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The world is currently in the grip of a pandemic, the likes of which had not been seen for more than 100 years. COVID-19 has infected more than 250 million, cau

Malta’s hospital has managed to cut by a third its infections from MRSA, the superbug resistant to antibiotics, using a simple testing method that could c

Eleven Malta-based scientists – seven of whom are University of Malta academics – are among the top two per cent most cited scientists worldwide, according to a Stanford University study. The research, led by Prof. John Ioannidis, analysed scientists from 22 fields whose work was cited between 1965 and 2019. Joseph N Grima, Georgios N Yannakakis, Godfrey Baldacch­ino, Albert Caruana, Michael A Borg, Giuseppe di Giovanni and Ruben Gatt from the University of Malta; Carmelo Scarpignato from ...

Premium Content A record 400 swimmers will contest the CQ Championships in Rockhampton this weekend. Eighteen clubs will be represented at the two-day event at the 2nd World War Memorial Aquatic Centre. CQ Swimming president Michael Borg said it would be great to see so many of the region’s swimmers in action. “Nominations are up about 20 per cent on last year,” he said. “Those of us who have been around the sport for 10 years or more can’t remember exceeding that number before. “W...

Important facts about the COVID-19 vaccine Here’s everything you need to know about the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine approved by the European Medicines Authority on Monday and how it will be rolled out in Malta 21 December 2020, 5:01pm by Karl Azzopardi Malta will receive its first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Boxing Day and inoculation starts on the following day The announcement comes following the European Medicine’s Authority’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTe...

Health authorities are to introduce new gene sequencing tests to identify any further strains of COVID-19 after a highly-infectious variant of the virus was detected in the UK. Health Minister Chris Fearne said that samples would be taken from some of the 1,493 people with the virus in an effort to map out the scope of the disease in Malta with more detail.  So far the UK variant, known as VUI–202012/01, has not yet been detected in any of Maltas cases.  It is said to be up to 70 per cent ...

NORTH ATTLEBORO — Members of the town council got their first official look at an ambitious plan to reorganize public services and, for the most part, said they liked what they saw. Town Manager Michael Borg delivered an overview of his long-awaited plan to combine and streamline some offices at Monday’s virtual council meeting. The plan, which had its genesis with Borg’s hiring 18 months ago as the first town manager under the new charter, is aimed at making services “more ...

breaking news tonight, live. the florida panhandle. a newborn baby girl sleeping in the same bedroom with her parents, vanishes without a trace. halloween. the story becoming more distorted by the minute. bombshell, tonight in the last hours, cops blast into the home of the baby-sitter. and to their shock, discover a tiny baby shannon. just 11 pounds, trapped, hidden and locked inside a wooden chest. no bottle. no pillow. no stuffed toy. but miracle tonight is 7-month-old baby shannon,...