The clinical trial in Turkey was much smaller than those of other major vaccine candidates, making the researchers’ claims for it less certain. Turkish officials announced Thursday that a vaccine from the Chinese company Sinovac has an efficacy rate of 91.25 percent, but the finding was based on preliminary results …
Read More »What Singaporeans Need To Know About COVID-19 Vaccines: How Safe And Effective Is It?
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced yesterday (December 14) that Singapore will enter Phase 3 of reopening on December 28. Despite the easing of restrictions in a controlled manner, PM Lee warned that we should not let our guards down. The pandemic is still raging and we might have to …
Read More »AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus Vaccine, Easy and Cheap to Produce, Appears Effective
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced on Monday that their inexpensive, easy-to-produce coronavirus vaccine appears effective, the latest in a string of encouraging results this month from leading vaccine developers. An early analysis of data from late-stage clinical trials found that AstraZeneca’s vaccine was either 62 percent or 90 …
Read More »Facialist Lesley Thornton’s 5 Tips For Effective Masking
If you’re going to trust anyone, especially with your skin, it should probably be Lesley Thornton. Her product line Klur started as a skincare studio named for the Swedish phrase “klura,” which roughly translates to “figure out.” And as an aesthetician, clients loved the way Thornton always took the time …
Read More »13 Unusual but Effective Ways to Save on Groceries
AboutLife / Shutterstock.com Maybe you’ve tried every frugal grocery hack in the book — things like always making a list, using coupons, learning the sales cycles and never going to the supermarket hungry. Or maybe you simply joined a warehouse club, where you can buy bulk groceries plus the occasional …
Read More »13 Effective Office Safety SOPs That Companies In M’sia Have Implemented During CMCO
Author’s Blurb: Thanks to the CMCO, some companies have begun returning to their offices with strict SOPs in place, following the guidelines set by the government. Over at Vulcan Post, we’re waiting out the entire MCO period and monitoring the situation before making a decision, but man, I do miss …
Read More »Can a coronavirus tracking app be both effective and privacy-centric?
On Monday the EU data protection watchdog called for the development of a single COVID-19 contact-tracing app that would be coordinated at European level. As it stands the spread of coronavirus over the past weeks has seen governments forced to develop and roll-out new technologies at a speed that previously …
Read More »Microworkouts: Effective, At Home Workouts In Two Minutes or Less
A lot of us get hung up on this idea of what an exercise session is supposed to look like. We think about driving over to the gym, squeezing into a crowded class, or working through a room full of complex contraptions, machines, and heavy plates. In our minds, it …
Read More »Effective Strategies for Making Extra Money From Home
The Simple Dollar started as a way for me to organize my own thoughts about our ongoing financial changes and perhaps as a way to make a few dollars on the side. I started writing down my thoughts, put a few ads up on the site and shared the link …
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