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[ad_1] NHS acute hospital consultant David Oliver considers how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed structural health problems caused by years of neglect and underfunding In my 31 years as an NHS hospital physician, 2020 stands out as a year in which structural health issues have been more widely understood than …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Physician Alister Martin receives one of the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Registered Nurse Jennifer Lisciotti at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ., Dec 16, 2020. Craig F. Walker / Pool via REUTERS / File Photo Millions of COVID-19 vaccines …

[ad_1] World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo, who won two gold medals at last year’s Southeast Asian Games, is currently camped out in Tokyo for his Olympic preparations. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ The country’s top sports officials are doing everything they can to seize what is generally considered the country’s best opportunity …

[ad_1] TOKYO, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) – Japan on Wednesday confirmed a daily record of 3,271 COVID-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 206,988, not including those related to a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo earlier in the year. The nation’s death toll also hit a one-day high at 56, and …

[ad_1] This is what you need to know. A variant occurs when the genetic makeup of a virus changes. All viruses mutate over time, and new variants are common, even for the new coronavirus. Like other variants, this one carries a genetic fingerprint that makes it easy to trace, and …

[ad_1] A general view of Oxford Street, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, on December 23, 2020. REUTERS / Hannah McKay London, UK – Oxford University and drug maker AstraZeneca have applied to the UK health regulator for permission to launch its COVID-19 vaccine, …

[ad_1] The OCTA research team from the University of the Philippines (UP) believes that the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in the country could be re-imposed, if the average of 4,000 cases per day is reached again. In a briefing, Butch Ong of UP OCTA warned that the upper limit …

[ad_1] At the end of 2020, many of my friends, students and colleagues ask me why the Philippine economy is performing worse than that of our neighbors in ASEAN. This year, the IMF, ADB and the World Bank project a contraction of the Philippine economy from 7.3% to 9.9%. These …

[ad_1] THE ANGELS: The Los Angeles Lakers received their NBA championship rings on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in Manila) in an empty stadium that was still filled with warmth from their families, friends, and millions of fans around the world. . Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reacts after receiving …

[ad_1] Top line The Trump Administration struck a deal with Pfizer to buy an additional 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine for $ 1.95 billion, the government announced Wednesday, and has now secured 200 million doses for $ 3.9 billion, months later. to reject the opportunity to secure a …