Health

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The US health authorities. USA They issued an alert Thursday (May 14) about a rare but sometimes fatal autoimmune condition among children believed to be related to COVID-19. The disease, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), was first …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Duke-NUS School of Medicine has released a Covid-19 test kit that takes just one hour, rather than the usual days, to detect if someone has been infected before. The new test can be used to see if potential vaccines work, to verify what proportion of the …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (May 14) that the coronavirus crisis was easing in Russia as the number of new daily cases fell below 10,000 for the first time in nearly two weeks. Health officials said they had recorded 9,974 new infections in the past 24 hours, …

[ad_1] GENEVA: The coronavirus outbreak is at risk of triggering a major global mental health crisis, the United Nations warned on Thursday (May 14), calling for urgent measures to address the psychological suffering caused by the pandemic. While protecting physical health has been the main concern during the first months …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – All pre-school staff will undergo a one-time swab test for Covid-19 starting from Friday (May 15) before centers reopen on June 2. The test would cover principals, teachers and educarers, or those who look after infants and toddlers. It also includes non-program staff like cleaners and cooks, …

[ad_1] DENPASAR (BLOOMBERG) – Bali, the popular tourist island for backpackers, has always been seen as fertile ground for the coronavirus when millions of foreign tourists flock to its beaches. But today the Indonesian authorities promote him as a model in addressing the pandemic. According to Governor Wayan Koster, success …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: An attempt by Estonia and Germany to overcome a stalemate between the United States and China at the United Nations Security Council, instead, seemed on Thursday (May 14) to reinforce their stalemate by action on the coronavirus pandemic . For more than seven weeks, the 15-member council …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India is aggressively pressing a state-backed contact tracking app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world’s second most populous nation is on its way to high social control methods Chinese-style technology. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has touted its app, Aarogya Setu, or …

[ad_1] PARIS: France said Thursday (May 14) that nations of the world would have equal access to any new coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, a day after the CEO suggested that Americans would likely be the first to the row. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Starting Friday (May 15), all preschool staff in Singapore will be screened for COVID-19 before the preschool centers reopen on June 2, The Straits Times reported Thursday. The cost of one-time swab testing will be borne by the government, ECDA head of licensing Jamie Ang said in …