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South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

Source: Dutch runner Boas Kragtwijk.

Dutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine

1 Aug 2023

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters.

Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

Hajj pilgrims face growing heat stroke risks with global warming

Hajj pilgrims face growing heat stroke risks with global warming

Maya Gebeily 21 Jul 2021

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Rebecca Aicheler 17 Dec 2020

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

28 Sep 2020

Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough - there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough - there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

Nader Habibi 25 Mar 2020

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

20 Feb 2020

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Source: 123RF/svershinsky

South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

Source: Dutch runner Boas Kragtwijk.

Dutchman running from Amsterdam to Kyiv to buy ambulances for Ukraine

1 Aug 2023

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters.

Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

Hajj pilgrims face growing heat stroke risks with global warming

Hajj pilgrims face growing heat stroke risks with global warming

Maya Gebeily 21 Jul 2021

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Rebecca Aicheler 17 Dec 2020

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report

Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

28 Sep 2020

Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough - there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

Why defeating coronavirus in one country isn't enough - there needs to be a coordinated global strategy

Nader Habibi 25 Mar 2020

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

20 Feb 2020

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Fear spreads easily. That's what gives the Wuhan coronavirus economic impact

Ilan Noy 30 Jan 2020

China in lockdown. EPA

Coronavirus does not look like a 'black swan' event - here are some reasons to be cautiously optimistic

Zheng Wang 27 Jan 2020

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

Amy Slogrove & Kathleen M Powis 13 Jan 2020

Medical transcription services for cardiologists and accurate records

Medical transcription services for cardiologists and accurate records

Ritesh Sanghani 17 Mar 2015

The LeChai shoes and inner-soles that link to a mobile phone via Bluetooth to provide directions using Google Maps. The shoe vibrates to indicate in which direction the wearer should go. Image:

Shoes that show you where you're going

1 Sep 2014

LG's new G Watch is also available for pre-order. Image:

Smartwatches from Samsung, LG

27 Jun 2014

AiQ has made a lycra T-shirt interwoven with stainless steel fibres to monitor the body's vital signs. Image: Computex

Smartwear may make people healthier

6 Jun 2014

A South Korean man let his baby starve to death while he played online games. Image:

Korean man lets child starve while he's online

15 Apr 2014

The evolving business model for m-governance

The evolving business model for m-governance

Vijay Sai Pratap 27 Mar 2014

Young people in the Phillipines are more sexually adventurous as Internet access changes their conservative views. Image: Imagerymajestic

Young, internet-driven Filipinos more sexually active

7 Feb 2014

A train hit a petrol tanker in Jakarta killing at least five people. Image: Wiki Images

Five dead as Indonesia train hits fuel tanker

12 Dec 2013

South Korea moves to restrict alcohol advertising

South Korea moves to restrict alcohol advertising

6 Sep 2012

Instagram Flash-Mob

Instagram Flash-Mob

17 Aug 2011

Economic slowdown impacts on consumer health-care spending

Economic slowdown impacts on consumer health-care spending

24 Jun 2011

Unilever to halve CO2 impact

Unilever to halve CO2 impact

16 Nov 2010

The 70m spit

12 Oct 2010

Archial Group PLC - in administration

Archial Group PLC - in administration

23 Sep 2010

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