Standing on the rooftop of an office in Beirut’s tightly packed Burj al-Barajneh camp, Omar Abu Zeinab weeds and waters a recently grown plot of potatoes, mouloukhiya, and other seasonal greens. “It’s an experiment, we want to see what works and what doesn’t before building more rooftop farms and showing ... Read More »
The increased use of antibiotics to combat the Covid-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that a “worrying number” of bacterial infections were becoming ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday said during the first consultative session at the Grand Serail titled “The present and future of media” that work was underway to set the required guidelines for local media, to be followed by proposals for the sector’s legal structure. “There are ... Read More »
The Ministry of Public Health announced this Wednesday 14 new coronavirus infections, thus taking the toll to 1256 cases. NNA Read More »
A mass extinction which played a role in the development of human life hundreds of millions of years ago may have been caused by climate change damaging the ozone layer, according to research. Scientists have found a major extinction event in the Late Devonian period could have been sparked by ... Read More »
The anti-anxiety drug Xanax is among seven existing medicines identified by scientists as possibly being able to block coronavirus, a new study has revealed. Researches from universities in Barcelona have been searching for existing drugs that can help block the virus that has devastated the world. They have been looking ... Read More »
Individual respect for coronavirus containment measures and a return to economic life is the best way to strike a “balance between people’s health and their livelihoods,” Information Minister Manal Abdel-Samad said Tuesday. “We are still in a critical stage but we could not continue to close the country, as there ... Read More »
The best practices for controlling an infectious disease like COVID-19 aren’t easy to follow—keeping six feet apart from others, wearing face masks in public, and, if you’re a health care worker, wearing shields to protect your eyes as well. But in a study published Monday in The Lancet, researchers provide ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that 9 new Coronavirus cases were registered in Lebanon. The ministry added that only 2 infections out of the 9 new cases were locally transmitted and the rest cases were recorded among the Lebanese returnees. LBCI Read More »
Analysis of more than 1,300 patients in French hospitals reveals age and BMI are among key factors A new study of Covid-19 patients shows that of those with diabetes, 10 per cent die within seven days of hospital admission, and one in five require intubation and the use of ... Read More »
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