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Commentary: Thank your genes if you have never fallen sick from COVID-19
Researchers compared about 6,500 people with a long COVID diagnosis to nearly 1 million people without. People were 1.6 times…
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Commentary: Should Singapore worry about a loneliness epidemic among seniors?
We also quantified, for the first time, the impact of loneliness on life expectancy among older adults, using data from…
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Europe
Europe’s summer 2022 heatwaves killed 61,000 people, study shows
More than 61,000 people died due to the heat during Europe’s record-breaking summer last year, a study said on Monday…
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Europe
Germany, Austria issue warning to elderly as heatwave rolls across Europe
The German government on Friday warned the elderly, people with health conditions, pregnant women and parents with young children to…
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United Kingdom
NHS marks 75th anniversary amid underfunding and staff shortages
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose parents were both immigrant health workers, spoke about his new workforce plan during the…
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Travel
Orange alert: Italy issues heatwave warning for 14 cities
Vulnerable travellers should follow heat advice in these 14 Italian cities. Italian authorities have issued a heatwave warning for 14…
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Commentary: Is a national health insurance like South Korea or Singapore the way to go for Malaysia?
In 2012, Mr Liow Tiong Lai tried to introduce 1Care national health insurance during former prime minister Najib Razak’s administration.…
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Europe
Plastic recycling in focus as countries meet in Paris for treaty talks
With countries meeting this week to work on a global plastics treaty, debate was emerging between countries wanting to limit…
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Europe
French researchers slam former hospital director for ‘unauthorised’ Covid trial
French medical bodies on Sunday called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for “the largest ‘unauthorised’ clinical trial ever…
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Europe
One billion people at risk of cholera, UN warns
Issued on: 19/05/2023 – 16:57 One billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera — a “pandemic killing…
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