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MEDICINE 4

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2020
COVID-19 long-term toll signals billions in health care costs ahead
Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey, home when she became sick again.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 3, 2020
There may never be a 'silver bullet' for COVID-19, WHO warns
The World Health Organization warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a "silver bullet" for COVID-19, and the road to normality would be long.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 2, 2020
When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, rich nations are first in line
Wealthy countries have already locked up more than a billion doses of coronavirus vaccines, raising worries that the rest of the world will be at the back of the queue in the global effort to defeat the pathogen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2020
Taisho emerges as lead bidder for Takeda $3 billion consumer unit
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. has emerged as the leading contender to acquire Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s Japanese consumer health care business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 30, 2020
Russia plans 'world's first approved' COVID-19 vaccine by Aug. 12
The conditional registration in August would still require trials to be conducted on another 1,600 people, and production is expected to begin in September.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2020
Osaka questions arbitrary ban on five-person outings amid virus resurgence
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura admits that the request was a political decision with no clear scientific rationale.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2020
Astra to pay Daiichi up to $6 billion for new cancer drug
AstraZeneca is forging ahead to become a global oncology powerhouse, even as it works on a vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jul 27, 2020
These elite contact tracers show the world how to beat COVID-19
In May, when a coronavirus outbreak hit nightclubs in the South Korean capital of Seoul, health officials quickly unleashed their version of the Navy Seals — elite teams of epidemiologists, database specialists and laboratory technicians.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2020
Pandemic bolsters case for telemedicine across the Asia-Pacific region
With people reluctant to visit clinics and hospitals due to COVID-19, alternative methods for consultations are being developed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 26, 2020
The supply chain to save the world is unprepared for a vaccine
The industries that shepherd goods around the world on ships, planes and trucks acknowledge they aren’t ready to handle the epic challenges of shipping an eventual COVID-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2020
Britain's response to COVID-19 has been world class
One country has done more than any other to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 26, 2020
Fears grow over complacency as Japan sees nationwide coronavirus spike
The government has said there is no need to reimpose a state of emergency despite the country's own apparent second wave.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 24, 2020
Unsung T cells take over immune response when coronavirus antibodies wane
The world's vaccine hunters are hailing the emergence of these crucial cells as they race to find a cure for the deadly contagion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2020
People are more likely to contract COVID-19 at home, study finds
South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own households than from contacts outside the home.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2020
China to give $1 billion loan for Latin America vaccine access
China will provide a $1 billion loan for Latin American and Caribbean countries to have access to its COVID-19 vaccine, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told top regional diplomats in a meeting, according to the Mexican government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 22, 2020
Japan to dial back entry restrictions on some foreign residents
The Japanese government on Wednesday announced it will partially roll back entry restrictions as part of its coronavirus countermeasures on foreign nationals, allowing students and business workers with valid legal status to be gradually readmitted to the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 22, 2020
Trump willing to work with China on COVID-19 vaccine for U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump expressed a willingness on Tuesday to work with China or other countries to bring a successful coronavirus vaccine to the United States, despite rising tensions between Beijing and Washington.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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