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By The Financial District
Sep 13, 20202 min read
US HOSPITALS NIX REMDESIVIR, LIMIT ITS USE TO SICKEST COVID PATIENTS
US hospitals have turned down about a third of their allocated supplies of the COVID-19 drug remdesivir since July as need for the costly...
By The Financial District
Sep 11, 20201 min read
ASTRAZENECA VACCINE TRIAL PAUSE A ‘WAKE-UP’ CALL: WHO
AstraZeneca’s pause of an experimental vaccine for the coronavirus after the illness of a participant is a “wake-up call” but should not...
By The Financial District
Sep 9, 20203 min read
DICT LEADS DIGITAL PUSH
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) together with other government agencies are putting together their ...
By The Financial District
Sep 9, 20201 min read
JAPAN LAUNCHES CANCER RESEARCH PROJECT WITH ASEAN MEMBERS
Japan has commenced a collaborative project with five Southeast Asian countries to develop cancer genomic medicines and other new drugs...
By The Financial District
Sep 9, 20201 min read
NINE COVID VACCINE MAKERS VOW TO STAND WITH SCIENCE
Nine pharmaceutical companies pledged on Tuesday to "uphold the integrity of the scientific process" as they face pressure to quickly...
By The Financial District
Sep 9, 20201 min read
SPUTNIK VACCINE DELIVERED NOV
Bulk deliveries of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection to the regions are scheduled to begin in November - December.
By The Financial District
Sep 8, 20201 min read
EU EYES CARBON NEUTRAL GOAL IN 2030
The EU has a goal - to make one hundred cities carbon neutral by 2030 as part of its Horizon Europe program that will be launched next year.
By The Financial District
Sep 8, 20201 min read
EU COMMISSION TO CREATE SUPPLY CHAINS FOR RAW MATERIALS
The European Commission has unveiled plans to create domestic supply chains for raw materials, including lithium, seen as critical to the...
By The Financial District
Sep 7, 20201 min read
STUDY C0NFIRMS 24% OVERCONSUMPTION OF FRESHWATER WORLDWIDE
Humanity is wasting as much as 24% of freshwater in all regions worldwide that are served by 11,000 water basins.
By The Financial District
Sep 6, 20201 min read
JAPAN TO MAP MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION
The Japanese government will create a map indicating the current state of global marine microplastic pollution with cooperation from...
By The Financial District
Sep 6, 20202 min read
SCIENCE WRITER TELLS US CITIZENS: DON’T TAKE TRUMP’S VACCINE
Renowned science writer Laurie Garrett has warned all US citizens that Trump’s COVID-19 vaccine cannot be trusted and if this vaccine...
By The Financial District
Sep 6, 20202 min read
IN JAPAN, CLIMATE CHANGE COULD RAISE RICE YIELDS
Japanese researchers have confirmed that rice ratooning, the farming practice of cutting the rice above ground and allowing it to regrow...
By The Financial District
Sep 6, 20202 min read
CUBAN EXPERTS NOTE NO ILL EFFECTS OF SOBERANA 01 VACCINE
The development of the Soberana 01 vaccine candidate remains a top priority for Cuba's scientific community, which constantly assesses...
By The Financial District
Sep 6, 20201 min read
RUSSIA’S SPUTNIK V VACCINE PRODUCED ANTIBODY RESPONSE: THE LANCET
Russia’s “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine produced an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results...
By The Financial District
Sep 5, 20201 min read
NO DAMAGE SEEN IN FREIGHTER LEAK
A Japanese disaster relief team said Friday it has confirmed there has been no damage from oil spilled from a grounded Japanese freighter...
By The Financial District
Sep 3, 20201 min read
SPECIAL HOKKAIDO TRAIN UNVEILED
Hokkaido Railway Co. on Monday unveiled a new special multipurpose express train to mark the 140th anniversary of the railroad on Japan's...
By The Financial District
Sep 2, 20201 min read
REVIEW OF VACCINES SOUGHT
Citing criticism of government agencies and increasing public distrust of vaccines, several prominent physicians and experts are calling...
By The Financial District
Sep 2, 20202 min read
CHINA BOOSTS R&D SPENDING BY MORE THAN 10%
China continued its years-long run of double-digit percentage increases in spending on research and development (R&D) in 2019, but the...
By The Financial District
Sep 2, 20201 min read
RENEWABLES SNARE 40% SHARE OF ENERGY MIX IN UK
Renewable energy is expanding fast in the United Kingdom, slashing carbon emissions and electricity costs across the board, according to...
By The Financial District
Sep 2, 20201 min read
SANOFI STOPS TESTS ON ITS COVID-19 VACCINE KEVZARA
French pharma giant Sanofi said Tuesday that international Phase 3 clinical tests of its Kevzara drug for serious Covid-19 cases had...
By The Financial District
Sep 1, 20202 min read
BRAZILIAN CHICKEN IMPORT BAN STAYS
The country is staying the ban on Brazilian chicken imports due to the findings in China on the findings of traces of COVID-19 in chicken...
By The Financial District
Sep 1, 20201 min read
SAVANTS SEE DOWNSIDES TO COVID VACCINES FROM RUSSIA, CHINA
High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a common cold virus that...
By The Financial District
Aug 31, 20202 min read
AUSSIE TEAM DEVELOPS METHOD TO DETER WATER THEFT
An Australian team has devised a method to reduce water theft, which covers between 30% and 50% of the world’s water supply is stolen...
By The Financial District
Aug 31, 20202 min read
SWEDISH SAVANTS FIND DOMESTICATED CHICKENS HAVE SMALLER BRAINS
Researchers from Sweden’s Linköping University suggest a process by which the timid junglefowl from the rain forest could have become...
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