Positive trial for Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-flu jab
Berlin, Germany - Germany's BioNTech and US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Thursday announced "positive" results from initial trials of their combined...
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SFD to provide US$20m loan to Central African Republic for development projects
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO - The CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, signed an additional US$20...
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At least 52 dead in Iraq Covid ward fire
At least 52 people died and 22 were wounded when a massive fire engulfed the coronavirus isolation ward of an...
Arab countries pledge help as Tunisia faces Covid surge
President Kais Saied has said that Saudi Arabia, Libya, Kuwait, Turkey and Algeria have also pledged to help Tunisia is...
Bahrain to ban plastic water bottles of less than 200ml
The move aimed at reducing plastic waste – and the resultant pollution – across the country The ban will be...
Dubai dermatology meet sees business deals worth $156.4 million
Dubai Derma Executive Chairman Dr Abdul Salam Al Madani said this year's event records 15% rise in deals over the...
Arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce Covid deaths
The study appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association and prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to recommend...
Morocco to produce Sinopharm vaccine
The country will invest $500m to produce 5 million doses a month Africa's first national vaccination program aimed at inoculating...
UAE extends ban on flights from India, 13 other countries
A notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued by the UAE civil aviation authority informed the airlines of suspension of flight services...
Pfizer-Biotech vaccine considered safest by UAE, Saudi residents
 Pfizer jab more likely to be trusted by 25-34 age group adults AstraZeneca vaccine considered second safest vaccine in both...
Saudi Arabia to build foot-and-mouth disease vaccine manufacturing plant
MAS Company has signed $60m deal with an Argentinian company Country’s pharmaceutical drugs market estimated to be worth $10.19b in...
Fitness Time to unveil a women-only gym facility in Riyadh
The low-cost gym will not have a swimming pool The country has eased restrictions for women over the past few...
Positive trial for Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-flu jab
Berlin, Germany - Germany's BioNTech and US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Thursday announced "positive" results from initial trials of their combined...
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WHO member states agree to develop draft of pandemic accord in early 2023
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Thursday agreed to develop the first draft of a...
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EU gives US$131 million to WHO Universal Health Coverage Partnership
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission agreed on reinforcing a decade-long collaboration to accelerate...
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UAE’s health and prevention ministry launches National Nutrition Strategy 2022-2030
DUBAI, UAE - UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has launched the National Nutrition Strategy 2022-2030 to establish sustainable...
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China’s ‘iPhone city’ tightens Covid rules after violent protests
The curbs in Zhengzhou are part of China's national zero-tolerance approach to Covid, which involves grueling lockdowns, travel restrictions and...
- Hundreds of workers took to the streets around the vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, confronting hazmat-clad personnel wielding batons in a rare display of public anger in China
- In the wake of the unrest, Zhengzhou authorities ordered mass testing and an effective lockdown for several districts in the central Chinese city starting Friday
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Air pollution killed 238,000 Europeans prematurely in 2020: EEA
Across the 27-nation bloc that year, "exposure to concentrations of fine particulate matter above the 2021 World Health Organization guideline...
- Fine particulate matter, or PM2.5 travel deep into the respiratory tract, worsening the risk of bronchitis, asthma and lung disease
- The EU wants to slash premature deaths related to fine particulate matter pollution by 55 percent in 2030 compared to 2005 levels
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Abu Dhabi DoH, Eversight to jointly set up UAE’s first eye, tissue bank
ABU DHABI, UAE - Abu Dhabi's Department of Health (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, and...
- Department of Health Abu Dhabi and Eversight will focus on implementing the necessary arrangements for the eye and tissue bank.
- Eversight will develop a comprehensive medical framework to standardize and operate procedures on all clinical functions.