Patrick Galey

A bottle containing the drug Remdesivir is shown by a health worker at the Institute of Infectology of Kenezy Gyula Teaching Hospital of the University of Debrecen in Debrecen, Hungary, October 15, 2020. (Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP)

November 20, 2020, 1:44 pm

WHO advises against using drug remdesivir for treating COVID patients

UN organization claims the medicine, which has received approval as a coronavirus treatment from several health agencies, has ‘no important effect’ on improving survival chances

By Patrick Galey

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus stands on a hilltop at a public park in Beijing, Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

October 14, 2020, 1:29 pm

Pandemic caused steepest emissions drop in modern history — study

But ‘unprecedented’ dip won’t help the climate emergency in the long term, researchers warn

By Patrick Galey

A woman undergoes a swab test for coronavirus at a drive-through testing site of the Santa Maria della Pieta hospital in Rome on October 12, 2020. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)

October 13, 2020, 7:44 pm

Coronavirus reinfections are possible. Are they cause to worry?

Researcher warns development means aiming for herd immunity ‘too dangerous,’ says vaccines need to generate longer-lasting immunity in people than infection

By Patrick Galey

Illustrative: Marie L'Hoest, wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus, breastfeeds her newborn daughter Anouk at the MontLegia CHC hospital in Liege, Belgium, Friday, June 26, 2020.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

July 10, 2020, 4:50 pm

‘Strong evidence’ mothers can transmit coronavirus to newborns

Researchers in Italy studied 31 pregnant women hospitalized with COVID-19, and found virus in an at-term placenta, umbilical cord, the vagina of one woman and in breast milk

By Patrick Galey

In this Nov. 26, 2014 file photo, the brain-scanning MRI machine that was used at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

July 8, 2020, 3:06 pm

Brain problems linked to even mild coronavirus infections, UK study finds

Team finds acute disseminated encephalomyelitis diagnoses not linked to severity of COVID-19; survey carried out on 43 patients hospitalized in confirmed or suspected virus cases

By Patrick Galey

A boy cries standing beside a relative being treated for tuberculosis at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

May 7, 2020, 6:06 pm

Millions at risk from other diseases pushed to margins by COVID-19 crisis

Health experts warn the coronavirus pandemic is already denying untold numbers of patients treatment for illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia and malaria

By Patrick Galey

Pedestrians exercise along the embankment in central London as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic on April 6, 2020. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

April 7, 2020, 9:04 pm

Study says Britain heading for 66,000 COVID-19 deaths, highest toll in Europe

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation makes grim projection, putting estimated eventual toll more than 3 times higher than Italy and Spain

By Patrick Galey

Children play on trees in the Kaudwane settlement outside the Kalahari Game Reserve, November 19, 2005 (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

October 29, 2019, 1:02 pm

New study traces humanity’s ‘homeland’ to ancient Botswana

Researchers use DNA samples combined with geographic distribution, archaeological and climate change data to come up with a genomic timeline

By Patrick Galey

The sun rises near power lines in Frankfurt, Germany, as a heat wave scorches Europe, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

July 27, 2019, 4:20 am

From Europe to the Arctic, temperature records tumble in 2019

Planet is getting hotter at a rate unparalleled in two millennia, and atmospheric CO2 levels are at their highest in 3 million years

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS and Patrick Galey

Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, delivers a speech during the opening of the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland, on December 3, 2018. (Janek SKARZYNSKI/AFP)

December 3, 2018, 1:41 pm

World ‘way off course,’ UN warns at crunch climate summit

Host country Poland, which is heavily reliant on energy from coal, is pushing for less aggressive agenda against fossil fuel dependence

By Patrick Galey

Illustrative photo of a scientist working with a microscope. (iStock)

October 2, 2018, 8:21 am

Child abuse leaves ‘molecular scars’ on victims, study finds

Scientists examining sperm of those who suffered from sexual assaults find tiny alteration in some parts of their DNA

By Patrick Galey

Catalan regional government president Carles Puigdemont leaves after a ceremony commemorating the 77th anniversary of the death of Catalan leader Lluis Companys at the Montjuic Cemetery in Barcelona, October 15, 2017. (AFP/PAU BARRENA)

October 16, 2017, 3:21 pm

Amid uncertainty, Spain gives Catalans 3 days to rethink independence

Separatist leader Puigdemont calls for dialogue with central government; Madrid first wants clear statement the territory is backing off secession

By Marianne Barriaux and Patrick Galey

Catalan regional government president Carles Puigdemont gives a speech at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona on October 10, 2017. (AFP Photo/Lluis Gene)

October 10, 2017, 10:09 pm

Catalan leader suspends independence declaration to allow ‘dialogue’

While stopping short of declaring outright secession, Carlos Puigdemont says he has ‘mandate of the people’ to secede from Spain

By Daniel BOSQUE and Patrick Galey

The chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen, announces on October 06, 2017 in Oslo, that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize goes to the nuclear disarmament group ICAN for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran. (AFP PHOTO / NTB Scanpix / Heiko JUNGE )

October 6, 2017, 12:17 pm

Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize

Award seen as a message to Trump who wants to rip up Iran agreement, but also no recognition for Iran nuclear deal architects who were the early favorites

By Patrick Galey and TOI staff

Amer, a Syrian refugee who takes weekly English classes at the American Academy in Nicosia, speaks with journalists on November 11, 2014 in the capital of the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. (photo credit: AFP/FLORIAN CHOBLET)

December 1, 2014, 7:46 am

Rescued Syria refugees stranded in Cyprus limbo

After open sea journey, many face tough choice of whether to apply for asylum on island or await a transfer to Europe that may never come

By Patrick Galey