Human Rights Activists Slam Uganda’s New Anti-Gay Law: Call for President Yoweri Museveni To Cancel Legislation 11/05/2021 Esther Nakkazi KAMPALA – A chorus of human rights organizations, joined by the United Nations, have condemned Uganda’s controversial law that criminalizes same-sex relationships, sex work and imposes mandatory HIV testing on people accused of rape – calling on the east-central African country to amend the law as it would violate human rights standards and undermine public […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Treaty Proposal to go before WHO Member States this Week 10/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan The draft of a landmark resolution to establish a global “Pandemic Treaty” will be put to World Health Organization (WHO) member states this week in preparation for the World Health Assembly beginning 24 May, Jaouad Mahjour, WHO Assistant Director-General Emergency Preparedness, told a panel in Geneva Monday. The proposal for the Pandemic Treaty – […] Continue reading -> WHO Upgrades Virus Mutation Driving India’s COVID Surge To ‘Variant of Concern’ – Global Cases Start To ‘Plateau’ 10/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to classify the B1.617 variant first identified in India as a “variant of concern”, according to Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO lead on COVID-19. “There is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of B1.617,” Van Kerkhove explained to the WHO’s biweekly media briefing on Monday. In addition, a […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For Pharma Transparency In Clinical Trial Data Reporting 07/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a far-reaching statement, WHO and the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) called on the pharma industry to provide much wider access to clinical data for all new medicines and vaccines approved, or under review, and even those that had been rejected. “Clinical trial reports should be published without redaction of confidential information […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Vaccine Effective Against Variants – Moderna Booster Shows Promise 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Pfizer on Friday became the first pharma company to apply for full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA. The announcement also followed the publication of two studies which found that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against two major SARS-CoV2 variants of concern. Moderna plans to follow suit […] Continue reading -> True COVID-19 Deaths Close to 7 million, Says Key Global Institute 07/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost seven million people are estimated to have died of COVID-19 globally based on “excess mortality” statistics, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which announced on Friday that it would now be using these statistics rather than official death rates. This “major change in how we think about the number of […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine Gets WHO Green Light – Positioning It To Resupply COVAX Global Vaccine Facility 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine became the latest COVID-19 vaccine to receive an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday; experts said the vaccine showed an overall efficacy rate of 79% in preventing symptomatic and serious disease. The WHO approval positions Sinopharm to become a major player in the COVAX global facility. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Reporting: Global Arrests While Over 200 Indian Journalists Have Died of COVID-19 07/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial journalism is to counter the rapid spread of inaccurate information and to hold governments accountable, a diverse panel of leading journalists noted on Thursday, a few days after World Press Freedom Day. Sometimes that story-telling saves lives, but it can also come at a high personal cost to […] Continue reading -> MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Treaty Proposal to go before WHO Member States this Week 10/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan The draft of a landmark resolution to establish a global “Pandemic Treaty” will be put to World Health Organization (WHO) member states this week in preparation for the World Health Assembly beginning 24 May, Jaouad Mahjour, WHO Assistant Director-General Emergency Preparedness, told a panel in Geneva Monday. The proposal for the Pandemic Treaty – […] Continue reading -> WHO Upgrades Virus Mutation Driving India’s COVID Surge To ‘Variant of Concern’ – Global Cases Start To ‘Plateau’ 10/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to classify the B1.617 variant first identified in India as a “variant of concern”, according to Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO lead on COVID-19. “There is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of B1.617,” Van Kerkhove explained to the WHO’s biweekly media briefing on Monday. In addition, a […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For Pharma Transparency In Clinical Trial Data Reporting 07/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a far-reaching statement, WHO and the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) called on the pharma industry to provide much wider access to clinical data for all new medicines and vaccines approved, or under review, and even those that had been rejected. “Clinical trial reports should be published without redaction of confidential information […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Vaccine Effective Against Variants – Moderna Booster Shows Promise 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Pfizer on Friday became the first pharma company to apply for full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA. The announcement also followed the publication of two studies which found that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against two major SARS-CoV2 variants of concern. Moderna plans to follow suit […] Continue reading -> True COVID-19 Deaths Close to 7 million, Says Key Global Institute 07/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost seven million people are estimated to have died of COVID-19 globally based on “excess mortality” statistics, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which announced on Friday that it would now be using these statistics rather than official death rates. This “major change in how we think about the number of […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine Gets WHO Green Light – Positioning It To Resupply COVAX Global Vaccine Facility 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine became the latest COVID-19 vaccine to receive an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday; experts said the vaccine showed an overall efficacy rate of 79% in preventing symptomatic and serious disease. The WHO approval positions Sinopharm to become a major player in the COVAX global facility. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Reporting: Global Arrests While Over 200 Indian Journalists Have Died of COVID-19 07/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial journalism is to counter the rapid spread of inaccurate information and to hold governments accountable, a diverse panel of leading journalists noted on Thursday, a few days after World Press Freedom Day. Sometimes that story-telling saves lives, but it can also come at a high personal cost to […] Continue reading -> MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Upgrades Virus Mutation Driving India’s COVID Surge To ‘Variant of Concern’ – Global Cases Start To ‘Plateau’ 10/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to classify the B1.617 variant first identified in India as a “variant of concern”, according to Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO lead on COVID-19. “There is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of B1.617,” Van Kerkhove explained to the WHO’s biweekly media briefing on Monday. In addition, a […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls For Pharma Transparency In Clinical Trial Data Reporting 07/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a far-reaching statement, WHO and the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) called on the pharma industry to provide much wider access to clinical data for all new medicines and vaccines approved, or under review, and even those that had been rejected. “Clinical trial reports should be published without redaction of confidential information […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Vaccine Effective Against Variants – Moderna Booster Shows Promise 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Pfizer on Friday became the first pharma company to apply for full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA. The announcement also followed the publication of two studies which found that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against two major SARS-CoV2 variants of concern. Moderna plans to follow suit […] Continue reading -> True COVID-19 Deaths Close to 7 million, Says Key Global Institute 07/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost seven million people are estimated to have died of COVID-19 globally based on “excess mortality” statistics, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which announced on Friday that it would now be using these statistics rather than official death rates. This “major change in how we think about the number of […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine Gets WHO Green Light – Positioning It To Resupply COVAX Global Vaccine Facility 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine became the latest COVID-19 vaccine to receive an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday; experts said the vaccine showed an overall efficacy rate of 79% in preventing symptomatic and serious disease. The WHO approval positions Sinopharm to become a major player in the COVAX global facility. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Reporting: Global Arrests While Over 200 Indian Journalists Have Died of COVID-19 07/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial journalism is to counter the rapid spread of inaccurate information and to hold governments accountable, a diverse panel of leading journalists noted on Thursday, a few days after World Press Freedom Day. Sometimes that story-telling saves lives, but it can also come at a high personal cost to […] Continue reading -> MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls For Pharma Transparency In Clinical Trial Data Reporting 07/05/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a far-reaching statement, WHO and the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) called on the pharma industry to provide much wider access to clinical data for all new medicines and vaccines approved, or under review, and even those that had been rejected. “Clinical trial reports should be published without redaction of confidential information […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Vaccine Effective Against Variants – Moderna Booster Shows Promise 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Pfizer on Friday became the first pharma company to apply for full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA. The announcement also followed the publication of two studies which found that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against two major SARS-CoV2 variants of concern. Moderna plans to follow suit […] Continue reading -> True COVID-19 Deaths Close to 7 million, Says Key Global Institute 07/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost seven million people are estimated to have died of COVID-19 globally based on “excess mortality” statistics, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which announced on Friday that it would now be using these statistics rather than official death rates. This “major change in how we think about the number of […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine Gets WHO Green Light – Positioning It To Resupply COVAX Global Vaccine Facility 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine became the latest COVID-19 vaccine to receive an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday; experts said the vaccine showed an overall efficacy rate of 79% in preventing symptomatic and serious disease. The WHO approval positions Sinopharm to become a major player in the COVAX global facility. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Reporting: Global Arrests While Over 200 Indian Journalists Have Died of COVID-19 07/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial journalism is to counter the rapid spread of inaccurate information and to hold governments accountable, a diverse panel of leading journalists noted on Thursday, a few days after World Press Freedom Day. Sometimes that story-telling saves lives, but it can also come at a high personal cost to […] Continue reading -> MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pfizer Vaccine Effective Against Variants – Moderna Booster Shows Promise 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Pfizer on Friday became the first pharma company to apply for full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA. The announcement also followed the publication of two studies which found that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against two major SARS-CoV2 variants of concern. Moderna plans to follow suit […] Continue reading -> True COVID-19 Deaths Close to 7 million, Says Key Global Institute 07/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost seven million people are estimated to have died of COVID-19 globally based on “excess mortality” statistics, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which announced on Friday that it would now be using these statistics rather than official death rates. This “major change in how we think about the number of […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine Gets WHO Green Light – Positioning It To Resupply COVAX Global Vaccine Facility 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine became the latest COVID-19 vaccine to receive an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday; experts said the vaccine showed an overall efficacy rate of 79% in preventing symptomatic and serious disease. The WHO approval positions Sinopharm to become a major player in the COVAX global facility. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Reporting: Global Arrests While Over 200 Indian Journalists Have Died of COVID-19 07/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial journalism is to counter the rapid spread of inaccurate information and to hold governments accountable, a diverse panel of leading journalists noted on Thursday, a few days after World Press Freedom Day. Sometimes that story-telling saves lives, but it can also come at a high personal cost to […] Continue reading -> MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
True COVID-19 Deaths Close to 7 million, Says Key Global Institute 07/05/2021 Kerry Cullinan Almost seven million people are estimated to have died of COVID-19 globally based on “excess mortality” statistics, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which announced on Friday that it would now be using these statistics rather than official death rates. This “major change in how we think about the number of […] Continue reading -> Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine Gets WHO Green Light – Positioning It To Resupply COVAX Global Vaccine Facility 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine became the latest COVID-19 vaccine to receive an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday; experts said the vaccine showed an overall efficacy rate of 79% in preventing symptomatic and serious disease. The WHO approval positions Sinopharm to become a major player in the COVAX global facility. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Reporting: Global Arrests While Over 200 Indian Journalists Have Died of COVID-19 07/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial journalism is to counter the rapid spread of inaccurate information and to hold governments accountable, a diverse panel of leading journalists noted on Thursday, a few days after World Press Freedom Day. Sometimes that story-telling saves lives, but it can also come at a high personal cost to […] Continue reading -> MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Chinese Sinopharm Vaccine Gets WHO Green Light – Positioning It To Resupply COVAX Global Vaccine Facility 07/05/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine became the latest COVID-19 vaccine to receive an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday; experts said the vaccine showed an overall efficacy rate of 79% in preventing symptomatic and serious disease. The WHO approval positions Sinopharm to become a major player in the COVAX global facility. […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Reporting: Global Arrests While Over 200 Indian Journalists Have Died of COVID-19 07/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial journalism is to counter the rapid spread of inaccurate information and to hold governments accountable, a diverse panel of leading journalists noted on Thursday, a few days after World Press Freedom Day. Sometimes that story-telling saves lives, but it can also come at a high personal cost to […] Continue reading -> MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Reporting: Global Arrests While Over 200 Indian Journalists Have Died of COVID-19 07/05/2021 Svĕt Lustig Vijay The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how crucial journalism is to counter the rapid spread of inaccurate information and to hold governments accountable, a diverse panel of leading journalists noted on Thursday, a few days after World Press Freedom Day. Sometimes that story-telling saves lives, but it can also come at a high personal cost to […] Continue reading -> MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
MSF Calls On COVID-19 Test Manufacturer To Further Slash Prices 07/05/2021 Editorial team Humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on US diagnostics corporation Cepheid, which produces the GeneXpert testing machines that run COVID-19 tests, to immediately reduce the prices for the tests to allow for more people to be diagnosed as the pandemic continues to ravage parts of the world. MSF’s plea comes after Cepheid on […] Continue reading -> Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Seychelles COVID-19 Mystery: Spike in Positive Cases Despite 70% Vaccination 07/05/2021 Paul Adepoju A significant surge in COVID-19 cases in the tropical island of Seychelles, despite almost 70% of the population having been vaccinated, is baffling health officials while residents are calling for stricter law enforcement, especially for tourists. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently working with health officials on the island to analyse the latest […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts