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New highest daily jump in India with 22,772 cases India reported its biggest single-day spike of 22,772 coronavirus cases and 442 deaths, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.The coronavirus positive cases now stand...
Health
COVID-19 shows weak points in global food system
Timothy Huzar :In a commentary for the journal One Earth, Franziska Gaupp, Ph.D., a research scholar at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), argues that global food insecurity is increasingly susceptible to...
Five important information of SARS-CoV-2
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :1. Time for a single infected person to yield one million infected peopleThe basic reproduction number, R0, suggests each infection directly generates 2-7 more infections in the absence of countermeasures...
Oats: A natural super food
Naimur Rahman Afid :Oat is a type of cereal grain grown from a plant called Avena sativa. Generally oats are taken as breakfast food with some warm milk, fresh fruits, nuts and honey. Whether...
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UK scraps sales tax on personal protective gear until October Britain’s finance ministry said it will extend the scrapping of sales tax on personal protective equipment (PPE) for infectious diseases until the end of...
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New infection spike in Japan’s capital Tokyo has confirmed 107 new coronavirus infections, its highest daily tally in two months, but Japan’s chief cabinet secretary has said there is no need to reintroduce a...
A Shift on the Front Line
Silvia Castelletti, M.D. :I have just finished the night shift on the Covid-19 ward. I look at myself in the mirror: I have a C on my nose from the FFP2 (N95) mask I...
Pandemic sparks food security crisis
Bethan Grylls (New Food) :Following the UN’s Food Programme’s warning that the COVID-19 pandemic will double the number of people suffering acute hunger by the end of 2020, Olam International seeks new scientific research...
Foods that boost our immune system
Md. Naim Hossain :As coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted communities around the world, many people have wondered whether there are steps they can take to stay healthy. Everyday preventive measures such as hand washing, avoiding...
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Spain, Portugal reopen their shared border Spain and Portugal reopened their shared border, which has been closed since March 16 as Lisbon sought to protect itself from new cases that were exploding across Spain.With...
Vitamin E, another possible immune fighter in COVID-19
Dr. Muhammad Torequl Islam :Vitamin E (vit E) (other names: alpha-tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol, tocotrienol, 5,7,8 trimethyl-tocotrienol), a group of eight fat soluble compounds, including four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Vit E is a strong antioxidant...
Proning: A life-saving therapy for severe COVID-19 patients
Md Billal Hossen :Everybody is looking for the vaccine of COVID-19 but any effective vaccine is not invented yet. Most of the people in the world are trying different types of treatment methods to...