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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,...

International

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...

International

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...

International

US COVID public health emergency to stay in place

November 12, 2022

People make their way through Times Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Manhattan, New York City, US, May 7, 2021. (EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS) WASHINGTON / BERLIN / MOSCOW - The United States will keep in place the public health emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing millions of Americans...

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The Executive Talk by ShareInvestor: Rojukiss International PCL (SET: KISS)

November 4, 2022

BANGKOK, Nov 4, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Rojukiss International PCL (SET: KISS) Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Worrawan Chaikamnerd provided an admirable interview regarding her business strategy under the tough timing caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the company's core vision reflecting future growth.Rojukiss International PCL Chief Executive...

International

WHO says monkeypox remains global health emergency

November 2, 2022

This undated file image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland,...

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US may face ‘tripledemic’ amid exodus of health care workers

October 27, 2022

Medical workers treat patients in the COVID-19 ward at the US Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare system campus and medical center in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on Jan 11, 2022. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) NEW YORK / MOSCOW – The United States could very well face what some doctors have...

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US CDC concerned for new Omicron subvariants

October 22, 2022

People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / OTTAWA / MOSCOW – The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention...

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WHO: COVID-19 still international health emergency

October 20, 2022

A registered nurse inoculates a man with a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima in Orange, California, Aug 28, 2021. (JAE C HONG / AP) GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that COVID-19 is still a Public Health Emergency...

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Authorities call for continued COVID-19 measures in Europe

October 20, 2022

A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 looks at an information board at train station in Paris on June 30, 2022. (MICHEL EULER / AP) ROME / MOSCOW / GENEVA – A fresh autumn wave of COVID-19 infections has begun in many European countries, and experts are...

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Malaysian Genomics Signs Agreement with National Institutes of Health to Explore Research Opportunities

October 12, 2022

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Oct 12, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - MGRC Therapeutics Sdn Bhd (MGRC-T), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (Bursa: MGRC, 0155), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist, has entered into a cooperation agreement with the National Institutes of Health, Malaysia (NIH), providing...

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ClinicalSquared Partners with Solve.Care to Create Web3 Health Networks on the Blockchain

October 12, 2022

Washington, D.C., Oct 12, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Solve.Care (https://solve.care/), a healthcare platform company that leverages blockchain to deliver better care and ClinicalSquared (www.clinicalsquared.com), a multi-disciplinary technology consulting company specializing in custom software development, today announced that they have joined forces to create Web3 health networks on...

International

UN chief calls for making mental health global priority

October 11, 2022

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for making mental health a global priority and urged...

International

Europeans face big mental health issues despite COVID easing

October 7, 2022

People fill up the shopping streets in Cologne, Germany, Nov 17, 2021. (MARTIN MEISSNER / AP) The number of Europeans reporting "bad" or "very bad" mental health soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, even beyond the end of lockdowns, new polling showed on Thursday. READ MORE: Improving mental health amid pandemic European...

International

Fourth health worker dies of Ebola in western Uganda

October 6, 2022

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 - Another health worker died of Ebola Wednesday in the western part of Uganda...

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UK COVID-19 inquiry begins, vowing to expose culpable acts

October 5, 2022

People write messages in memory of their beloved ones, on the National COVID-19 Memorial Wall, in London, on March 28, 2022. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) LONDON / WASHINGTON - A public inquiry into Britain's response to and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic got underway on Tuesday, with a promise it would...

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EC Healthcare Acquires Multi-Disciplinary Healthcare Services Chain in Hong Kong

October 3, 2022

HONG KONG, Oct 3, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - EC Healthcare (the "Company", which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the "Group", SEHK stock code: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group and the Seller enters into...

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Depression ‘escalating’ health crisis in US

September 20, 2022

Nearly 1 in 10 people in the United States and almost 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults reported having depression in 2020, but most of them were not seeking help, resulting in an "escalating public health crisis" that needs urgent intervention, researchers said in a new study. Drawing data...

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WHO chief: End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’

September 15, 2022

The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on Oct 24, 2017 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on...