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The Harvard economist looks at a post-pandemic world.

Ivermectin is seen as a repeat of hydroxychloroquine and not to be taken seriously. Belief in it, worthy only of derision.

Photo: Getty Images By Contributor 7th May 2021 The Covid-19 lockdown has taught us some lessons for Smoking Cessation writes Prof. Luke Clancy including the use of the Internet. And all those outside smoking areas should never be re-opened after the pandemic There is a serious need to consider the possible role of internet-based Smoking Cessation services, especially now during the current SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 pandemic. This is very much in line with national Tobacco Control policy, beca...

Interview: ‘Remdesivir doesn’t save lives – but desperate families demand that doctors prescribe it’ An interview with Dr Lancelot Pinto, consultant pulmonologist at Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital. A queue for remdesivir outside the Chemists Association office in Pune on April 9. | AFP Crowds of people outside pharmacies hoping to buy doses of the antiviral drug remdesivir have been among the defining images of the second wave of Covid-19 infections in India. The drug...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo The Director General of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Dr. Obi Adigwe has said that majority of Nigerians still have faith in the efficacy of traditional medicine, despite improvements made in development of modern healthcare system. Against the background of a major breakthrough made by the institute in the area of Phyto medicine development, Adigwe said that Nigeria is known to have thousands of plants with proven ethno pharmaceu...