Pfizer and BioNTech has announced that they are developing a Covid-19 booster shot intended to target the highly transmissible delta variant. The majority of the Covid cases in the US are from this particular variant.
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Onasemnogene abeparvovec, sold under the brand name Zolgensma, is a gene therapy medication used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). It is used as a one-time infusion into a vein. Onasemnogene abeparvovec works by providing a new copy of the gene that makes the human SMN protein.
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Hollywood star Henry Golding has voiced his concerns over the alarming rise of suicide and those attempting it in his home country.
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Amelia Earhart once said: “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots springs up and make new trees”. Deeds, whether good or bad, always results in ripple effect. As the saying goes, good begets good, evil begets evil, and the cycle goes on. Often, the evil overshadowed the good.
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Recently, the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) coordinating minister touched on the cocktail vaccines approach, with AstraZeneca as the first dose, and Pfizer-BioNTech as the second dose while speaking at a webinar organised by the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaysia.
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Do you get restless, wound-up or often on edge? Do you tire out easily or maybe have difficulties concentrating? Are you someone who’s easily irritable? If you have all the above, there’s a chance that you are suffering from anxiety. But how to be sure that you are having anxiety and not just mood swings? Let’s analyse some. Of the common symptoms of anxiety.
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After the fiasco of Naomi Osaka refusing to talk to the press after her competition, she was fined by the xxx, which subsequently leads to her withdrawing from the French Open. In her social media, she talked about how talking to the press gives her anxiety, and how she has been suffering from “long bouts of depression” after winning her first grand slam title in 2018. Following that, many people showed their support to her, including Serena Williams, Usain Bolt and Venus Williams. During Serena Williams’ post-match media conference, the 23-time grand slam champion said: “the only thing I feel is that I feel for Naomi. I feel like I wish I could give her a hug because I know what it’s like. Like I said, I’ve been in those positions.”
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Since the spread of Covid-19 in 2020, the virus has successfully immobilised our lives in many ways. Many people lost their jobs, the world is thrown into chaos, and many lives were unfortunately lost to Covid-19. Last year, while many of us are still in a state of confusion, scientists have rushed to create vaccines to eradicate or contain the virus hopefully. Here, we have listed the vaccines that are available right now.
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Recently, Malaysia health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has revealed that forty health workers have contracted Covid-19 after completing their vaccination doses.
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