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[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO: A volunteer participating in clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca has died in Brazil, authorities announced on Wednesday (October 21), although the media said he had received a placebo, not the test vaccine. . It is the first …

[ad_1] PARIS: None of the COVID-19 candidate vaccine trials can detect a reduction in serious outcomes such as hospitalization or death, a leading public health expert said on Thursday (October 22). In an article in the medical journal BMJ, Associate Editor Peter Doshi cautioned that not even ongoing Phase 3 …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Researchers in Singapore have developed a breath test to detect COVID-19 in one minute, the National University of Singapore (NUS) said on Tuesday (October 20). The test, which detects volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a person’s breath, achieved more than 90 percent accuracy in a clinical trial involving …

[ad_1] contact WongThe times of the straitOct 20, 2020 A depressed mother strangled her five-year-old son at home before stabbing himself to death near the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, a coroner investigation found. The boy was autistic and had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Nami Ogata, 41, a Japanese …

[ad_1] Why are these rapid tests being tested? • Successful rapid testing prior to certain mass events will give the Government greater confidence to allow more activities to resume, which have not yet been approved. • This will allow more activities to resume. Rapid antigen tests (ART) What are you …

[ad_1] Beauty treatments and procedures are now very common these days. We have also heard about those procedures which have unfortunately gone wrong. The recent death of a young Malaysian girl is another reminder of the importance of conducting proper research and being very careful when deciding to undergo any …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore at noon on Wednesday (October 21), bringing the country’s total cases to 57,933. The 12 new cases are imported and asymptomatic, MINSA said, adding that they were proactively detected. The ministry also announced the …

[ad_1] Even when Singapore finally enters phase three of its reopening, bars, pubs, karaoke lounges and nightclubs may need to remain closed. At a virtual press conference yesterday, the multi-ministerial working group presented a roadmap for phase three, which could happen before the end of the year if conditions permit. …

[ad_1] BEIJING: A city in China’s Zhejiang province will offer experimental coronavirus vaccines to its residents as China expands an emergency use program to people in non-priority groups. Residents aged 18 to 59 in the city of Shaoxing, who are not in priority groups, can apply for the vaccine online, …

[ad_1] CHICAGO / WASHINGTON: AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine trial in the United States is expected to resume as soon as this week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration completed its review of a serious illness, they said. four sources to Reuters. AstraZeneca’s large late-stage American trial has been on hold …