KUALA LUMPUR: A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer said, after a coronavirus lockdown forced it to shut down production. Malaysia’s Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It has not produced a single condom from its three Malaysian factories in the past 10 days due to a lockdown…
Substantial progress has been made during the past decade to prevent and control schistosomiasis (also known as bilharziasis) globally. The disease affects more than 230 million people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Progress is mainly due to large-scale periodic treatment of affected populations with praziquantel, the only medicine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) against…
Olabisi Deji-Folutile Olabisi Deji-Folutile Google The world is facing its most trying and unprecedented times as the last few weeks have been most challenging for almost everybody. What started in Wuhan, China, as an epidemic, has put the entire world in disarray. Major streets across the globes have become empty. Both the rich and…
Mudashiru Obasa Mudashiru Obasa Google At the resumption of plenary on Thursday at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, announced the reinstatement of two suspended lawmakers, Moshood Oshun and Raheem Kazeem. The two lawmakers were suspended alongside Deputy Majority Leader, Olumuyiwa Jimoh; and Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru, who were demoted on…
If you haven’t heard by now, Gmail is rolling out a major change to how its users receive emails. Basically, Gmail will be sorting emails for their users and putting them in folders for them. Why would Gmail be doing this? I suspect at least part of the reason is because a common complaint from…
Geneva – New World Health Organization (WHO) guidance will help countries accelerate efforts to stop people with tuberculosis (TB) infection becoming sick with TB by giving them preventive treatment. A quarter of the world‘s population is estimated to be infected with TB bacteria. These people are neither sick nor contagious. However, they are at greater…
For online and social media marketers around the world, the news that Google will move to encrypt all keyword searches will come as a shock. Many professionals who work closely with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) will now have to look at another way to spread awareness about their businesses and products. This is an extension…
About a fifth of the world?s population uses Facebook. The social networking site is one of the biggest enterprises in the world today. Now, sources say that a major change in the interface is evident. It is rumored that the company has been testing auto-play video through the network?s news feed. Even if the test…
KUALA LUMPUR: The supply of blood in the country is still sufficient at a safe level so far, said National Blood Centre (PDN) director Dr Noryati Abu Amin. However, she said PDN and other blood centres are still in need of blood donors to continue replenishing blood stock at an optimum level all the time.…
People who argue that covid-19 is no bigger a problem than flu ignore the fact that we lack natural immunity and have no vaccines in our armoury Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532733-400-why-the-coronavirus-is-different-from-flu-and-warrants-major-action/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0