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Michelle Fay Cortez

ARTICLES BY MICHELLE FAY CORTEZ

Around the world, dozens of Covid-19 vaccines are in human clinical trials involving tens of thousands of people. (AP)

Race for coronavirus treatment hits reality as complications mount

4 min read . 14 Oct 2020

The daily official count reached 150,000 cases in mid-June, prompting World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to warn that the pandemic has entered “a new and dangerous phase.” (Photo: Reuters)

Global covid-19 cases hit 1 crore as pandemic gains momentum

3 min read . 28 Jun 2020

Salmon has been taken off the shelves in major supermarkets while top experts are warning people not to consume the omega-3 rich fish (Photo: iStock)

Very low risk of food spreading the coronavirus, say experts

2 min read . 17 Jun 2020

The malaria pill can cause heart issues, and the NIH panel warned of the potential for harm from the combination (Photo: Bloomberg)

US coronavirus guidelines reject Trump-backed drug combination

3 min read . 22 Apr 2020

Health officials check body temperatures of flyers arriving from Wuhan on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

China virus sparks global rush to track cases and contain spread

5 min read . 23 Jan 2020

Authorities are acting aggressively as the number of cases in China has grown to more than 300 and stretched to five additional countries, including the first diagnosis in the US. (Reuters)

US reports first case of Wuhan virus, sparking rush to contain Outbreak

4 min read . 22 Jan 2020

The findings come amid two critical trends in public health: a growing obesity epidemic and the slowing of progress made against heart disease. (Mint)

For diabetics, weight-loss surgery slashes the risk of death: Study

3 min read . 03 Sept 2019

John Bucher, a senior scientist with National Toxicology Program of US, said the tumours observed in the studies ‘are similar to tumours previously reported in some studies of frequent cellphone users.

High levels of mobile phone radiation linked to rare tumours in rats

3 min read . 03 Feb 2018

Gilead estimates that Medicare is responsible for about a third of eligible patients, which has left hospitals to decide whether to risk losing millions of dollars or turn down dying patients. Photo: Bloomberg

Novel cancer drug gets stymied by Medicare rigid billing system

4 min read . 16 Dec 2017

In a clinical trial of patients who’d mostly run out of treatment options, 83% of patients who took it saw their disease go into remission. Photo: iStock

Cancer breakthrough near FDA approval carries costly side effect

4 min read . 13 Jul 2017

AstraZeneca’s Lynparza drug was originally approved to treat ovarian tumours. Photo: Bloomberg

AstraZeneca’s Lynparza drug slows spread of inherited breast cancer

3 min read . 04 Jun 2017

Johnson & Johnson agreed to buy Abbott Laboratories’ eye-surgery equipment unit for $4.33 billion. Photo: Bloomberg

Johnson & Johnson to purchase Abbott’s eye surgery unit for $4.33 billion

2 min read . 17 Sept 2016

Merck’s Januvia, the top drug for the Kenilworth, New Jersey-based company, didn’t harm the heart in a study conducted to rule out any increased risk. Photo: Blomberg

Merck, Pfizer double size of diabetes drug study to catch rivals

3 min read . 11 Jun 2016

The new findings support the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s 2013 report concluding cellular phone radiation may cause cancer, the researchers said. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Mobile phone link to cancer stirred up by rat study findings

4 min read . 28 May 2016

Pfizer will limit sales to specific wholesalers and direct purchasers, who must then pledge not to resell the drugs to correctional institutions for use in executions. Photo: Reuters

Pfizer to restrict sales of seven drugs used in executions

1 min read . 14 May 2016

Pfizer and Allergan were reviewing the treasury department’s announcement Monday night. Photo: AFP

Pfizer-Allergan deal faces risk from US inversion rules

5 min read . 05 Apr 2016

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein. Photo: Bloomberg

Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s cancer diagnosis: 10 questions about Lymphomas

3 min read . 23 Sept 2015

The laboratory work enables scientists to more easily manipulate white fat cells, the bad kind that stores energy for later use and contributes to obesity and diabetes, according to the report in Nature Cell Biology.

Fat-burning pill closer to reality, Harvard Researchers say

2 min read . 09 Dec 2014

WHO and others are investigating whether survivors’ blood, which would contain antibodies, can be used to help hold off the disease in the current outbreak. Photo: Reuters

Ebola survivors turn caregivers, testing their immunity

3 min read . 24 Oct 2014

J&J raised its adjusted earnings forecast for the year to $5.92 to $5.97 a share, up from $5.85 to $5.92. Photo: Bloomberg

Johnson & Johnson third quarter profit rises on drug sales

2 min read . 14 Oct 2014