Health

[ad_1] US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the political situation in Myanmar at the White House in Washington, United States, on February 10, 2021. REUTERS / Carlos Barria US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he had approved an executive order for new sanctions on those responsible for the …

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is expanding its efforts to remove more coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) conspiracies that discourage vaccination against the disease, according to a company announcement. “Since December, we have removed false claims about Covid-19 vaccines that have been discredited by public health experts … Today, following consultations with …

[ad_1] Filipinos are the most disapproving of their government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia, a poll revealed Wednesday. In a poll conducted by the Singapore-based Center for ASEAN Studies, 53.7 percent of its Filipino respondents were not in favor of the Duterte administration’s response to the current …

[ad_1] ANKARA The shortage of specialty syringes could hamper Japan’s plans to use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in its nationwide immunization campaign, a senior health official said Tuesday. Last month, Japan said it had procured doses for 72 million people based on the assumption that one vial of the vaccine would …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Alex Gorsky, President and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, takes the stand as a witness at the New Jersey Supreme Court in New Brunswick, NJ, USA, January 27, 2020. REUTERS / Lucas Jackson Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Officer Alex Gorsky told CNBC Tuesday that people may …

[ad_1] Experts also say that there was no substantial spread of SARS-COV-2 in Wuhan before the outbreak in late 2019. A mission of World Health Organization (WHO) experts investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in China has said it has yet to identify the animal source of the SARS-COV-2 …

[ad_1] IIn March 2020, the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) was designated by the Department of Health (DoH) as one of three referral centers for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Metro Manila. As a result, a substantial proportion of the hospital’s logistics and labor was allocated to caring for COVID-19 patients. …

[ad_1] Britney Spears. Image Credit: AP Following the release of a documentary about singer Britney Spears, the stars have expressed shock and support for the pop icon. ‘Framing Britney Spears,’ produced by The New York Times and released on FX, chronicles the singer’s rise to fame as a teenager, the …

[ad_1] The South African government is suspending the use of one of its COVID-19 vaccines in its citizens because it is ineffective against a mutated strain of the coronavirus known as B.1.351. The government announced Sunday that the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of …

[ad_1] South Africa recently received 1 million doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and was poised to begin vaccinating healthcare workers, but yesterday, health officials announced a launch pause to investigate early findings that it offered little protection against mild to moderate. disease caused by the variant strain B1351 that …