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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 the United Campus of Malta, Birkirkara, Victor Grech and David Pace from Mater Dei Hospital and MCAS...

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. “We’re finding the 12 and 13 years boys and girls are particularly strong but across the board numbe...

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-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. Vaccine timeline: 27 December – Infectious Disease Unit nurse to be the fi...