Following the National Population and Development Policy (NPDP) dissemination for the five central provinces in August this year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) co-chaired the last dissemina…
While many countries are fighting off their worst coronavirus outbreaks yet, Japan is detecting hardly any COVID-19 infections at all. Observers are trying to figure out why.As recently as late summer, Japan’s coronavirus outlook wasn’t great. An outbr…
Published by The Street By PR Newswire BEIJING, Dec. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — This is a news report from Science and Technology Daily: In order to strengthen exchanges among members of the International Union for Science and Technology Communication (IUSTC),
Worried that a new COVID-19 wave could overwhelm understaffed U.S. hospitals, federal officials on Thursday loosened rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive.Those workers will now be allowed
New research from Britain and South Africa suggests the fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus is milder and results in fewer hospitalizations than other versions.Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland unveiled a study Wednes…
U.S. health officials say 2021 is shaping up to be even deadlier than last year.It’s too early to say for sure, since all the death reports for November and December won’t be in for many weeks. But based on available
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of an antiviral COVID-19 pill, the pill’s maker Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday.The company says the pill, which is to be taken with another antiviral drug, ritonavir, is 90% effective in
Lawmakers in Ghana exchanged blows late Monday evening over a proposed electronic payment tax.The government says the new tax would boost revenue for development, but parliament has been split over the idea and fights broke out when supporters tried to…
