Healthcare

Victims Of The Unvaccinated

Novak Djokovic, the world’s top-ranking tennis player, has just been granted a medical exemption to take part in the Australian Open. Djokovic, who has won the event nine times (one more victory would give him a record-breaking 21 major titles), refused to show proof of vaccination, which is required to enter Australia.

6 January 2022
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COVID: Europe Once Again At Epicentre Of Pandemic

Europe is once again "at the epicentre" of the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as cases soar across the continent.At a press conference WHO Europe head Hans Kluge said the continent could see half a million more deaths by February.He blamed insufficient vaccine take-up for the rise."We must change our tactics, from reacting to surges of COVID-19 to preventing them from happening in the first place," he said.The rate of vaccination has slowed

5 November 2021
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After COVID Success, What’s Next For mRNA Vaccines?

It is one of the most remarkable success stories of the pandemic: the unproven technology that delivered the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines in record time, helping to turn the tide on COVID-19. The vaccines are based on mRNA, the molecule that instructs our cells to make specific proteins.

2 November 2021
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Pregnant Women Are Turned Away From C-19 Jab Clinics

Pregnant women are being turned away from COVID vaccine clinics despite clinical advice, experts have warned as they urged ministers to ramp up efforts to reach unvaccinated groups.Members of the United Kingdom’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) told the media that efforts to increase booster jab uptake will not be sufficient to prevent more deaths and hospitalisations and that ministers must prioritise reaching those who have had no jabs.

27 October 2021
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Brazil Hospital Chain Accused Of Hiding COVID Deaths

One of Brazil’s biggest healthcare providers has been accused of covering up coronavirus deaths, pressuring doctors to prescribe ineffective treatments, and testing unproven drugs on elderly patients as part of ideologically charged efforts to help the Brazilian government resist a COVID lockdown.Prevent Senior, a health maintenance organization with a chain of hospitals and more than half a million members, is in the crosshairs of a congressional inquiry into Brazil’s coronavirus crisis and

30 September 2021
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Thailand: Migrants Plead For COVID Vaccines

When the first COVID-19 case was detected in the Thai border town of Mae Sot in April last year, Hnin Hnin (not her real name), was able to keep her school for migrant children open, spending her mornings as she usually did, drawing up word games on a large whiteboard as her five-year-old pupils looked on.Infections and deaths at the time remained in the single digits, and Hnin Hnin, a teacher from Myanmar, was cautiously optimistic that the pandemic would end soon.

15 September 2021
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Vietnam’s COVID Epicentre: Everyone Is Struggling

Each phone call from Vietnam causes Thai Duong’s heart to skip a few beats.For Duong, who grew up in District 4 of Ho Chi Minh City but currently lives in California, every contact with home poses the possibility of bad news.

7 September 2021
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WEF: 135 Years To Reach Gender Parity

Since COVID-19 emerged in late 2019, people from various backgrounds have succumbed to the disease. From front liners, politicians, and celebrities to ordinary people – the coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But the virus doesn’t just pose a threat to people’s health and wellbeing, but other aspects of their lives as well.Everyone across the globe is currently feeling some form of pinch from the pandemic.

4 April 2021
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Brazil: Worst Place On Earth For COVID-19?

Earlier this year, the jungle city of Manaus sent shockwaves across the globe when hospitals ran out of oxygen with lethal consequences – turning the city into the world’s COVID-19 epicentre.Two months on, Brazil’s COVID catastrophe has never been worse.

25 March 2021
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Health Workers: Exhausted And At Risk

On 20 January, media reports of a medical officer who allegedly passed away from exhaustion shocked Malaysians. A charity group called ‘Skuad Pengurusan Jenazah Malaysia’ (Malaysian Funeral Management Squad) claimed that one of its members, Dr Ali Noor Hassan fell ill due to his workload – highlighting a lack of rest.

21 January 2021
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Malaysia Declares Emergency, Suspends Parliament

Malaysia's king declared a nationwide state of emergency Tuesday to fight a coronavirus surge and parliament was suspended, with critics charging it was a bid by the unstable government to cling to power.The surprise move came a day after the prime minister announced sweeping new curbs across much of the Southeast Asian nation, including the closure of most businesses, and warned the health system was "at breaking point".Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah agreed to declare an em

13 January 2021
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Malaysia’s Health System At Breaking Point

The last 24 hours have been rather eventful in Malaysia.Just yesterday, the country’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced strict new curbs in over half the country to combat a coronavirus surge. A two-week partial lockdown will be imposed in the worst-hit parts of Malaysia including the capital city of Kuala Lumpur and five of the country’s 13 states, starting Wednesday (13 January).

12 January 2021
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