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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo records 14,946 new coronavirus cases
The seven-day average of new infection cases stands at 11,883.3 in Tokyo, up 7.6% week on week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 15,501 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases came to 11,805.6, compared with 10,827.0 a week earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 6, 2022
Long ICU stays lead to extended misery for many COVID survivors
The mechanical ventilation, anti-inflammatory drugs and other tools of modern medicine that help people beat severe cases of COVID-19 often come with harrowing aftereffects.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 5,388 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases came to 11,688.3, compared with 10,552.4 a week earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2022
Qatar World Cup spotlights health risks of a hotter planet
Researchers see a troubling pattern emerging among low-income migrants across the globe's hottest regions: an epidemic of chronic kidney disease.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 10,454 new cases
The seven-day average of new infection cases stood at 11,742.4 in Tokyo, up 13% week-on-week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 3, 2022
Japan enacts legislation to prepare for future pandemics
Parliament has enacted legislation to take steps in preparing for future pandemics, including establishing a new rule obliging major hospitals to offer beds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports over 11,200 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases rose 24.7% week on week to 11,762.4 in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2022
Amgen has a contender in the weight-loss drug wars
Amgen's obesity drug offers a new twist on proven methods to help people lose unwanted pounds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 117,778 cases, doubling last Thursday's total
The seven-day average of new cases came to 12,004.4, compared with 8,770.3 a week earlier.
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2022
Hokkaido's COVID-19 infections rise, but serious cases remain low
While Hokkaido is facing a strain on total available hospital beds, the percentage of those being used for seriously ill patients is small.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 14,399 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital rose 18.1% week-on-week to 11,048.3.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Hokkaido reports record 58 deaths as cases rise nationwide
In Tokyo, 14,680 new cases were confirmed Tuesday, up by about 1,900 from a week before.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2022
Scientists revive 48,500-year-old ‘zombie virus’ buried in ice
Scientists have long warned that the thawing of permafrost due to atmospheric warming will worsen climate change. But its effect on dormant pathogens is less well understood.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 29, 2022
Eisai and Biogen plunge after report of second death in Alzheimer’s trial
The case involved a 65-year-old woman who died of a massive brain hemorrhage after suffering a stroke and a type of brain swelling and bleeding in an Eisai trial, a report said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2022
WHO to use 'mpox' for monkeypox to tackle stigma
The WHO launched a public consultation process to find a new name for the disease earlier this year and received more than 200 proposals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 5,767 new cases
The seven-day average of new infection cases rose 20.7% week-on-week to 8,744.3.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 97,679 cases, up 20,700 from week earlier
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 10,388.4 compared with 8,659.4 a week earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2022
Next COVID-19 strain may be more dangerous, lab study shows
COVID-19 samples from an immunosupressed individual over six months showed that the virus evolved to become more pathogenic, the early study found.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2022
Keio University researchers seek approval for first uterus transplant in Japan
If approved, the procedure could pave the way for some women without a functional uterus to have a child without turning to surrogacy or adoption.

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