Kuwait continues preventive measures against coronavirus
Authorities in Kuwait have taken all necessary measures to prevent the entry of coronavirus into the country and have initiated plans to contain and...
Local Red Cross under fire over China coronavirus donation mess
The Wuhan Red Cross and Hubei provincial Red Cross have come under fire after donations of crucial medical supplies from across China failed to arrive at...
MSG, once nearly banned, is back boosting flavors
McDonald’s is the latest global fast-food purveyor to look at Monosodium-glutamate (MSG) to give its sandwiches a flavor boost. More than 230 McDonald’s branches...
Stress, a factor behind gray hair
Scientists have long understood that there is a link between stress and gray hair. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States have now...
Coronavirus unfurls: We are catching more diseases from animals?
The coronavirus, a pneumonia-causing illness that infects the respiratory tract and appears to have originated in the Central Chinese city of Wuhan, is now...
Precision medicine can become a reality through knowledge sharing and collaboration
By Ihab Younis,
A few weeks ago, I was honored to be part of the first symposium for genomics in clinical practice in Qatar. This...
China coronavirus deaths hit 259; 11,791 infections
The death toll from China's coronavirus outbreak has surpassed 250, the government said on Saturday, as foreign nations tightened restrictions on travellers from China...
Dead man lies on an empty street at China’s virus ground zero
A grey-haired man wearing a face mask lies dead on the pavement at ground zero of China's virus epidemic, a plastic shopping bag in...
Entry ban on Chinese and people who visited China recently
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said that it is continuing strict health security measures at Kuwait International Airport to deal with inbound...
Coronavirus declared global emergency by WHO
The World Health Organization declared on Thursday that the coronavirus epidemic in China now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...
