Healthcare Stock
A new war has erupted on social media thanks to Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk. Pledging to fight for transparency at the microblogging site, the billionaire raised eyebrows last month when he wrote – “Twitter is both a social media company and a crime scene“. The big boss of Tesla and SpaceX subsequently showed a […]
... written on Jan 19 2023Statistics show Japan has recorded 31.4 million cases and more than 62,000 deaths due to Covid-19. The figures don’t look too horribly bad compared with the United States that saw more than 100 million cases and more than 1 million deaths. However, the Coronavirus death rate has been on the uptrend in Japan. Even new […]
... written on Jan 16 2023China’s sudden reversal of its “Zero-Covid” policy has taken the world by storm. After micromanaging the Coronavirus pandemic for nearly 3 years, what actually caused the leadership of Xi Jinping to abandon the policy once hailed as proof of Beijing’s competency in containing the virus? Some said the Chinese president was finally convinced that it’s […]
... written on Dec 29 2022When Muhyiddin Yassin confronted Prime Minister Najib Razak over the infamous 1MDB scandal in 2015, he was sacked. However, the former deputy prime minister did not go against his boss because he was disgusted with the corruption and money laundering involving the 1Malaysia Development Bhd sovereign funds. Rather, power-hungry Muhyiddin saw an opportunity. Muhyiddin […]
... written on Dec 07 2022Donald Trump had been calling the Covid-19 as “China Virus” or “Chinese Plague” for months during his presidency. In his political rhetoric, he claimed that the virus was “sent by China”. Blaming the Chinese was a simple, yet effective tactic to divert gullible Americans attention from his mishandling of the pandemic. Unfortunately, he still lost […]
... written on Mar 24 2022Supermax Corp Bhd, a Malaysian medical glove maker that produces up to 2.4 billion pieces of gloves annually – accounting for 12% of the world demand – has scrapped a plan to purchase two pieces of freehold land in Setia Alam, Selangor. The company is no small potato as it supplies about 20% of gloves […]
... written on Feb 16 2022It may sound like Megatron – the villain and the supreme leader of the Decepticons, a faction of warmongering Transformers who seek to conquer their home planet of Cybertron, and the rest of the universe. But “Deltacron”, a Covid-19 new variant that possessed characteristics of Delta and Omicron variants, has raised eyebrows among scientists – […]
... written on Jan 11 2022The field and demand for registered nurses with advanced practice are growing by the day. An increase projection of 52% is stated to occur between 2020 and 2030. As a result of the phenomenal growth of this healthcare profession, many nurses are considering getting a master’s degree. It might interest you to know that there […]
... written on Jan 09 2022Omicron, the latest variant of Covid-19 has now spread to 57 countries, according to the WHO (World Health Organization). For now, however, Delta is still the dominant variant, particularly in the U.S. and Europe. But the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has predicted that the Omicron could become the dominant variant in Europe […]
... written on Dec 09 2021Merck has claimed on Friday (Oct 1) that the world’s first pill to treat the notorious Covid-19 has been developed. The drug, called “molnupiravir”, will be prescribed as 4 capsules twice-daily (8 pills per day) for five days – if the U.S. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) authorizes the drug to patients diagnosed with Covid-19. […]
... written on Oct 01 2021