Coronavirus brain drain is a real concern
DR. THEODORE KARASIK January 23, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/7n7ah Issues related to the aftermath of COVID-19 are tricky because of the many variables determining the speed of the planet’s recovery […]
Researchers on the Omicron Variant”We Are Playing with Fire”
Researchers on the Omicron Variant“We Are Playing with Fire” Scientists around the world are scrambling to find answers to critical questions about the new coronavirus variant, including whether vaccines are […]
Winter Worries: The Changing Virus
Winter WorriesThe Changing Virus As winter approaches, experts are concerned that more contagious variants of the coronavirus could emerge. Measure to prevent the spread of the virus, they say, will […]
German Officials Fear Increase in Pandemic-Fueled Radicalism in Wake of Murder
“Armed Resistance, Go Underground”German Officials Fear Increase in Pandemic-Fueled Radicalism in Wake of Murder A man arrested for shooting and killing a 20-year-old gas station cashier last week appears to […]
Indonesia to decide on COVID-19 curbs, survey shows public trust falling
By Stanley Widianto Posted on July 19, 2021 Amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Surabaya JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s government is set to decide whether to extend the […]
Colonial-era privilege is hampering the fight against COVID-19
JOSEPH DANAJuly 02, 2021 22:22467 Short Url https://arab.news/522gf High rates of vaccination and the hot summer weather in the Northern Hemisphere have given many in the West new hope for an […]
England’s coronavirus death rates twice as high in Muslims as in Christians: Report
Short Url https://arab.news/g6yr5 Data from the UK’s statistics office also revealed that atheists were the least likely to die, on average, from COVID-19 Ethnicity and faith are difficult to […]
PAKISTAN: A critical phase
A critical phase Editorial Published May 1, 2021 – DAWN.COM THE coming weeks are critical for Pakistan’s Covid-19 response. With a national positivity ratio of 10pc and an average of over 150 […]
Let’s Not Medicalise Misery?
HEALTH 20th March 2021 Sarah Waseem, UK As we move through 2021 things are beginning to look more hopeful. The Covid19 pandemic which has wreaked havoc on our global economies […]
A painful lost year
Mar 09,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY The second week in March marks two devastating anniversaries. On March 11, 2020, Eileen, my beloved wife of 51 years, passed […]
UK government plans night-time Ramadan vaccine drive
Abida Bi receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from nurse Zenub Mahood, at Bradford Central Mosque in Bradford, Britain, February 25, 2021. (Reuters) Campaigner tells Arab News he welcomes “proactive” […]
Vaccine solidarity now
Feb 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jose Manuel Barroso GENEVA — The arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in late 2020 brought fresh hope that the end of the pandemic […]
Reflections on a plague year
Feb 14,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Jim O’Neill LONDON — It is probably premature to offer an assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s possible consequences, not least because there may well […]
The Creeping Return of Anti-Semitism to Munich: “We Can Never Again Be Silent”
“We Can Never Again Be Silent” The Creeping Return of Anti-Semitism to Munich The German state of Bavaria has become home to a rising number of anti-Semitic incidents, with many […]
Will Pakistan get Covid vaccines from India?
Soutik Biswas India correspondent https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/9B15/production/_116710793_mediaitem116710791.jpg Pakistan has recorded more than 530,000 Covid infections so far Next week, Pakistan plans to launch its immunisation programme against Covid, starting with health workers getting jabs of free doses of a China-made vaccine. Next door, arch-rival India began one of the world’s biggest inoculation […]
Israel no role model for COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Author RAY HANANIA January 27, 2021 A man receives a vaccination at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on New Year’s Eve. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/z7zjh Israel is being celebrated […]
Don’t fall for COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies, warns Muslim scholar
A protester holds up a placard at a demonstration in London in October against mandatory vaccinations. A leading Muslim scholar in Canada warned people not to believe conspiracy theories about […]
Arabs education: Doing well, could do better
Author NIDHAL GUESSOUM January 17, 2021 Zeina Amro attends an online class at home due to the coronavirus in the West Bank village of Dura near Hebron. (File/AFP) Short Url […]
“To See People Finally Benefitting from Our Work Is Really Moving”
BioNTech Founders Türeci and Şahin on the Battle against COVID-19 In a DER SPIEGEL interview, BioNTech founders Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin discuss the development of the world’s first COVID-19 […]
I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like — this is what I learned
In the months that followed, I learned many things. Most importantly, I learned there is no “going back to normal.” Adil Najam Back in March, my colleagues at the Frederick […]