Articles for Virus Fight

Fight to end virus pandemic takes place on UN’s sidelines
2 years, 3 months ago

Fight to end virus pandemic takes place on UN’s sidelines

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — In four days of fiery speeches over war, climate change and the threat of nuclear weapons, one issue felt like an afterthought during this year’s U.N. General Assembly: the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gathered with World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and others to discuss equitable access …

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New antibody drug to boost COVID fight
3 years ago

New antibody drug to boost COVID fight

China Daily  

Editor's Note: The eyes of the world are turning to China. Nearly two years after the COVID-19 outbreak, China has granted emergency approval for its first antibody combination therapy for COVID-19 treatment, adding a tool to the world's arsenal against the disease. In an exclusive interview with China Daily, Zhang Linqi, leader of the research team and director of the …

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South Korea tightens social distancing to fight virus wave
3 years, 1 month ago

South Korea tightens social distancing to fight virus wave

Associated Press  

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is tightening recently relaxed restrictions on social gatherings as it grapples with its worst wave of the virus since the start of the pandemic. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 4,944 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, a day after South Korea set a one-day record of 5,266 new cases. The …

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Women step up, fill the gaps in Burkina Faso’s virus fight
3 years, 1 month ago

Women step up, fill the gaps in Burkina Faso’s virus fight

Associated Press  

KAYA, Burkina Faso — Mariama Sawadogo sits in a small studio, translating notes from French to the local language of Moore and scribbling talking points in the margins. Norbert Ramde, head of Burkina Faso’s doctors’ association, said diseases like malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis are higher priorities for the government and medical community — and beyond disease, jihadis are the biggest …

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In Ahmedabad, lack of localised COVID-19 data and administrative tangle impede fight against virus
4 years, 5 months ago

In Ahmedabad, lack of localised COVID-19 data and administrative tangle impede fight against virus

Firstpost  

The coronavirus outbreak has brought to the fore several challenges of urban governance in India. Such boundaries make it difficult to collate data on cases and deaths at the ward level or police station level. The police have to procure data on cases that fall within the limits of neighbouring police stations, and exclude certain data of cases within their …

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研究：新冠病毒抗体可能在数月内消失
4 years, 5 months ago

研究：新冠病毒抗体可能在数月内消失

China Daily  

就在全球科学家积极研发新冠疫苗的时候，英国的一项研究发现，新冠肺炎患者体内的抗体会在数月内消失，而疫苗提供的抗体可能也会如此，这意味着人们无法通过一次性注射疫苗“一劳永逸”。更糟的是，新冠病毒可能会像感冒一样让人们每年重复感染。 A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. 一项研究显示，新冠肺炎患者康复后可能会在数月内失去对新冠病毒的免疫力，该研究指出，新冠病毒可能会和普通感冒一样让人们每年重复被感染。 In the first longitudinal study of its kind, scientists analysed the immune response of more than 90 patients and healthcare workers at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust and found levels of antibodies that …

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Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight the virus
4 years, 7 months ago

Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight the virus

Deccan Chronicle  

Mogadishu: Years of conflict, instability and poverty have left Somalia ill-equipped to handle a health crisis like the coronavirus pandemic. “We are not dismissing the fact that the death toll could be a lot higher than publicized,” Mohamed Mohamud Ali, the head of Somalia’s COVID-19 task force, told The Associated Press. “Staffs are reporting that people with symptoms are being …

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India is pinning hopes on apps in virus fight
4 years, 9 months ago

India is pinning hopes on apps in virus fight

Live Mint  

In mid-March, at least two government teams in different parts of the country started ideating on how they could use digital technology to fight the fast-spreading pandemic. “That gave international validation to our idea,” said Arnab Kumar, Program Director, NITI Aayog and member of the Aarogya Setu team. “How well will the privacy protections work depends on the competence and …

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As Iran struggles to fund virus fight, US keeps squeezing economy
4 years, 9 months ago

As Iran struggles to fund virus fight, US keeps squeezing economy

Al Jazeera  

Calls are mounting for Washington to ease sanctions on Iran as it seeks IMF help to fund coronavirus medical response. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been a particularly vocal critic, tweeting last month: “The Iranian regime ignored repeated warnings from its own health officials,” adding that throughout February, Iran’s Mahan Air “continued to fly at least 55 times …

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Trump Stresses Need To Reopen America While Continuing To Fight The Coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump Stresses Need To Reopen America While Continuing To Fight The Coronavirus

NPR  

Trump Stresses Need To Reopen America While Continuing To Fight The Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 8:03 p.m. ET On Monday evening, President Trump stressed what he called the need to reopen America for business even as he said the government also would continue tackling the spiraling …

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TCM experience shared with US counterparts to fight virus
4 years, 9 months ago

TCM experience shared with US counterparts to fight virus

China Daily  

By Wu Yong in Wuhan and Huang Zhiling in Chengdu | China Daily | Updated: 2020-03-20 08:11 A team of Chinese experts in traditional Chinese medicine shares their experience in novel coronavirus treatment with US counterparts in Wuhan, Hubei province, on March 18, 2020. The nation's leading traditional Chinese medicine experts on Wednesday shared with US counterparts their novel coronavirus …

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TCM plays big role in virus fight
4 years, 10 months ago

TCM plays big role in virus fight

China Daily  

A doctor uses thermal therapy to treat novel coronavirus pneumonia patients at the Hospital Affiliated to Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. However, at a news conference on Feb 3, Zhang Boli said Shuanghuanglian had had only an inhibitory effect in pharmacological tests and had not proven effective in treating novel coronavirus pneumonia clinically－raising heated debate …

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TCM plays big role in virus fight
4 years, 10 months ago

TCM plays big role in virus fight

China Daily  

A worker boils herbs at a TCM service center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. A total of 60,107 patients with the virus had been treated with TCM nationwide as of Feb 17, accounting for 85.2 percent of infections, according to the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. More than 4,900 medical workers from 600 TCM hospitals across the country and five …

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TCM plays big role in virus fight
4 years, 10 months ago

TCM plays big role in virus fight

China Daily  

A worker boils herbs at a TCM service center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. A total of 60,107 patients with the virus had been treated with TCM nationwide as of Feb 17, accounting for 85.2 percent of infections, according to the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. More than 4,900 medical workers from 600 TCM hospitals across the country and five …

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China’s leaders say nation yet to turn corner in virus fight
4 years, 10 months ago

China’s leaders say nation yet to turn corner in virus fight

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s leadership sounded a cautious note Friday about the country’s progress in halting the spread of the new virus that has now killed more than 2,200 people, after several days of upbeat messages. “We should clearly see that the turning point of the development of the epidemic across the country hasn’t arrived yet,” the Politburo said at a …

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TCM has role to contribute in virus fight
4 years, 10 months ago

TCM has role to contribute in virus fight

China Daily  

A hospital worker sorts out a cart for traditional Chinese medicine at a makeshift cabin hospital in Wuhan on Friday. Cabin hospital in Wuhan accepts its first batch of 50 patients for treatment A group of 50 patients infected with the novel coronavirus were transferred on Friday to a makeshift cabin hospital in Jiangxia district in Wuhan, the first medical …

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Shandong sends tenth medical team to help fight virus
4 years, 10 months ago

Shandong sends tenth medical team to help fight virus

China Daily  

The tenth group of 123 medical staff from Shandong province left for Huanggang, central Hubei province on Feb 13 to help fight the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, according to local officials. The medical team and a batch of medical supplies departed via a chartered plane from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport. A medical team from Shandong province sets out for Hubei …

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Protection measures must not be unbridled: China Daily editorial
4 years, 10 months ago

Protection measures must not be unbridled: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

A staff member of Disease Control and Prevention Center of Saihan District arranges his goggle in Hohhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Feb 11, 2020. It is more than necessary for individuals and communities to adopt enough preventive measures to stop as many residents as possible from being infected with the novel coronavirus. It is irresponsible of …

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Coronavirus outbreak: Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight virus, say Thai doctors
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight virus, say Thai doctors

India Today  

Thai doctors have seen success in treating severe cases of the new coronavirus with combination of medications for flu and HIV, with initial results showing vast improvement 48 hours after applying the treatment, they said on Sunday. The doctors from Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok said a new approach in coronavirus treatment had improved the condition of several patients under their …

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Scientists modify honey bee gut bacterium to fight colony collapse-causing Varroa mite and deformed-wing virus
4 years, 11 months ago

Scientists modify honey bee gut bacterium to fight colony collapse-causing Varroa mite and deformed-wing virus

ABC  

Colony Collapse Disorder caused the loss of an estimated 40 per cent of honey bee colonies in the US last year — the worst winter decline on record for tracked hives since research began. Now researchers have genetically engineered a bacterium that lives in the gut of honey bees, to boost their ability to fight off pathogens that are often …

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Deadliest day for China in fight against coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

Deadliest day for China in fight against coronavirus

The Hindu  

China reported its biggest single-day jump in novel coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as global fears deepened with more infections confirmed overseas, including three Japanese evacuated from the outbreak’s epicentre. The government on Thursday reported 38 new deaths in the preceding 24 hours, the highest one-day total since the virus was detected late last year. Massive cities like Beijing and Shanghai …

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Chinese city stops outbound flights, trains to fight virus
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese city stops outbound flights, trains to fight virus

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A Chinese city of more than 11 million people planned to shut down outbound flights and trains Thursday as the world’s most populous country battled the spread of a new virus that has sickened hundreds of people and killed 17, state media reported. “We checked all of them: taxi drivers, people who wheeled the wheelchairs for the patients, …

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Not just weight, Keto diet may help you fight the flu
5 years, 1 month ago

Not just weight, Keto diet may help you fight the flu

India TV News  

A ketogenic diet, which includes meat, fish, poultry and non-starchy vegetables, may help combat the flu virus, suggests new research. This diet regimen activates a subset of T cells in the lungs not previously associated with the immune system's response to influenza, enhancing mucus production from airway cells that can effectively trap the virus, said the study published in the …

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Keto diet may help you fight the flu
5 years, 1 month ago

Keto diet may help you fight the flu

India TV News  

A ketogenic diet, which includes meat, fish, poultry and non-starchy vegetables, may help combat the flu virus, suggests new research. This diet regimen activates a subset of T cells in the lungs not previously associated with the immune system's response to influenza, enhancing mucus production from airway cells that can effectively trap the virus, said the study published in the …

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