• 03/13/2025

Taiwan college students drinking less alcohol, government survey finds

Taipei, May 9 (CNA) University students in Taiwan are drinking less alcohol than they were two years ago, though one in seven still reported drinking excessively in the last month, according to survey results published Tuesday by the Health Promotion Administration (HPA). https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202305090020

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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal Exelixis, Fleury and more featured in the latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-care-roundup-market-talk-30e4a67b

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First plum rain front in 2023 eases drought in central Taiwan

Taipei, May 9 (CNA) The Water Resources Agency (WRA) estimated Tuesday that the first plum rain front this year deposited nearly 20 million cubic meters of water in reservoirs across central Taiwan, slightly alleviating the drought in the area. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305090019

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Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. https://www.wsj.com/articles/energy-utilities-roundup-market-talk-29ff973a

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Russian propagandist records “victorious” video from hospital ward after being injured in car explosion

Pravda Ukraine Zakhar Prilepin, a Ukrainophobic writer and member of the political party A Just Russia – For Truth, who was injured when the car he was driving exploded, has recorded his first video from the hospital ward and declared that he would continue to defeat everyone in the future. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/9/7401364/

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Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk

Wall Street Journal Dish Network, IMAX and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-media-telecom-roundup-market-talk-f5202cb9

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NIH restarts bat virus research grant that funded Wuhan lab, coronavirus testing

Fox News The National Institute of Health (NIH) has restarted the bat virus research grant it canceled three years ago under former President Trump’s administration. The original 2014 version of the grant funded research into mixing various bat viruses to study severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the coronavirus that caused an outbreak in the early…

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COVID-19 subvariant XBB set to drive new surge through July: CDC

Taiwan, May 9 (CNA) COVID-19 subvariant XBB may become dominant in Taiwan very soon, creating a new surge of the disease through early July, a senior official with the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305090018

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