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Kuala Lumpur ranked Southeast Asia's second-best city by Oxford Economics

May 22, 2024

Kuala Lumpur has been crowned the second-greatest city in the Southeast Asian region in the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index 2024.

‘Whole-School Approach’ curriculum to future readiness for schools in Thailand

December 06, 2023

Oxford University Press, a department of the University of Oxford hosted the event “Empowering today’s learners for tomorrow’s challenges” to introduce a whole-school approach to future- readiness for students aged 2 to 19.

Paxlovid clears Covid-19 more rapidly than molnupiravir, say researchers

MONDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2023

In the first-ever direct comparison between the two leading Covid antivirals molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid), researchers report in last week's Lancet Infectious Diseases that while both drugs worked, nirmatrelvir was more effective, clearing the virus from the throat more rapidly than molnupiravir.

COVID-19 vaccines continue to protect against death and hospitalization worldwide while boosters can help top up immunity for vulnerable

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Special interview with Professor Sir Andrew J. Pollard, FMedSci, Director of Oxford Vaccine Group and Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford

Covid With Omicron Isnt Same Disease, Oxford Scientist Says

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2021

The omicron variant thats taking the world by storm is not "the same disease we were seeing a year ago," a University of Oxford immunologist said, reinforcing reports about the strains milder nature.

AstraZeneca and Oxford making version of coronavirus vaccine that targets omicron

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2021

AstraZeneca and Oxford University have started developing a version of their coronavirus shot that targets omicron, as researchers study the efficacy of existing vaccines against the latest variant.

Omicron variant dents vaccine protection in Oxford study

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2021

The omicron variant dented the protection afforded by two doses of Pfizers and AstraZenecas covid vaccines as feared, researchers found, increasing the risk of infection.

Oxford High School shooting suspects parents arrested following manhunt

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 05, 2021

On the day of the shooting, the teens teacher saw an alarming note on the teens desk and took a photo of it. The parents were summoned to school, but failed to ask their son whether he had his gun with him and resisted the idea of their son leaving school at the time.

‘Vax’ is Oxford English Dictionary’s 2021 word of the year

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The word chosen by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as the word of the year is ‘Vax’.

Oxford-AstraZeneca begins a vaccine trial for children. It's the youngest group yet to be tested.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Oxford University announced Friday it started testing its coronavirus vaccine in children as young as six in a move that expands coronavirus vaccine trials to the youngest age group yet.

South Africa suspends Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout after researchers report 'minimal' protection against variant

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2021

LONDON - South Africa will suspend use of the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca after researchers found that it provided "minimal protection" against mild to moderate coronavirus infections caused by the new variant first detected in that country.

Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine may help prevent transmission, study finds

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2021

LONDON - The developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine report that it may help keep people from spreading the virus, offering a hopeful but uncertain answer to one of the great remaining questions of the pandemic.

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