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HEALTH 3

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2021
Hurdles remain for getting former nurses involved in Japan's vaccine rollout
A dearth of doctors and nurses to administer shots is one of the factors behind Japan's slow inoculation rollout.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 12, 2021
Nursing services in Japan juggling financial solvency and users' well-being
Should the government be turning to the private sector to provide care for the country's aging population?
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WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Jun 11, 2021
U.S. FDA faces mounting criticism over Alzheimer's drug approval
The drug was authorized based on evidence that it can reduce brain plaques, a likely contributor to Alzheimer's, rather than proof that it slows progression of the disease.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2021
Indians still battling impacts of COVID-19 now burdened with medical debt
Even before the pandemic struck, India's out-of-pocket expenses on health care were among the highest in the world.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2021
Fixing the broken pandemic financing system
The devastation caused by COVID-19 has underscored what experts have said for years: our national, regional and global systems are grossly inadequate for detecting and containing outbreaks.
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JAPAN
Jun 10, 2021
Tokyo and Osaka vaccination sites open to over-64s across Japan
As slots go unfilled, the centers will accept reservations by phone as well as online and via the Line messaging app.
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JAPAN
Jun 9, 2021
Hundreds of companies in Japan apply for on-site vaccinations
The companies are asked to provide at least around 1,000 people two shots at the same venue, prioritizing seniors and people with underlying medical conditions.
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MORE SPORTS
Jun 9, 2021
Lewis Hamilton sends encouragement to Naomi Osaka
'For her own personal health she didn't feel comfortable doing something, and the backlash is ridiculous,” the Formula One champion said last week.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 8, 2021
Changing the game for Alzheimer's treatment, U.S. approves Eisai and Biogen's drug
The approval appears to signal a fundamental shift in the way the FDA thinks about Alzheimer's disease, which could have lasting ramifications for other drugs in the pipeline.
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WORLD
Jun 8, 2021
Gangrene and hearing loss show delta variant may be more severe
In England and Scotland, early evidence suggests the strain — which is now dominant there — carries a higher risk of hospitalization.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2021
The world should learn from India’s COVID-19 cataclysm
Strategies that kept the pandemic at bay in 2020 won't necessarily work in 2021.
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WORLD
Jun 7, 2021
Hundreds of former leaders urge G7 to vaccinate poor against COVID-19
In their letter to the G7, the former world leaders said global cooperation had failed in 2020, but that 2021 could usher in a new era.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2021
Lessons from the pandemic
Most countries are lagging far behind and new, concerted and more generous efforts by the richest nations are needed to control the pandemic at a global level.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 6, 2021
Should we worry so much about our BMI?
There are few single measures in health care that seem to carry as much weight as body mass index, or BMI. We encounter it not just at doctor’s offices, but with online calculators and smart scales, at gyms and even when determining eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2021
Local governments in Japan striving to minimize COVID-19 vaccine waste
With the vaccination rollout gathering steam, local governments have come up with a variety of ways to use surplus doses resulting from appointment cancellations.
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WORLD
Jun 5, 2021
Bribing people to get COVID-19 vaccines just might be working in U.S.
Incentives don't get all the credit — in some states, younger people only recently became eligible for vaccines — but experts say they're helping, especially among those on the fence.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 5, 2021
The damage done by a lengthy appeals process
The media has no problem reprimanding the government when it loses a court case, but news outlets seldom talk about how the judicial system can drag things on.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 5, 2021
Financial stress causes fission in Japan's families
The weeklies are warning older people in Japan that their families may not be around when they need them because of increasing financial problems.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2021
In Japan, the light at the end of the pandemic's tunnel remains distant
The vaccine rollout may be accelerating, but the nation remains far away from a return to normalcy.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2021
Chinese drugmakers take aim at lucrative U.S. anti-cancer market
In recent years, medicines that free the immune system to attack tumors have become blockbusters in a $150 billion global market.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals