Sat 21 December 2024: Following an influenza outbreak, Japan reported thousands of cases across the country, local media has reported. Some 94,259 flu patients were reported in one week up to December 15 in 5,000 hospitals and clinics across the country, according to NHK on Saturday. Total cases in the country have now reached 718,000 in the […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The National Department of Health has stated that there is no need for the public to panic despite the rising number of rubella cases in the country. However, citizens are encouraged to urgently visit their nearest health facilities if they experience symptoms of rubella. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia will not allow football fans to buy or consume alcohol while attending matches, senior FIFA officials have revealed. Last week, FIFA awarded Saudi Arabia the hosting rights for the 2034 World Cup, marking the second year in which a Middle Eastern country hosts the world’s largest […]
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Mon 16 December 2024: The long-held belief that the heart is solely controlled by the brain is being challenged by a groundbreaking discovery. Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and Columbia University in the US have found that the heart has its own nervous system. This independent system, referred to as a “mini brain,” regulates the heart’s […]
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Sat 14 December 2024: A new study has found that people eating several portions of dark chocolate per week were less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Dark chocolate is thought to have many health benefits – from guarding against cardiovascular disease to lowering blood pressure. Now, a new study published in the British Medical […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Scientists have developed an implant that could potentially treat broken bones using the patient’s own blood. Drawing inspiration from the body’s natural healing ability, the team at the University of Nottingham has created this groundbreaking implant, with the results considered a significant step forward in advanced materials science. SUPPORTING THE BODY’S HEALING MECHANISMS The […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Chinese scientists have extracted cancer-fighting nuclides, atoms with a particular number of subatomic protons and neutrons, from rare earth minerals, according to state-run media. The University of South China announced on Wednesday that its researchers successfully isolated high-purity lead-212 and bismuth-212 nuclides from rare earth minerals, Xinhua News reported. These nuclides […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: An estimated 263 million malaria cases and 597,000 deaths were reported worldwide in 2023, nearly the same number of fatalities but 11 million more cases compared to 2022, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Health Organization. Around 95% of the deaths occurred in the WHO African Region, with […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: Hong Kong public hospitals aim to incorporate artificial intelligence to identify and treat high-risk patients at an earlier stage, according to local media. Dr. Cheung Ngai-tseung, Hong Kong Hospital Authority’s head of information technology and health informatics, said that they were looking to integrate AI into the clinical management system to […]
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Sun 08 December 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced that it granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) called Xpert®️ MTB/RIF Ultra. It is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing that meets WHO’s prequalification standards, the UN agency said in a statement. Tuberculosis is one of the world’s leading infectious disease killers, causing over […]
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