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Robert Langreth
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2020
Moderna to seek U.S. and EU clearance for COVID-19 vaccine
The move came after a new analysis showed the vaccine was highly effective in preventing COVID-19 with no serious safety problems.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2020
Trump’s doctor sows confusion with reversals on president’s vitals
A briefing on Sunday included a series of inconsistent or misleading responses that left the country with an incomplete snapshot of Trump's health.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2020
Disease-spreading ticks keep marching north amid climate change
While broad correlation between ticks' spread and global warming is clear, predicting where they will go next as the climate changes is surprisingly daunting.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Feb 5, 2020
Coronavirus outbreak likely began with bats, an omen for next epidemic
Somewhere in China, perhaps in the southern Yunnan province, there's a cave that may hold the mysterious origins of the deadly coronavirus that's infected thousands, cut off millions of Chinese from their jobs and families and wreaked havoc in global financial markets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 8, 2014
U.S. experts eye Japanese drug in race for Ebola cure
The FDA acts to expedite the approval of experimental drugs, including one made by Fujifilm, to counter the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 9, 2013
Robot surgery gripes double
The number of adverse incident reports involving Intuitive Surgical Inc.'s robots has more than doubled this year, according to U.S. regulators, who just released a physician survey showing no consistent training exists for the machines, which are also used in Japan.

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