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Finnish wood pulp giant Stora Enso to leave viscose market after Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 31 (ANI): Finnish pulp and paper giant Stora Enso has announced that it will 'divest' from making the raw ingredient needed to produce wood-based viscose rayon fibre, amid reports of links between the company and forced labour in Xinjiang.
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Hypnosis changes the way our brain processes information: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 27 (ANI): A study led by researchers at the University of Turku showcased that the way our brain processes information is fundamentally altered during hypnosis.
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Finland retains title of World's Happiest Country
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 20 (ANI): Finland has taken the top spot for the fourth consecutive year as the happiest country in the world despite the global pandemic's devastating effects according to the UN-curated World Happiness Report 2021, published on Friday.
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Finland suspends use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after reporting case
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 20 (ANI): Finland on Friday suspended the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after two cases of blood clots were reported in people after receiving the dose.
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Here's how you can reduce risk of inflammatory bowel disease in your puppy
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 17 (ANI): Who doesn't want his or her pooch to be healthy and deprived of ailments such as inflammatory bowel disease? If you want your four-legged friend to stay away from such diseases, the findings of a new study may be of great help.
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Study finds potential mechanism underlying loss of muscle mass during meno
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], February 21 (ANI): Estrogen deficiency alters the microRNA signalling in skeletal muscle, which may activate signalling cascades leading to loss of muscle mass, suggest the findings of a study conducted in collaboration between the universities of Minnesota (USA) and Jyva
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Study reveals potential mechanism underlying loss of muscle mass during me
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], February 18 (ANI): A new study conducted in collaboration between the universities of Minnesota (USA) and Jyvaskyla (Finland) revealed that estrogen deficiency alters the microRNA signalling in skeletal muscle, which may activate signalling cascades leading to loss of mus
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Estonia receives first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Estonia has received the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company along with Oxford University, the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs said on Sunday.
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Finland not yet going to open borders for tourists, says Interior Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Finland is not going to open its borders for tourists in the near future, as the government is set to introduce some new coronavirus-related entry restrictions on Friday, Eriikka Koistinen, a spokeswoman for the Finnish Ministry of the Interior,
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Finland extends entry ban over COVID-19 to February 9
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], January 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Finland has extended its restrictions on entry from various countries, including Russia, until February 9, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease, the country's interior ministry said Thursday.
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Finland confirms first adverse reaction to Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The Finnish Medicines Agency has received the first report of an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus a week after Europe started its mass immunization campaign, the Finnish YLE broadcaster reported on Saturday.
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Study reveals living environment affects microbiota, health of both dogs a
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], December 20 (ANI): In urban environments, allergic diseases are more common among dogs and their owners compared to those living in rural areas. Simultaneous allergic traits appear to be associated with the microbes found in the environment, but microbes relevant to healt
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