Ophthalmology
Glasses can change the future of a billion people
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, so the saying goes.
Oct 9, 2020
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News tagged with world economy
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Spanish court rejects lockdown as Europe faces virus surge
Madrid's top court struck down virus restrictions on millions in the Spanish capital on Thursday, while France put four more cities on its highest alert as European governments battled to control a sustained surge in virus ...
Oct 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chinese company targets global sales with quick COVID-19 tests
A Chinese company is entering the global race to help defeat the coronavirus, promising its testing machine will return results faster than a lab and more reliably than at-home screening kits.
Sep 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Global coronavirus death toll passes one million
More than one million people have died from the coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, with no let-up in a pandemic that has ravaged the world economy, inflamed diplomatic tensions and upended lives from Indian slums and ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO warns 2 million virus deaths possible, Australia urges vaccine-sharing
Coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million without collective action against the pandemic, the World Health Organization has warned, as Australia's prime minister urged any nation that develops a vaccine to ...
Sep 26, 2020
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Vaccination
Rich nations snap up vaccine stocks in global race for jab
Rich nations representing a fraction of the global population have already bought up over half the promised Covid-19 vaccine stocks, a study showed, as US President Donald Trump pledged to begin inoculating Americans within ...
Sep 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
India virus cases soar as EU warns against 'vaccine nationalism'
Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as the EU's chief warned against "vaccine nationalism" in the frantic global race to battle the disease.
Sep 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
India virus cases cross 5 million in 'worse than sci-fi' pandemic
Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as a WHO envoy warned the pandemic was "still at the beginning".
Sep 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO reports new daily record in COVID-19 cases
The World Health Organization's COVID-19 dashboard showed Monday a new one-day record high had been reached at 307,930 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.
Sep 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China shows off COVID-19 vaccines for first time
China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic.
Sep 7, 2020
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