Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
World won't vanquish virus this year: WHO
It is unrealistic to think the world will be done with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of the year, the World Health Organization warned Monday.
Mar 01, 2021
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News tagged with southeast asia
Medical research
Bats and pangolins in Southeast Asia harbor SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses, reveals new study
While the World Health Organization (WHO) continues its mission to Wuhan investigating the origin and early transmission of SARS-CoV-2, a new study led by scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, and Chulalongkorn ...
Feb 09, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Thailand scrambles to contain outbreak, secure vaccines
For much of 2020, Thailand had the coronavirus under control. After a strict nationwide lockdown in April and May, the number of new local infections dropped to zero, where they remained for the next six months.
Jan 06, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New mutations in malaria parasite encourage resistance against key preventive drug
In the ongoing arms race between humans and the parasite that causes malaria, Taane Clark and colleagues at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) report that new mutations that enhance resistance to a ...
Dec 31, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Indonesia's poor COVID-19 responses take a toll on its global image
Indonesia's failure to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases nine months after declaring its first cases in March reflects its slow and poor responses to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Its handling of the virus has taken ...
Dec 04, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Europe sees first dip in Covid-19 cases in months, but deaths up: WHO
The number of new COVID-19 cases declined last week for the first time in over three months, but deaths in the region continued to climb, WHO data showed Wednesday.
Nov 18, 2020
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Medications
Patients reported international hydroxychloroquine shortages due to COVID-19
A new study shows that patients with rheumatic diseases across Africa, Southeast Asia, the Americas and Europe had trouble filling their prescriptions of antimalarial drugs, including hydroxychloroquine, during the 2020 global ...
Nov 06, 2020
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Vaccination
Indonesia is set to become the hub for Chinese vaccines in Southeast Asia. How does the country benefit?
Getting a vaccine has become the ultimate escape route from the pandemic with more than a million lives lost and billions more at risk from coronavirus.
Oct 30, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting dengue virus case numbers?
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in dramatic changes to human mobility, which has the potential to change the transmission dynamics of other infectious diseases. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical ...
Oct 29, 2020
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Pediatrics
New study shows about 1/3 of young people in 43 LMIC have lost a sibling before age 25
On average, about a third of women between 15 and 34 years old from 43 low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC) have lost at least one sibling before the age of 25, according to a study published October 7, 2020 in the open-access ...
Oct 14, 2020
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