Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, center, pauses while speak to members of the media with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, right, outside federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 4,...
Isolation regime for Covid-19 patients to be scrapped from January 30, but mask mandate will stay in force. READ SOURCE...
Private doctors have promised to see suspected Covid patients, while public clinics will also be available for consultations and treatment, health chief Lo Chung-mau says. READ SOURCE...
A Hong Kong lawmaker has urged authorities to cancel the need for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests to enter the mainland as one centre in Sham Shui Po saw would-be travellers queuing until 3 a.m. on Thursday. Under the current...
By Vivian Lin Tens of millions in China headed to their rural hometowns for Lunar New Year celebrations Thursday, though President Xi Jinping said he was “concerned” about the countryside’s ability to weather a Covid surge. China’s transport authorities have...
Novartis said in August that it plans to spin off its generics unit Sandoz to sharpen its focus on its patented prescription medicines.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe chief executive of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis on Thursday warned the coronavirus...
Chief Executive John Lee tells lawmakers this ‘important step is based on science and risk assessment’. READ SOURCE...
Moderna on Tuesday said its vaccine that targets respiratory syncytial virus is effective at preventing disease in older adults.The vaccine was 83.7% effective at preventing lower respiratory tract disease, defined as two or more symptoms, in people ages 60 and...
Hong Kong’s John Lee has said he hopes all Covid measures will be dropped in 2023, including the mask mandate. In an interview with Commercial Daily published on Tuesday, he said that a “full return to normal has always been...
By Ludovic Ehret China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world’s most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis. An elderly man stands at a bus stop...
