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HEALTH 3

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2021
The pandemic doesn’t have to hurt women most
Women make up a larger share of workers in industries that ground to a halt, and they typically shoulder more of the unpaid labor at home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2021
Another body blow for the frequent-flyer class
There will have been about 6 million fewer European flights in 2020 compared with 2019, according to air traffic management organization Eurocontrol. That's a 55% decline.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2021
Whose post-pandemic century?
Asia's worst performers (in public-health terms) — such as the Philippines and Indonesia — have controlled the pandemic more effectively than Europe's biggest and wealthiest countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2021
Pandemic regrets … experts have a few
Two big trends emerged: lockdowns (too blunt) and testing (too slow). With months left to go before vaccination can curtail the pandemic, 2020's regrets should be 2021's lessons.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 3, 2021
Some COVID-19 survivors haunted by loss of smell and taste
Some experts fear that the pandemic may leave huge numbers of people with a permanent loss of smell and taste.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2021
How Taiwan plans to stay (mostly) coronavirus-free
Consider for a moment, in this time of anguish and loss and death, of mass unemployment and flattened national economies, the Twilight Zone alternate reality that is Taiwan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 2, 2021
Stay warm, safe and social this winter season
With a little preparation and an understanding of how the human body reacts to cold, you can take your social life outdoors to avoid COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 1, 2021
In a world turned upside down, Japan will muddle through
Japan could use this year to prepare for inevitable changes in domestic and foreign affairs and better position itself for that world.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2020
COVID-19 exposes nation's shortcomings
Only by working together — as citizens and residents, politicians and medical health professionals — can we defeat COVID-19 and make 2021 the year of recovery and hope.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2020
25 days that changed the world: How COVID-19 slipped China’s grasp
China's delayed initial response unleashed the virus on the world and foreshadowed battles between scientists and political leaders that would play out across continents.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 29, 2020
The lessons from East Asia's coronavirus successes
Japan and its neighbors have largely fared better than the West during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now have a duty to pass on their knowledge.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2020
Wuhan’s COVID-19 cases may have been 10 times higher, study shows
The scale of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan early this year may have been nearly 10 times the recorded tally, a study conducted by China’s public health authorities indicates, leaving the city where the coronavirus first took hold still well short of the immunity required to protect against a potential...
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2020
EU's marathon COVID-19 vaccination drive off to uneven start
The EU's campaign to vaccinate Europeans against COVID-19 has got off to an uneven start in what will be a marathon effort to administer shots to enough of the bloc's 450 million people to defeat the viral pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 28, 2020
Philippines troops and ministers get COVID-19 vaccine before approval
Some Philippine soldiers and Cabinet ministers have already received COVID-19 vaccine injections, officials said on Monday, despite an absence of regulatory approval that the country's health ministry said was vital to ensure safety.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2020
A dismal year everywhere was even worse for Iran
After a year in which the regime has failed on every other front, it will almost inevitably double down on its only other source of legitimacy: its visceral anti-Americanism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2020
South Korea extends social distancing steps as cases skirt record highs
The country reported 970 new coronavirus cases for Saturday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said earlier on Sunday, bringing the national tally to 56,872 cases.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 27, 2020
How might COVID-19 change the world?
No country will be safe from COVID-19 until all are. It's a global problem demanding a global solution.

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