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The third millennium’s first two decades

"Numerous bad things have already happened."   Having endured a thousand-year period that was visited by the Black Death and other pestilences, experienced the excesses of...

A duty to speak up

"People should continue to demand transparency and accountability from their governments." In December 2019, a doctor from Wuhan in Hubei province in China used his...

Coping with stress? Have a good cry, say virus experts

Feeling stressed by the deadly coronavirus? Have a good cry, say Chinese health experts. If that does not work, buy a punching bag for...

Understanding the new coronavirus

Earlier this week, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This formal declaration,...

Scared and scarred

"Let us set aside all skepticism."     Without making light of the wildly spreading nCoV (Novel Coronavirus) let me say I think it best that we,...

Global economy catches cold

A new virus in China is threatening to spread globally and raising fears that it could eclipse the fallout from SARS 17 years ago. Global...

Age-old measures of protection

By Olivier Thibault Quarantines and cordons sanitaires, such as those being imposed on Chinese cities to contain the new coronavirus, were developed to respond to...

Learning from SARS

"We are our own indirect protection against diseases."     While our nation deals with the possibility of an explosive Taal eruption, another threat looms. The new...

Wuhan virus compounds Hong Kong’s woes

Hong Kong"•The emergence of a SARS-like virus in China is the last thing Hong Kong’s struggling economy needs, analysts say, as the city reels...
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