Bottle-fed babies ingest ‘millions’ of microplastics: study
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS PARIS, France (AFP) -- Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day,…
4 years ago
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UK researchers aim to infect volunteers to study Covid exposure
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British researchers on Tuesday said they hope to expose healthy volunteers to the virus…
4 years ago
Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu: study
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a…
4 years ago
Pfizer plans to seek authorization for Covid-19 vaccine in November: company
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer expects to file for emergency use authorization for its Covid-19…
4 years ago
Facebook bans ads discouraging vaccines
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook on Tuesday announced a ban on ads that discourage people from getting vaccinated,…
4 years ago
World Bank approves $12 bln for Covid-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The World Bank said Tuesday that it approved $12 billion for developing countries to…
4 years ago
Covid-19 reinfection casts doubt on virus immunity: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Covid-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected,…
4 years ago
Coronavirus ‘can survive for 28 days on surfaces’: study
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France-Presse BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can survive on items such as banknotes…
4 years ago
Mental health toll of pandemic ‘devastating’: WHO
by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The Covid-19 pandemic is having a "devastating impact" on mental…
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US-British trio win Nobel Medicine Prize for Hepatitis C discovery
by Pia OHLIN STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the…
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