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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused several negative impacts on global human health and the world's economy. Food and seafood safety and security were amongst the principal challenges and causes of concern for the food industry and consumers during the spread of this global pandemic. This article focused on the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on potential safety issues with seafood products and their processing methods. Moreover, the potential impacts of coronavirus transmission ...

The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly pandemic report issued Wednesday.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - COVID cases rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe

LONDON (AP) -- The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally

Africa has the scientific leadership and intellectual capital to develop new technologies and interventions.

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD Africa is plagued by many epidemics — from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS to malaria and wild polio — but the continent has also worked for decades to fight these threats. The key to beating these deadly diseases is turning inward to existing expertise and finding locally driven…

Industry influence on health policies is greatest before draft legislation is ever made public in South Africa, researchers warn. Could the country’s latest attempt to curb deadly epidemics fall prey to the same?

Refilwe Moloto speaks to clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist Dr Salim Abdool Karim for more.

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January, the World Health Organization said Thursday. In its latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were more than 3.7 million new infections and 9,000&...

LONDON, May 26 : The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January, the World Health Organisation said. In its latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, the UN health agency said there were more than 3.7 million new infections and 9,000 deaths in the last week, drops of 3% and 11% respectively. COVID-19 cases rose in only two regions of the world: the Americas and the Western Pacific. Deaths increased by 30% in […]