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CANADA’S LAST FULLY-INTACT ARCTIC ICE SHELF COLLAPSES
The last fully-intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed, losing more than 40% of its area in just two days at the end of July,

By The Financial District
Aug 8, 20201 min read


FAUCI WARNS COVID-19 VACCINE MAY ONLY BE PARTIALLY EFFECTIVE
An approved coronavirus vaccine could end up being effective only between 50% and 60% of the time, meaning public health measures will still

By The Financial District
Aug 8, 20201 min read


JAPAN SAURY CATCH GOING DOWN
Japan is expected to extend its streak of poor saury catches this year, with changes in the maritime environment adding to the issue of plum

By The Financial District
Aug 8, 20201 min read


JAPAN TO SOURCE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE
The Japanese government has reached an agreement with British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc to receive a supply of 120 million doses of a corona

By The Financial District
Aug 8, 20201 min read


DEPRESSION, ANXIETY ENLARGE THE BRAIN - STUDY
Depression and anxiety cause one area of the human brain to become "significantly" larger, according to an Australian study

By The Financial District
Aug 8, 20202 min read


CALIFORNIA ASSESSES COVID-19 IMPACT
California has stopped removing or adding to a list of counties facing more restrictions on businesses and schools as it tries to determine

By The Financial District
Aug 7, 20203 min read


SWINE FLU THREATENS WORLD’S SMALLEST PIGS IN INDIA
Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown, not because of the coronavirus, but because of the first

By The Financial District
Aug 7, 20201 min read


TRUMP INSISTS COVID VACCINE POSSIBLE BY NOV. 3
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov. 3 election, a

By The Financial District
Aug 7, 20201 min read


JAKARTA VACCINE READIED
State-owned vaccine manufacturer Bio Farma has begun the third phase of the clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine from China-based biopharma

By The Financial District
Aug 7, 20202 min read


RARE WILDFLOWER THREATENS TO SCRUB NEVADA LITHIUM MINE PROJECT
A botanist hired by a company planning to mine one of the most promising deposits of lithium in the world believes a rare desert wildflower

By The Financial District
Aug 5, 20202 min read


PHILIPPINES BEGINS AVIGAN TRIAL
The Philippine government said Tuesday that it has begun clinical trials for Japanese anti-flu drug Avigan to see whether it would be effect

By The Financial District
Aug 5, 20201 min read


RUSSIA EYES VACCINE PRODUCTION SEPTEMBER
Three Russian companies are to start industrial production of the first coronavirus vaccine in the Russian Federation developed by the Gamal

By The Financial District
Aug 5, 20201 min read


GLOBE PUSHES DIGITAL LIFESTYLE
Globe Telecom today reported first half earnings of P11.5 billion, down by five percent from its year-ago level of P12 billion on account of

By The Financial District
Aug 4, 20201 min read


1.48-M ITALIANS HAVE COVID ANTIBODIES, TESTS SUGGEST
The results of serological tests conducted and analyzed by the Italian health ministry and statistics agency ISTAT suggest that 1.482 millio

By The Financial District
Aug 4, 20201 min read


FAST VIRUS TESTS UP IN UK
Two new coronavirus tests that can return results in just over an hour are set to be released in the UK, the government has announced.

By The Financial District
Aug 4, 20201 min read


INDIAN BILLIONAIRES FUND COVID-19 VACCINE TRY
The world’s largest vaccine maker, the Serum Institute, which is controlled by a small and very rich Indian family, has teamed up with scien

By The Financial District
Aug 3, 20201 min read


FIRST VACCINE RECIPIENTS A TOUGH QUESTION
Who gets to be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to r

By The Financial District
Aug 3, 20202 min read


COVID-19 NOW MORE WIDESPREAD IN U.S. - EXPERT
Dr. Deborah Birx on Sunday said the U.S. is in a new phase in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, saying that the deadly virus is mo

By The Financial District
Aug 3, 20202 min read


SPACEX OPENS NEW FRONTIER IN SPACE TRAVEL
SpaceX just achieved a feat that even CEO Elon Musk thought improbable when he founded the rocket company in 2002: flying people to and from

By The Financial District
Aug 3, 20202 min read


FDA LINKS US SALMONELLA OUTBREAK TO CALIFORNIA RED ONIONS
Federal health officials say an outbreak of salmonella infecting nearly 400 people in more than 30 states has been linked to red onions, and

By The Financial District
Aug 2, 20201 min read


WHO FEARS LONGER PANDEMIC WITH INFECTION RISE
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to be "lengthy", the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Saturday as countries from France to Mexic

By The Financial District
Aug 2, 20203 min read


BRAZILIAN AMAZON FIRES SPIKE
The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon last month rose 28 percent from July 2019, satellite data showed Saturday, as environment

By The Financial District
Aug 2, 20202 min read


SOUTH KOREA LAUNCHES SATELLITE
South Korea's first military communications satellite successfully reached its final position in the geostationary orbit Friday, 10 days aft

By The Financial District
Aug 1, 20201 min read


VACCINE BEING TESTED IN LONDON
Scientists at Imperial College London say they are immunizing hundreds of people with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an early trial

By The Financial District
Jul 31, 20202 min read
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