Women’s health gap costs US$1trn worldwide: report
Women spend a quarter more of their lives suffering from poor health than men, a disparity that includes an unequal...
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Ultra-processed foods linked to obesity, heart disease, cancer and early death
In recent years, dozens of studies have found that people who eat lots of UPFs have a higher risk of...
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Saudi Arabia to ease Covid-19 measures from October 17
While the country has scrapped social-distancing, it has not done away with the mask mandate.
- Masks are not compulsory now in open places, but must be worn in closed places
- The authorities have allowed full capacity in gatherings, public places, means of transportation, restaurants, and cinemas
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WHO unveils $8bn Covid-19 vaccination plan
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said a reduction of cases in any one country will not be sustained over time...
- The strategy aims to make Covid-19 vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere
- If implemented correctly, it will inoculate 40 percent of people in all countries by the end of the year, and 70 percent by the middle of 2022
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UAE has overcome Covid crisis: Mohammaed bin Zayed
The UAE recorded fewer than 200 new cases of Covid this month, the lowest figure since Aug 2020. While life...
- Dubai is counting on the Expo 2020 Dubai to attract millions of visitors and boost the economy.
- The UAE has so far recorded more than 737,000 cases of Covid-19, including 2,104 deaths.
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Saudi Arabia announces vaccine mandate for public
Saudi authorities will require people to have double immunization starting at 6 am on October 10 if they are to...
- Saudi residents will need double immunization to enter any economic, commercial, cultural, recreational, sports, or tourism activity
- They will also require it to enter any cultural, scientific, social, or recreational event
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US surpasses 700,000 Covid deaths: Johns Hopkins
The US fatalities far exceed other frontrunners such as Brazil and India facing a resurgence in cases due to the...
- The US fatalities far exceed other frontrunners such as Brazil and India facing a resurgence in cases due to the prominence of the highly contagious Delta variant
- After a heavily criticized early response to the pandemic, the United States has since organized among the world's most effective vaccine roll-outs
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Algeria begins Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine production
Prime Minister Aimene Benabderrahmane, who attended the launch of the production process at a factory in the eastern city of...
- Lotfi Djamel Benbahmed, Algeria's minister for the pharmaceutical industry, has said the country plans to export the vaccines
- Saidal, the firm making the jabs, was so far the only African company to be licenced to produce the jab
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Syria water crisis spurs spike in disease: MSF
MSF has blamed the ‘acute water crisis’ in recent months on a decrease in funding for water, sanitation and hygiene...
- The crisis is most acute in northwestern Syria, the country’s last major rebel stronghold
- More than three million people live in squalid conditions in that region
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NYU and NYU Abu Dhabi develop AI tool to improve breast cancer detection
A team of researchers from New York University (NYU) and NYU Abu Dhabi report that they have developed a novel...
- The system, designed to be a decision support tool for clinicians, also helped radiologists significantly decrease their false positive and requested biopsy rates
- The system is designed to identify malignant lesions in breast ultrasound images, with the primary goal of reducing the frequency of false-positive findings
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Scientists develop antiviral drugs in pill form to fight COVID-19
Molnupiravir is the top drug being developed by Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.
- Molnupiravir is the top drug being developed by Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics
- The drugs will work by preventing viruses from reproducing in human cells
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Abu Dhabi to use drones for delivery of vaccines and drugs
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi's department of health (DoH) will be using drones for the transport of high-value medical goods such as...
- US-based Matternet partners with logistics company Skygo and Department of Health for 'world's first city-wide medical drone network.
- SkyGo and Matternet have completed the first phase of in-country flight testing.
Women’s health gap costs US$1trn worldwide: report
Women spend a quarter more of their lives suffering from poor health than men, a disparity that includes an unequal...
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Children to be vaccinated in quake-hit northwest Syria
CAIRO/AMMAN, EGYPT/JORDAN - Measles and polio vaccination campaign will be launched on Saturday across northwest Syria to protect some 800,000...
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UAE’s health sector witnesses digital transformation
The Gulf country has an influential and effective international presence and continues to fulfil its obligations in enhancing the efficiency...
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Regular, medium-risk adults don’t need extra Covid jabs: WHO
The WHO's vaccine experts are no longer recommending additional Covid-19 vaccine booster doses for regular, medium-risk adults because the benefit...
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Global cocaine supply reaches record levels, says UN drug agency
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Coca cultivation hit a record high by soaring 35 percent from 2020 to 2021, a UN report showed...
- Bolivia, Colombia and Peru altogether cultivated coca leaves in an area of more than 300,000 hectares in 2021.
- Demand for the drug, which is sold for about US$74 per gram, is concentrated in Americas and parts of Europe.
Syrian women in rebel-held northwest face ‘reproductive health crisis’
Beirut, Lebanon - Syria's conflict and attacks on hospitals have had a "disproportionate impact" on the reproductive health of women and...
- The report was compiled by aid and campaign groups including the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Physicians for Human Rights
- A devastating earthquake that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and Syria last month only accelerated "the collapse of the fragile health care system."
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In UAE, Syria child quake victims unaware of heartbreak to come
Sham Sheikh Mohammed, who suffered severe crush injuries in a 40-hour ordeal under the rubble, has not yet been told...
- Sham's survival encapsulated the tragedy, hope and heartbreak of the 7.8-magnitude quake that levelled buildings across Turkey and parts of Syria last month
- After rescue of Sham, in Idlib province, captured global attention, the UAE dispatched a medical aircraft to fly her and Omar to Abu Dhabi from Istanbul