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Since Oct. 24, there have been 406 cases of an unidentified illness in Congo’s southwest.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2024
‘Disease X’ outbreak widens as U.N. sends health team to Congo
The unidentified illness is marked by fever, headache, cough, runny nose, and body aches, with 31 deaths currently on record.
A doctor consults with a COVID-19 patient at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney in 2021.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 29, 2024
Excess deaths in Australia reveal COVID-19's long, lethal tail
Excess mortality — the increase above the expected toll had the pandemic not occurred — was 5% for Australia in 2023.
A microscopic view of the SARS-CoV-2 virus particles.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 20, 2024
It’s taken 100 scientists two years to rename airborne viruses after COVID mistakes
While the discussion may seem trivial, terminology carries important economic and public health consequences.
Whereas obtaining a test was often difficult in early 2020, now the abundance of cheaper rapid kits in grocery stores and home medicine cabinets has led to a new concern — they don’t seem to work.
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jan 13, 2024
Our bodies are responding differently to COVID. Testing for it needs to catch up.
The abundance of cheaper rapid kits in grocery stores and home medicine cabinets has led to a new concern — they don’t seem to work.
A COVID-19 test swab is placed into a tube in Hilversum, the Netherlands, in November 2020.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 22, 2023
Two years after catching COVID, patients still risk getting sick
People who were not hospitalized for acute COVID-19 still had a higher risk than uninfected people of developing long COVID-related disorders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 8, 2023
COVID-19 is still deadlier for patients than flu
COVID-19 isn’t 'just a flu,” with a study of hospital patients finding that the virus was still 60% deadlier than influenza last winter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2023
Viruses hiding out in patients hold long COVID answers
Scientists are exploring the possibility that some of the most infectious versions of the virus came from chronically infected individuals with weakened immune systems.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 6, 2022
Long ICU stays lead to extended misery for many COVID survivors
The mechanical ventilation, anti-inflammatory drugs and other tools of modern medicine that help people beat severe cases of COVID-19 often come with harrowing aftereffects.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2022
Pfizer’s Paxlovid anti-viral seen to lower long-COVID risk in study
Taking the oral medication within five days of testing positive for a SARS-CoV-2 infection was linked to a 26% lower risk of lingering post-viral complications, researchers found.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 25, 2022
COVID-19 tied to higher risk of deadly blood clots, large study finds
The findings are yet another sign of the hidden dangers of the virus that can result even from mild cases.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 11, 2022
Long COVID disables millions worldwide even as rates ease, study shows
Although the probability of having long COVID-19 is relatively low, the vast number of cases — at least 670 million worldwide — leaves a substantial burden of disability.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 23, 2022
Risk of brain and nerve problems 42% higher within year of catching COVID, study shows
The coronavirus doubled the risk of Alzheimer's and increased that of an ischemic stroke or Parkinson's-like diseases by 50% in the first year, according to analysis of millions of records.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2022
Time between COVID infection and symptoms shorter with newer variants, study shows
Scientists from Peking University and Tsinghua University in Beijing found the incubation period fell from an average of five days with an alpha infection to 3.42 days with omicron.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2022
COVID-19’s harmful effects on the brain reverberate years later
Cognitive deficits known colloquially as 'brain fog,” epilepsy, seizures and other longer-term mental and brain health disorders can remain elevated 24 months after infection.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2022
Striking drop in stress hormone cortisol can predict long COVID, study finds
Levels of cortisol in the blood of those with the condition were roughly half those found in healthy, uninfected people or individuals fully recovered from COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 5, 2022
COVID study gives ‘powerful’ clues to pandemic’s lasting impact
The research may help form a clearer definition of the enduring symptoms estimated to afflict as many as 5 million adults in the U.S. alone.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 16, 2022
Coronavirus persisting in feces offers clues to long COVID cause
Patients can harbor the virus in their feces for months after infection, researchers found, stoking concern that its persistence can aggravate the immune system and cause long COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2021
The coronavirus can persist for months after traversing entire body
SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in the brains of six autopsy patients who died more than a month after developing symptoms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2021
Pfizer shot provides partial omicron shield, study finds
Researchers in South Africa found omicron reduces virus-blocking antibodies by 40-fold in people who have received two doses of the shot.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2021
Omicron’s spread across hotel hallway highlights transmission worry
The variant has been shown to have passed between two guests at a Hong Kong hotel, despite them having not left their respective rooms.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.

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