Published by AFP Paris (AFP) – Long-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly and disfiguring smallpox; a dengue or zika “season” in Europe.These could be disaster movie storylines, but they are also serious and increasingly plausible scenarios of epidemics unleashed by global warming, scientists say.The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the globe […]
Continue ReadingPublished by TDPel Media INTRODUCTIONThe use of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, a recombinant ChAdOx1 adenoviral vector encoding the structural surface glycoprotein (Spike protein) antigen of the SARS-CoV-2 was given an approval for Emergency Use Listing by WHO on Monday, February 15, 2021. WHO’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL) assesses the quality, safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines […]
Continue ReadingPublished by BANG Showbiz English Angelina Jolie has struggled to get accurate medical advice for her children because they are “of different backgrounds”. The 46-year-old actress – who has Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and 12-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with her ex-husband Brad Pitt – admits that having children of different […]
Continue ReadingPublished by Al-Araby The humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s war-torn is set to “worsen dramatically” and to deadly effect, the UN warned Thursday, blaming an “aid blockade” for the escalating crisis. Northern Ethiopia has been wracked by violence since November, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray to topple the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, […]
Continue ReadingPublished by PM News The World Health Organisation (WHO) said a deadly outbreak of meningitis has been declared in a Northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). No fewer than 260 suspected cases and 129 deaths have been reported in Tshopo Province; with a high case fatality ratio of 50 per cent, […]
Continue ReadingPublished by Al-Araby The US State Department this week sent an email to citizens, warning them not to travel to Lebanon. The US government has classified the travel advisory for Lebanon as “Level 4: Do Not Travel”, the highest possible level. This level is normally designated for countries experiencing severe conditions, such as famine and […]
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