When lack of science literacy puts us in a spot!
Reading Time: 4 minutesBLOOPERS | Health Minister Dr Adham Baba was recently the laughing stock of the nation for having suggested during a TV 1 interview that drinking warm water could prevent the Covid-19 infection. This blooper was trending for a while – doing the rounds in social media, jumping from one cell phone to another, is being […]
Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets
Reading Time: 2 minutesROME/GENEVA: Millions of people around the world depend on international trade for their food security and livelihoods. As countries move to enact measures aiming to halt the accelerating COVID-19 pandemic, care must be taken to minimise potential impacts on the food supply or unintended consequences on global trade and food security. When acting to protect […]
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
Reading Time: 2 minutesAN INTERNATIONAL TEAM led by University of British Columbia researcher Dr. Josef Penninger has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. The findings, published in Cell, hold promise as a treatment capable of stopping early infection of the novel coronavirus that, as of April 2, has affected […]
Malayan Pangolins: The mixing bowl for SARS-CoV-2?
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE bat is the known “villain” in the current Covid-19 episode. Of course, not to mention the ultimate villain, that is homo sapiens (human beings) and their appetite for exotic meat. While everyone now knows that bats are the reservoir of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that is wreaking havoc globally, the virus seemed to have made […]