HONG KONG MEDICS MOVE TO USE AI TO TREAT HIGH RISK PATIENTS AT EARLY STAGE

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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GLOBAL WATCHDOG TRACKS SYRIA’S CHEMICAL WEAPONS OBLIGATIONS AMID POLITICAL TRANSITION

A medical worker gives a toddler oxygen through a respirator following an alleged poison gas attack in eastern Ghouta, Syria on April 8. 2018. Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP Tue 10 December 2024: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) raised serious concerns Monday over the status of Syria’s chemical weapons […]

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AUSTRALIA’S PM LAUNCHES ANTI-SEMITISM TASK FORCE AFTER SYNAGOGUE ARSON

Mon 09 December 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces task force as police say they are treating attack as ‘terrorism’. Australia’s prime minister has announced the launch of a police task force on anti-Semitism following a spate of attacks aimed at Jewish people, including an arson attack at a synagogue. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made […]

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WHO ANNOUNCES 1ST PREQUALIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSTIC TEST

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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KIDNEY AND NERVE CELLS CAN STORE MEMORIES LIKE THE BRAIN: NEW STUDY

Sat 07 December 2024: In a groundbreaking study conducted in the United States, scientists discovered that, like the human brain, kidney and nerve tissue cells are also capable of storing memories. The research, led by experts from New York University, found that memories are stored not only in the brain but also in other parts of the body. The scientists […]

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ARCTIC OCEAN MAY SEE ITS 1ST ‘ICE-FREE’ DAY BY 2027, STUDY WARNS

Sat 07 December 2024: The Arctic Ocean could experience its first “ice-free” day as early as 2027, according to a new study, signaling a profound shift in the planet’s climate. Even under the most optimistic scenarios, this “ominous milestone for the planet,” is inevitable within the next two decades, researchers caution in the study published in Nature Communications on Monday. “The […]

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INTELLIGENCE PARTNERS WARN OF ONLINE RADICALIZATION AMONG YOUTH

Sta 07 December 2024: The intelligence partners of the “Five Eyes” have warned about the radicalisation of young people online, the news agency Reuters reported on Thursday (Dec 5) citing a research paper from the alliance. The Five Eyes, which includes the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, said in the paper that […]

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TOURISM WORLDWIDE TO REACH PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS BY YEAR’S END: UN

Fri 06 December 2024: With around 1.1 billion tourists travelled internationally in the first nine months of 2024, international tourism has reached 98 percent of the figures prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, according to the United Nations tourism agency (UN Tourism). In its Tourism Barometer report issued on Wednesday, the […]

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