Moderna CEO clarifies company’s vaccine production capacity at Davos 2023

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel spoke at the Davos 2023 conference about how the company was able to quickly scale up vaccine production at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. False Claim Circulates Online About Moderna’s Covid Vaccine Production Bancel said that Moderna had only manufactured a total of 100,000 doses of vaccine in 2019 and …

UNESCO reports a 9% enrollment rise with improved school meals

According to a report by UNESCO, providing school meals has been found to increase enrollment by 9% and attendance by 8%. The report also highlights the impact of deworming and micronutrient supplementation in areas where anemia and infections are prevalent, leading to students staying in school for an additional 2.5 years. FrieslandCampina partners with University …

Johns Hopkins Plans To Shuts Down COVID Tracker

As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to subside, a key source of information about the virus will be shutting down, as announced by NPR. The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, which was established to provide vital information during the pandemic, plans to shut down its operations on March 10, according to officials. The center’s launch was …

WHO Reports Increase of Covid Cases in China

China has been battling Covid for more than two years now and still the struggle is in process. It is reported that the number of hospitalization has increased at a larger and more rapid pace in the last week. World Health Organization (WHO) reported that hospitals in China are overflowing with Covid cases but the …

Mice Regain Forgotten Memories in Lab

The worst feeling in the world is when you are so close to recalling something that happened in the past but are unable to. Forgetting something is a part of life especially when sleep-deprived or tired. Recalling a little piece of information can become a tedious chore. But scientists claim that one can get access …

China Opens Up the Financial Markets

World’s second-largest economy, China has decided to enter a new phase after curbing the zero covid policy it placed on a population of 1.4 billion people. The state media of the Communist party’s newspaper suggests that China is preventing the spread of covid infections admirably. China’s capital Beijing has also dropped all quarantine policies and …

33 Corona Cases Detected in Pakistan

Coronavirus cases are increasing day by day in Pakistan again. Earlier this week, the National Institute of Health (NIH) reported that six new variants of omicron were detected in Karachi from the areas of DHA and Tariq Road. However, now the NIH claims that covid cases have increased and become 33 across the country in …

WHO warns of New ‘Kraken’ XBB.15 Covid variant

Last night, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead for Covid, issued a warning that the variation is raising concerns among physicians. We are concerned about its growing advantage, especially in several nations in Europe and the US, and especially in the Northeast region of the US, where XBB.1.5 has quickly displaced other circulating varieties. …

Tariq Cheema Urges People to Stop Eating Chicken

Prices of everyday commodities are increasing day by day all over the world. Pakistan is also struggling in the face of high inflation rates and people’s appeals to lower prices. Federal Minister of Food and Security, Tariq Basheer Cheema held a press conference to address the issues of high prices in food commodities. He said …

WHO Shows Concern Over China’s Covid Plight

China has witnessed a surge in Coronavirus variant cases but after the Chinese government scraped off the zero covid policy, there is no date to show the number of infections. The whole world including the World Health Organization (WHO) shows concern over the number of infections in China because the funeral homes and death reports …

Omicron Cases Detected in Karachi

The era of coronavirus is not over yet as new variants keep emerging and threatening national health. New omicron variants have been detected in Karachi, Pakistan. The National Institute of Health (NIH) revealed that six omicron cases are detected in Karachi and the variants are XBB and XBB.1. These new cases have taken the tally …

Covid Wave Gets Stronger in China

China is witnessing a severity in Covid cases but as China has abandoned the zero covid policy, therefore the Chinese government is not showing and reporting new covid infections. This decision to scrape off zero covid policy has received a lot of scrutiny from the International community. However, China made this decision because the people …

Western New York Becomes War Zone After Cold Storm

Winter has grasped the United States of America and Canada as the temperatures sink below -40°. Intense cold weather has disrupted the daily lives of people because they are unable to go to their work, a power outage has caused immense trouble, people are getting sick because of extreme cold, and many accidents are happening …

China Decides to Stop Publishing Covid Statistics

Every other country has recovered from Covid somehow but China still struggles with Covid repercussions with people getting infected daily at a rapid pace. However, now the National Health Commission (NHC) of China has decided to not publish details regarding Covid statistics, the number of people getting infected, and the death tolls. NHC stated, “From …

WHO Shows Concern as Chinese Hospitals Fill Up

China is witnessing another wave of coronavirus during the Christmas holiday season and the sources suggest that Chinese hospitals are filling up with covid infected patients. Also, the reports suggest that ICUs in China are filling up rapidly but the mortality rate is quite low, and China reported no deaths on Wednesday. World Health Organization …

New Zealand Announces Residency Visa for Nurses

New Zealand recently made an announcement regarding the Residency visa situation for doctors and nurses. New Zealand stated that it will give immediate residency visa to immigrant doctors and nurses. Nation’s immigration minister, Michael Wood also mentioned that this changed policy will be implemented on the 15th of December in 2022. Moreover, Michael Wood suggested …

UK Suffers from Extreme Cold Weather

The United Kingdom is facing extreme conditions of cold weather already with an arctic-like atmosphere disrupting daily lives The weather department has warned the citizens of the United Kingdom to brace themselves for extremely chilled weather this year. The MET Office issues a yellow warning for the UK for snow and ice in London and …

Vitamin D Beneficial for Brain – Scientists

New research by scientists at Tufts University suggested that Vitamin D is beneficial for the brain and reduces damage to the brain Tufts University in the United States conducted research regarding the effect of Vitamin D on the human brain and they were amazed at the results because scientists knew that Vitamin D is important …

Scientists Take on Colds in Winter

Scientists studied flu in winter and concluded that cold air damages the immune response in the nose Whenever winters arrive, people become happy for the chilly and peaceful nights but they start dreading the common cold and flu that comes along. Scientists have been studying for a long time regarding the cause of flu and …

Highest rate of Hepatitis C found in Pakistan

Pakistan now bears the responsibility for having the most number of Hepatitis C patients in history, over 10 million. Hepatitis C is an infectious disease which is caused by the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). It usually spreads when a person comes in contact with the blood of an infected person. This virus spreads through the …

Eight Glasses of Water – a Myth or Reality?

A recent scientific study suggests that eight glasses of water a day might be too much for the human body Everyone has received advice regarding water drinking habits and people always suggest that drink two liters of water a day. Whether they are scientists, doctors, dermatologists, actors, and models, everyone has advised their patients and …

WHO Changes Name of Monkeypox

World Health Organization has decided to change the name of Monkeypox disease to just mpox to avoid stigmatization The term monkeypox was first used in Denmark in 1958 because of the presence of the monkeypox virus in monkeys. However, now the disease is not only found in monkeys but is readily found in rodents. Humans …

Poor Air Quality in Racially Segregated Areas

Scientists at Colorado State University confirmed that racially segregated areas in the US suffer from poor air quality During the Covid peak in 2020, marginalized races or colored races were prone to Coronavirus and got infected severely. Now the scientists at Colorado State University suggest that there is a link between air quality and racial …

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