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Hazem Fallouh, a Syrian Surgeon in Britain, Wins Award for Innovation
Hazem Fallouh, a Syrian heart surgeon in the U.K., wins the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery’s Innovations award.
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Derelict Oil Tanker Off Yemen Poses Serious Health Threats, Scientists Say
A spill from the Yemeni tanker Safer, which has had no regular maintenance in five years, could cause mass deaths,…
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Study Finds Gene Linked to Higher Risk of Severe Covid-19
A recent study suggests a gene more prevalent in some ethnic groups increases the likelihood of potentially fatal complications of…
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Oral Covid-19 Drug Shows Promise, but Scientists Want More Data
Arab researchers are among those monitoring the effectiveness and safety of a new oral Covid-19 drug that could reduce hospitalisations…
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Basra Is Declared Free of Radioactive Contamination After 3 Years’ Work
Iraqi scientists who have been cleaning up contamination from weapons used in the Gulf Wars have concluded a three-year effort…
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Pandemic Has Huge Effect on Qatar’s Medical Research Institutions
The urgent shift to coronavirus studies had positive effects for Qatar’s medical research institutions, but at a cost to work…
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Nobel Laureate David Julius on Science: Persistence Pays Off
David Julius, a co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, talks about his research and the importance…
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Algeria Begins Producing a Coronavirus Vaccine
Algeria has launched an ambitious plan to vaccinate nearly 30 million of its citizens, by manufacturing the Chinese Sinovac vaccine…
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Nobel Laureate Ardem Patapoutian’s Path to the Prize Started in Beirut
Ardem Patapoutian, a co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine, was born in Lebanon. War shifted his studies and…
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Libya Lets Universities Reopen Based on Their Covid-19 Preparedness
Libya’s new assessment system gauges how well colleges can protect against Covid-19 before they are allowed to resume in-class teaching.
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