Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MINSA) will offer free and voluntary tuberculosis (TB) screenings to residents and former residents of a single block in Hougang as a precaution after four people from the block were found to have contracted the disease . “The Ministry of Health was notified on …

[ad_1] REUTERS: Asia surpassed 10 million new coronavirus infections on Saturday (October 24), the second-heaviest regional figure in the world, according to a Reuters tally, as cases continue to rise in India despite a slowdown and strong falls elsewhere. Just behind Latin America, Asia accounts for about a quarter of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 14 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed as of noon on Saturday (October 24), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,965. They included three new cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 infection, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday. According to their investigations so far, two of these …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The National University of Singapore (NUS) has said it delayed filing a police report against former Tembusu College fellow Jeremy Fernando to take into account the well-being of the students involved. Dr. Fernando was fired on October 7 following allegations of sexual misconduct against him by two …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore and Germany residents will soon be able to travel between the two countries for commercial or official reasons, after the two countries agreed to a Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) agreement. This is the first of these Singapore travel arrangements with a European country amid the ongoing …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Two major clinical trials for COVID-19 experimental vaccines got back on track in the United States on Friday (October 23), providing a glimmer of hope as the number of cases skyrockets across the country. COVID-19 has now killed more than 223,000 Americans, and the health crisis is a …

[ad_1] FLORIDA: US President Donald Trump promised his supporters in Florida on Friday (October 23) that the COVID-19 pandemic would end soon, and accused Democratic rival Joe Biden of exaggerating the health crisis to scare the public. Americans to vote for him. The pandemic, which has killed more than 224,000 …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: More than 50 million Americans have voted in the presidential election, an early voting expert said on Friday (October 23), indicating a potential record turnout for the November 3 showdown between President Donald Trump and the challenger Joe Biden. According to Michael McDonald of the University of Florida …

[ad_1] PARIS / MADRID (REUTERS) – Europe faces a long battle against coronavirus at least until mid-2021, France warned on Friday (October 23), as anxious governments introduced increasing restrictions to curb the once-accelerating disease. more on the continent. Daily infections in Europe have more than doubled in the past 10 …

[ad_1] SEOUL – Public concern over the safety of flu vaccines has risen in South Korea as authorities reported 36 cases of deaths after vaccination at 1:00 p.m. M. from Friday (October 23), which put pressure on his efforts to curb a possible “twin” of the winter flu. and the …