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Men more vulnerable to COVID-19 than women, affirms US study

February 8, 2021

Men, independent of age, are much more likely to contract COVID-19, suffer from severe complications, and die from the disease than women, according to new epidemiological observations. Led by Farhaan Vahidy from the Houston Methodist Research Institute, the study set […]

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Japan’s domestic travel campaign linked to increased COVID-19 symptoms

December 10, 2020

There is a higher incidence of COVID-19 symptoms among Japanese who have participated in a domestic travel campaign promoted by the government, according to researchers from the University of Tokyo and the University of California, Los Angeles, US. Researchers and […]

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Suspected norovirus outbreak kills four in Japan hospital

December 31, 2012

TOKYO – A suspected norovirus outbreak has killed four people and infected almost 100 others at a hospital in the Japanese city of Yokohama south of Tokyo, officials said. Four patients aged between 80 and 97 died of breathing problems […]

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Health Ministry says no EV-71 in Malaysia

July 16, 2012

MALAYSIA –  The country’s Health Ministry announced that the deadly enterovirus 71 (EV-71) that killed at least 52 children in Cambodia has not entered the country. Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai (see insert photo) said that there was one patient […]

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