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UNITAID Aims To Reach 4.5 Million Covid-19 Patients In Low-Income Countries With Life-Saving Dexamethasone; Virus Transmission To Animals Is A Rising Concern
Emergency Response
Access to life-saving dexamethasone will be expanded to some 4.5 million COVID-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries through an advance ...
US Secures Most Of World’s Remdesivir For Next 3 Months; Swine Flu Variant Circulating In China Not A New Virus, Says WHO Experts
Infectious Diseases
The United States has secured almost all of Gilead Sciences’ projected production of remdesivir – an antiviral that was shown to ...
World Surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths; Medicines Access Experts Challenge US $2340 Per Remdesivir Treatment Course Price Set By Gilead For Developed Countries
Drug & Diagnostics Development
A six-vial five-day course of remdesivir – a promising COVID-19 treatment – will be priced at US $2340, or $390 per ...
Gender-Based Violence – The “Shadow Pandemic” Of COVID-19
Women’s, children & adolescent health
Ibadan, Nigeria – Twenty-two year-old Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, freshly admitted to university, had retreated to study in a church in the ...
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Can Smarter Subsidies Curb An Unhealthy Appetite For Fishing?
Health & Environment
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Fateful International Energy Agency Meeting Could Set Course For Climate Friendly COVID-19 Recovery… Or Not
A landmark meeting hosted next week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) will bring together major powers to debate the ...
01/07/2020
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promising Early Results; Induces Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers
A COVID-19 vaccine candidate under development by pharma giant Pfizer and biotech firm BioNTech showed promise in interim results released ...
World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins
The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, ...
30/06/2020
Can Smarter Subsidies Curb An Unhealthy Appetite For Fishing?
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South African Volunteers Join Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
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Africa Must Develop Its Own Solutions To COVID-19, Say Experts Across The Continent
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A Paradigm Shift To Improve Diets And Food System Resilience
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Africa
Eastern Mediterranean
Europe
Latin America & Caribbean
North America
South-East Asia
Western Pacific
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Gender-Based Violence – The “Shadow Pandemic” Of COVID-19
Women’s, children & adolescent health
South African Volunteers Join Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Medicines & Vaccines
Africa Must Develop Its Own Solutions To COVID-19, Say Experts Across The Continent
Medical Innovation
A Paradigm Shift To Improve Diets And Food System Resilience
Health & Environment
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