Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Last year, Singapore International Energy Week welcomed more than 13,000 delegates from more than 80 countries to its event in Singapore. This year, the number of physical attendees will be, at most, 250. The event is one of the hybrid conferences that will test a new way of …

[ad_1] MUMBAI – The disappearance of a young movie star has paralyzed India like no other news story in a year of bad headlines. The abrupt death of Sushant Singh Rajput has sparked debate over the stigma of mental health, the rarefied privileged world of Bollywood and, more recently, condemnation …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) announced on Thursday (September 10) two new Covid-19 clusters in the dormitories of foreign workers. They were Avery Lodge Dormitory at Jalan Papan in the Jurong area with 35 patients, and PPT Lodge 1A at Seletar North Link with eight cases. 63 …

[ad_1] Clinical trials on one of the most advanced Covid-19 experimental vaccines, which is being developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, were “paused” on Tuesday after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. With billions of people around the world still suffering from the consequences of …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump recognized a journalist at the start of the coronavirus pandemic who downplayed the danger from the health crisis despite having evidence to the contrary, according to a new book. “I always wanted to downplay it,” Trump told author Bob Woodward on March 19, days …

[ad_1] The recent suspension of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trial following an unexplained illness in a trial volunteer is a safety measure and is not an uncommon event, Health Ministry director of medical services Kenneth Mak said yesterday. The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company announced the suspension yesterday, adding that the move was …

[ad_1] PARIS (AFP) – The coronavirus has disrupted daily life in the six months since the crisis was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). While people’s understanding of the new respiratory disease has steadily increased since it was first detected in China last year, what lies ahead …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed 63 new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore as of Thursday (September 10), bringing the country’s total to 57,229. Announced two additional clusters linked to dormitories: Avery Lodge Dormitory at 2D Jalan Papan and PPT Lodge 1A at 8 Seletar North Link. …

[ad_1] Annoyed with the doves outside his Housing Board floor, a man used a catapult to shoot them but ended up damaging two wedding cars nearby. Police were able to narrow the search down to four units in Woodlands after the Health Sciences Authority conducted a projectile analysis. Samuel Tan …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Consulate General in Hong Kong said on Thursday (September 10) that the Republic welcomes talks with Hong Kong on the gradual resumption of cross-border travel between the two parties. He added that given the strong commercial and social ties between the two cities, the resumption of …