health

Living with Alzheimer’s: China’s health time bomb

The first time Chen Shaohua went missing and was picked up by police, the 68-year-old's family put it down to…

Brazil’s Bolsonaro going to UN meet despite being unvaccinated

  BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's Covid-unvaccinated President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he will attend next week's United Nations conclave…

Biden to host Covid-19 summit on Wednesday: White House

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden will host a virtual summit with world leaders on the…

US panel recommends Covid boosters for people 65 and older

  by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A panel of leading US medical experts advising…

‘Burnt out’: Philippine nurses battle Covid, resignations

  by Allison JACKSON Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- Exhausted nurses in the Philippines are struggling to care…

E.Guinea tightens Covid-19 restrictions as third wave hits

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) -- Equatorial Guinea on Friday stiffened measures to tackle Covid-19, citing a third wave of the…

Cambodia begins covid jabs for kids as young as six

by Suy SE PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) -- Cambodia on Friday began inoculating children as young as six against coronavirus,…

‘Ebola is defeated’, says Congolese professor who discovered virus

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Ebola has been defeated. Vaccines and medical treatments have brought the deadly and terrifying disease…

Guinea declares end of Marburg virus outbreak: WHO

CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) -- Guinea has declared the end of an outbreak of the Marburg virus, which belongs to the…

Surprise may be key to ‘Mozart effect’ on epilepsy: study

by Natalie HANDEL PARIS, France (AFP) -- A Mozart sonata that can calm epileptic brain activity may get its theraputic…

France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Thousands of health workers across France have been suspended without pay for failing to get vaccinated…

China fully vaccinates more than 1 billion people: official

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has fully vaccinated more than 1 billion people -- 71 per cent of its population…

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