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HEALTH 3

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2020
Tobacco nationalism is more toxic than tobacco
The Indian government, too, has a toxic dependence on tobacco. It's called ITC Ltd.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2020
Minamata disease victims struggle to find closure
More than 60 years after first raising awareness about a neurological disease caused by industrial mercury poisoning, photojournalist Aileen M. Smith still wants answers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2020
U.S. faces half a million COVID-19 deaths by end of February, study finds
More than a half million people in the United States could die from COVID-19 by the end of February next year, but around 130,000 of those lives could be saved if everybody were to wear masks, according to estimates from a modeling study.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2020
Japan Airlines offers discounted coronavirus tests to travelers
Japan Airlines Co. began offering discounted coronavirus tests to travelers Friday after teaming up with a medical institution in Tokyo, in a bid to ease concerns about infections and encourage customers to travel amid the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2020
Two-hour coronavirus test to be made available at Narita airport
The facility will offer negative test certificates and will be able to process 700 people per day.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 21, 2020
Doctors probe whether COVID-19 is causing diabetes
Many experts are convinced that COVID-19 can trigger the onset of diabetes — even in some adults and children who do not have the traditional risk factors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2020
Herd immunity, reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration
COVID-19 selectively kills elderly people, and such people are scarce in countries in Asia and Africa where deaths per million are under 100 in many places.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2020
Jacinda Ardern landslide is a vote for COVID-19 competence
Shutting down New Zealand's economy at a time when there'd been just 102 cases was a political gamble, but one that's paid off.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2020
There’s a silver lining for returning office workers
The pace of workers coming back into offices is more of a trickle than a flood, leading to tenants choosing not to renew leases and skyrocketing vacancy rates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2020
'Bad math': Leading expert challenges airlines' COVID-19 safety claims
Airlines and plane-makers are anxious to restart international travel, even as a second wave of infections and restrictions takes hold in many countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2020
Getting vaccine doubters to roll up their sleeves won’t be easy
Fading trust in governments, political interference and the dash to create a shot in record time are sowing doubts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2020
No, we shouldn’t report partying neighbors to the pandemic police
The pandemic has prompted European citizens to accept changes in social behavior that would have seemed impossible only a year ago. People have stopped shaking hands, started wearing masks and learned to talk at some distance. They have adhered to government rules keeping them at home and closing down...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 18, 2020
Suga's fertility push hailed, but not panacea for boosting birth rate
Couples welcome moves to bring treatment under national insurance, but urge against putting pressure on people to bear children.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 18, 2020
Virus spikes collide with fatigue and apathy in troubling trend
Despite the exhaustion, a dangerous, uncontrolled surge of infections has arrived, and in parts of the world it is the worst of the pandemic so far.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2020
Treat COVID-19 early to save lives, Hong Kong SARS veteran urges
Hong Kong's top pandemic doctor advocates early, aggressive hospitalization and treatment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 17, 2020
WHO says remdesivir and three other drugs have no effect on COVID-19 patients
The World Health Organization has said that trial results show remdesivir and three other drugs administered to people infected with the novel coronavirus "have little or no effect" in terms of lowering the morality rate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2020
Yokohama Stadium to be packed with 27,000 to test virus measures
Officials said they would monitor the flow and density of spectators during the three-day trial, as well as how many wear masks, using high-precision cameras.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2020
COVID-19 is big oil’s asteroid strike
The world in which they thrived was changing, threatening their future health. But the outbreak's impact has accelerated that process.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2020
New Zealand gives U.S. a lesson in pandemic democracy
The U.S., a nation founded on the principle that all people are created equal and endowed with inalienable rights, would do well to heed the example given by New Zealand.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 14, 2020
Coronavirus reinfections are real but very, very rare
Experts discuss what is known about reinfections with the coronavirus, and what the phenomenon means for vaccinations and the course of the pandemic.

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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