Pandemic

Researchers have urged people to wear masks this holiday season after finding that multiple Covid infection increases the risk of health issues - Copyright AFP Bertrand GUAY Daniel Lawler People who have had Covid more than once are two or three times more likely to have a range of serious…

Positive gains for PH labor market NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Even before President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. won the presidency, he has been emphasizing the need to create more jobs and livelihood opportunities in order to bounce back from the pandemic. His administration aimed for the full reopening of the…

He cautioned that the downturn in orders in the industrial gloves business would not be as drawn out as the heavy rebalancing required in the single-use medical gloves segment where there had been a huge peak and then a substantial readjustment where prices dropped markedly because of the flood of…

iStock/Khanchit Khirisutchalual Doing good for the planet is not inversely proportional to doing good business. Today it can actually mean better profit, stronger customer loyalty, and longer company sustainability. First, offices are finding paper less necessary than they used to. Recent surveys show a drop in paper consumption since the…

ASEAN Summit in Cambodia: Harbinger of regional growth and stability After two years of online meetings due to the coronavirus pandemic, Cambodia welcomes the presence in Phnom Penh of 10 heads of state and their top-level dialogue partners at the ASEAN Summit on Nov. 10-13. This follows the celebration last…

Guangdong province has reported 2,808 new cases of COVID-19, 2,637 of which were in Guangzhou.  Today, November 9, 2022, marks the third day in a row that the provincial capital has broken its own record for the highest number of new infections in one day. At 3 am this morning,…

Returning from a trip in Japan, Roxanne Tong (湯洛雯) and Kenneth Ma (馬國明) enjoyed their travels and look forward to taking their next step in life together. While promoting her new movie Love Suddenly , Roxanne could not stop gushing about Kenneth, who will be watching the film premiere with…

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: Humanity must "cooperate or perish" in the face of accelerating climate change impacts, UN chief Antonio Guterres told world leaders Monday at talks in Egypt on curbing global warming. In the midst of a barrage of international crises — from the Covid pandemic and Russia's invasion of…

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City finds that the most commonly prescribed class of anti-depressants does not help reduce the severity of illness or even death for people who get COVID, as once thought. In the early days of the COVID pandemic, some observational…

“There remains resentment towards Premier Daniel Andrews about the length and severity of pandemic lockdowns in Victoria,” Dr Turner said. “Although many voters who resent the lockdowns remain sympathetic towards Andrews, his actions continue to play into voters’ concerns about his character, with the way that the Victorian government had…