Health

[ad_1] BEIJING, Dec.9 (Xinhua) – The following are updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. – – – – ADDIS ABABA – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 2,284,907 as of Wednesday afternoon, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) …

[ad_1] The People’s Vaccine Alliance said rich nations had purchased enough doses to vaccinate their entire population nearly three times by the end of 2021. By contrast, nearly 70 lower-income countries will only be able to vaccinate one in 10 people against coronavirus next year. “Vaccine hoarding actively undermines global …

[ad_1] Good Morning. Boris Johnson will dine with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, in Brussels tonight in what is seen as a watershed moment for trade talks between the UK and the EU. If they conclude that compromise will not be possible, then they might …

[ad_1] By Jamie Nonis December 09, 2020 Through two organizations she founded, Women on a Mission (WOAM) and Her Planet Earth, Christine Amour-Levar wants to raise awareness and bring about change for some of the most pressing issues facing women around the world. Newsletters Subscribe to our newsletters to receive …

[ad_1] There is no greater threat to life, both human and non-human, than global climate change. As I have argued before, advocacy on behalf of discrete human populations, such as the unborn or the elderly, will prove futile if there is no habitable planet on which those people can live …

[ad_1] HE Ambassador Redwan Hussien, and the Commissioner for Disaster Risk Management HE Mitiku Kasa gave a briefing today (December 08) to the media on the current situation in Tigray, particularly on humanitarian assistance activities in the region . Ambassador Redwan reiterated that the government is in the last phase …

[ad_1] The first lockdown caused a significant increase in depression symptoms among children, highlighting the unintended consequences of school closures, according to a new study from the University of Cambridge. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government implemented a national “lockdown” that involved school closings and social distancing. …

[ad_1] LONDON – To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? William Shakespeare himself is weighing that question and choosing to vaccinate. The historic name was shared by the second man in Britain to receive the Pfizer-approved COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, outside of the clinical trial participants. The 81-year-old Bill to his …

[ad_1] A new study published on the prepress server bioRxiv * in December 2020 indicates the ability of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody titers and induction time to differentiate between severe and mild COVID-19 and could lead to the development of a prognostic biomarker for use early in the course of the illness. …

[ad_1] Almost 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in ten people against COVID-19 next year unless governments and the pharmaceutical industry take urgent action to ensure that sufficient doses are produced, a group of campaigning organizations warned today. . By contrast, wealthier nations have purchased enough …