the United States and around the world have volunteered to take the test. COVID-19 …

[ad_1] Mahdi spent most of this year calling for an urgent evacuation from Libya to save his daughter’s life. The girl, Mahjah, was just 17 months old when she died of cancer this month. She used to sing hymns to her father in the hospital, while he carried her on …

[ad_1] FRIDAY, Jan.1, 2021 (HealthDay News) – Many smokers make a New Year’s resolution to quit, so the American Lung Association offers tips to improve their chances of success. Smoking is a serious risk factor for COVID-19, so quitting is more important than ever, the association noted. But keep in …

[ad_1] Tokyo confirmed 783 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, according to national broadcaster NHK. The number of new daily coronavirus infections in Japan capital topped 1,000 for the first time on Thursday, hitting a record 1,337 as the country battles a third wave of the pandemic. New Year’s Day …

[ad_1] China has reported the first known case of the most contagious strain of COVID-19 that originally began circulating in the UK, although the patient has been in quarantine since arriving in Shanghai two weeks ago. Researchers from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a weekly …

[ad_1] Photographer: Issue Sanogo / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Issue Sanogo / AFP / Getty Images The first goods will begin to flow under a free trade pact across Africa on Friday, the culmination of more than five years of negotiations on lowering cross-border tariffs. The deal comes to …

[ad_1] Vybe Together, an iOS app promoting private parties amid the COVID-19 pandemic, has been removed from the App Store by Apple. The app’s TikTok account has also been banned and its website has been taken down, according to a report. But the developers say the app was not intended …