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Spain health workers hold huge protest over state of health system

February 13, 2023

Protesters march to support the public health service in one of four columns which will meet in the center of Madrid, Spain, Feb 12, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) MADRID - Hundreds of thousands of Spain's health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is the destruction of...

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White House opposes lifting jab rule for foreign air visitors

February 8, 2023

Travelers arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Jan 11, 2023, in New York. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday it opposes legislation before Congress that would end a requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated against COVID-19. The House of Representatives is set...

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British health workers stage largest strike in history

February 6, 2023

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON — Health workers in Britain began their largest strike on Monday, as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute, putting further strain on...

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WHO maintains highest alert over COVID, but sees hope ahead

January 30, 2023

A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international...

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BeautyFarm Med, the largest provider of traditional beauty services in China Successfully Listed on the Main Board of SEHK

January 17, 2023

HONG KONG, Jan 17, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Beauty Farm Medical and Health Industry Inc. ("BeautyFarm Med" or "Company", stock code: 2373.HK), the largest provider of traditional beauty services in China in term of revenue in 2021, successfully listed and commenced trading on the Main Board of...

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Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers protest for future

January 16, 2023

People march during a protest in support of public health care in Madrid, Spain on Jan 15, 2023. (MANU FERNANDEZ / AP) MADRID - Tens of thousands of health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is the destruction of the public health system by the conservative...

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BeautyFarm Med Announces Global Offering Results, Offer Price of HK$19.32per Share

January 13, 2023

HONG KONG, Jan 13, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Beauty Farm Medical and Health Industry Inc. ("BeautyFarm Med" or "Company", stock code: 2373.HK), the largest provider of traditional beauty services in China, today announced the allotment results of its Global Offering. The Offer Price is HK$19.32 per share....

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US extends public health emergency status for COVID

January 12, 2023

Medical workers treat patients in the COVID-19 ward at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare system campus and medical center in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on Jan 11, 2022. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) The US health department on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 pandemic's status as a public health...

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Ministry: Uganda close to be declared Ebola-free

January 10, 2023

Members of the Ugandan Medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit stand inside the ward in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA - Uganda is expected to be declared Ebola-free on Wednesday if no new case...

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S. Africa mourns victims of tanker blast as toll jumps to 34

December 31, 2022

South African Police Service (SAPS) officers and forensic experts stand beside bodies in Boksburg, a city east of Johannesburg, on Dec 24, 2022, after nine people died and 40 others were injured when a fuel tanker exploded. (PHOTO / AFP) JOHANNESBURG - The death toll from a gas tanker explosion...

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Beauty Farm Medical and Health Industry Inc. Announces Proposed Listing on the Main Board of SEHK, Offer price at HK$19.32 per share

December 30, 2022

HONG KONG, Dec 30, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Beauty Farm Medical and Health Industry Inc. ("Beauty Farm" or "Company", stock code: 2373), the largest provider of traditional beauty services in China, today announces the proposed listing of its shares on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange...

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WHO chief says many reasons for hope in 2023

December 22, 2022

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on Dec 14, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) GENEVA - Although 2022 has been a highly challenging year for global health, there are still many reasons for hope as the new...

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Shonan iPark Outlines New Operational Structure to Provide Scale and Sustainable Long-Term Growth for the Ecosystem

December 21, 2022

TOKYO, Dec 21, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Renewing its commitment to innovation in Japan and to Shonan Health Innovation Park ("Shonan iPark"), Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ("Takeda") today announced the creation of a new company, effective April 1, 2023, together with Industrial & Infrastructure Fund Investment ("IIF")...

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COVID: WHO chief hopes to remove emergency tag next year

December 15, 2022

World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a working session on energy and food security during the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov 15, 2022. (BAY ISMOYO/POOL PHOTO VIA AP) GENEVA – The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday he hopes that COVID-19...

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WHO may declare end to COVID emergency next year, says chief

December 15, 2022

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As WHO pandemic pact talks begin, poor nations on back foot

December 8, 2022

People wait to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at Ngando informal settlement in Nairobi on Dec 16, 2021. (SIMON MAINA / AFP) GENEVA/LONDON - Global talks have begun on drafting new health rules for combating pandemics, and developing nations are lobbying for fairer access to treatments than they got during COVID-19....

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‘Early flu season, COVID-19, RSV causes for concern in Europe’

December 2, 2022

Photo taken on March 30, 2021 shows an exterior view of the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (CHEN JUNXIA / XINHUA) COPENHAGEN / MOSCOW – European health leaders on Thursday voiced their concern over a potential surge in respiratory virus infections across the region this winter, and called for...

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Bitcoin of Healthcare: EPILLO Is Pioneering Blockchain-based Health & Fitness Smart Wearables with a Digital Health Ecosystem

November 29, 2022

New York, NY, November 28, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Europe based EPILLO Health Systems was formed in 2020 with an approach to enable consumers to manage their health services, medicines, physical activity, diet & lifestyle for the prevention and control of Chronic & Lifestyle-based diseases. The healthcare conglomerate takes the assistance of medical evidence,...

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Report: RSV, COVID, flu push US hospitals to brink of collapse

November 23, 2022

Pedestrians walk past a signs hanging outside Pfizer headquarters in New York and one hanging at a bus stop encouraging the COVID-19 booster, May 23, 2022. (MARY ALTAFFER / AP) NEW YORK / WASHINGTON – Hospitals across the United States are overwhelmed, with the combination of a swarm of respiratory...

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Nineteen dead in Egypt after bus falls into canal, health ministry says

November 13, 2022

People walk past a damaged minibus that was pulled out of a water canal following a crash in al-Dayris village near the Nile Delta city of Mansoura in the Dakahlia governorate, some 120Km north of the capital, on Nov 12, 2022. (KHALED DESOUKI / AFP) CAIRO - Nineteen people were...