Sun 26 January 2020: A newly identified coronavirus has been spreading in China, and has now reached several other countries. As the number of confirmed cases and deaths continue to rise, health officials are working on all fronts to learn more about the virus and put measure into place to curtail its spread. Here’s a […]
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Sat 25 January 2020: There is not enough evidence to conclude that e-cigarettes helps smokers quit tobacco, a US government report said on Thursday, as the vaping industry faces increased regulatory pressures. The advice is contrary to that provided by the British government, which classes e-cigarettes as a nicotine replacement therapy that makes smoking cessation […]
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Mon 20 January 2020: A mysterious SARS-like virus has killed a third person, spread around China and reached a third Asian country, authorities said Monday, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity’s biggest migration. The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central Chinese city […]
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Sat 18 January 2020: The number of people infected by a mystery SARS-like virus that has killed two people in China is likely hundreds more than officially reported, researchers have said. Chinese authorities have said pneumonia linked to the virus has hit at least 41 people in the country, with the outbreak centred around a […]
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Fri 17 January 2020: (AFP) China’s birth rate dropped last year to its lowest level since the Communist country was founded in 1949, adding to concerns that an ageing society and shrinking workforce will pile pressure on a slowing economy. To avoid a demographic crisis, the government relaxed its one-child policy in 2016 to allow […]
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Thu 16 January 2020: (AFP) Lurking deep inside some tumours are “factories” full of immune cells that help the body fight a rearguard action against cancer and are key to helping some patients recover, new research has shown. In recent years, doctors have turned to a new treatment for cancer, immunotherapy, which works by leveraging […]
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Wed 15 January 2020: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced new financial incentives to encourage Russians to have more children to boost the population. “Russia’s fate and its historic prospects depend on how many of us there are,” Putin said in an annual address to lawmakers. Russia is seeing falling birth rates because the […]
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Tue 14 January 2020: (AFP) Thirty percent of Earth’s surface across land and sea should become protected areas by 2030 to ensure the viability of ecosystems essential to human wellbeing, according to a UN plan released Monday. The draft proposal to halt the degradation of Nature and the gathering pace of species loss will be […]
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Wed 08 January 2019: Some 25% of reported measles cases involve children over the age of 5 The death toll from a measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 6,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday, up from 5,110 deaths reported last November. Partner agencies led by the country’s Ministry […]
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Tue 07 January 2020: If the current trend continues and one billion tons of plastic is produced annually by 2050, very serious health and waste problem may occur globally, according to an expert on plastic waste. “We could see more plastic in the sea than fish. Land could be filled with abandoned mountains of plastic […]
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