More Strokes Observed Among Young & Healthy COVID Patients – New Study Finds 29/04/2021 Editorial team A new study of stroke patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic, has found a higher rate of young and healthy stroke victims, as compared to averages before the pandemic began. The researchers in 136 hospitals across 32 nations found that some 25% of stroke patients who had also been sick with COVID-19, were under the […] Continue reading -> Unitaid Commemorates World Chagas Day With New Initiative To Prevent Mother-To-Child Transmission 15/04/2021 Editorial team In commemoration of World Chagas Disease Day, Unitaid and the Brazilian Ministry of Health launched a $19 million initiative to expand access to affordable diagnostics and treatments for women and newborns in four Latin American countries where Chagas disease is endemic – Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay. Transmitted by the blood-sucking triatomine bug called Trypanosoma […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> UK COVID-19 Variant Not Linked to Severe Disease or Reinfection – New Lancet Study 14/04/2021 Editorial team Two studies published by The Lancet Infectious Disease and The Lancet Public Health report that the United Kingdom’s dominant strain of the virus is not linked to more severe disease or death, and that there was no apparent increase in reinfection rate from the variant. The variant of SARS-CoV-2 2, B.1.1.7, emerged as the dominant […] Continue reading -> Ivermectin For COVID: Insignificant Results In Treatment Of Mild Cases – WHO Recommends Use Only In Clinical Trials 02/04/2021 Editorial team A recent trial of ivermectin, a mainstay treatment for the parasitic disease onchocerciasis for the past three decades, has failed to show significant impacts against COVID-19, a new study, published in JAMA, reports. The study by a group of researchers in Cali, Colombia found that the use of the antiparitic drug, typically used to treat onchocersiasis […] Continue reading -> Many South African Children Don’t Get TB Treatment Due to Diagnostic and Reporting Challenges 24/03/2021 Editorial team A recent doctoral study at the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre at Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa has shown that hospital-based intervention could help address the tuberculosis hospital reporting gap. The university said there were many children with tuberculosis that didn’t receive the necessary treatment because of challenges with diagnosis and reporting. “In South Africa, thousands […] Continue reading -> Wellcome Trust Pledges Further US $100 million to Accelerate Covid-19 Research 24/03/2021 Editorial team The Wellcome trust is pledging up to US $100 million (£70m/€80m) to accelerate Covid-19 research and development to ensure science keeps pace with the virus. The funding will help advance treatments and vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 tracking research in low and middle income countries. Announcing the funding on Wednesday, the trust said the rise and spread […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Unitaid Commemorates World Chagas Day With New Initiative To Prevent Mother-To-Child Transmission 15/04/2021 Editorial team In commemoration of World Chagas Disease Day, Unitaid and the Brazilian Ministry of Health launched a $19 million initiative to expand access to affordable diagnostics and treatments for women and newborns in four Latin American countries where Chagas disease is endemic – Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay. Transmitted by the blood-sucking triatomine bug called Trypanosoma […] Continue reading -> Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> UK COVID-19 Variant Not Linked to Severe Disease or Reinfection – New Lancet Study 14/04/2021 Editorial team Two studies published by The Lancet Infectious Disease and The Lancet Public Health report that the United Kingdom’s dominant strain of the virus is not linked to more severe disease or death, and that there was no apparent increase in reinfection rate from the variant. The variant of SARS-CoV-2 2, B.1.1.7, emerged as the dominant […] Continue reading -> Ivermectin For COVID: Insignificant Results In Treatment Of Mild Cases – WHO Recommends Use Only In Clinical Trials 02/04/2021 Editorial team A recent trial of ivermectin, a mainstay treatment for the parasitic disease onchocerciasis for the past three decades, has failed to show significant impacts against COVID-19, a new study, published in JAMA, reports. The study by a group of researchers in Cali, Colombia found that the use of the antiparitic drug, typically used to treat onchocersiasis […] Continue reading -> Many South African Children Don’t Get TB Treatment Due to Diagnostic and Reporting Challenges 24/03/2021 Editorial team A recent doctoral study at the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre at Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa has shown that hospital-based intervention could help address the tuberculosis hospital reporting gap. The university said there were many children with tuberculosis that didn’t receive the necessary treatment because of challenges with diagnosis and reporting. “In South Africa, thousands […] Continue reading -> Wellcome Trust Pledges Further US $100 million to Accelerate Covid-19 Research 24/03/2021 Editorial team The Wellcome trust is pledging up to US $100 million (£70m/€80m) to accelerate Covid-19 research and development to ensure science keeps pace with the virus. The funding will help advance treatments and vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 tracking research in low and middle income countries. Announcing the funding on Wednesday, the trust said the rise and spread […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gavi Receives $400 Million in Donations at High-Level Event To Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 15/04/2021 Editorial team In a vital step forward that will help accelerate global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Gavi, the vaccine alliance raised some $400 million in donations at a high-level event on Thursday, just a week after the global COVAX facility reached 100 countries with almost 40 million vaccine doses. The event was hosted by US Secretary of […] Continue reading -> UK COVID-19 Variant Not Linked to Severe Disease or Reinfection – New Lancet Study 14/04/2021 Editorial team Two studies published by The Lancet Infectious Disease and The Lancet Public Health report that the United Kingdom’s dominant strain of the virus is not linked to more severe disease or death, and that there was no apparent increase in reinfection rate from the variant. The variant of SARS-CoV-2 2, B.1.1.7, emerged as the dominant […] Continue reading -> Ivermectin For COVID: Insignificant Results In Treatment Of Mild Cases – WHO Recommends Use Only In Clinical Trials 02/04/2021 Editorial team A recent trial of ivermectin, a mainstay treatment for the parasitic disease onchocerciasis for the past three decades, has failed to show significant impacts against COVID-19, a new study, published in JAMA, reports. The study by a group of researchers in Cali, Colombia found that the use of the antiparitic drug, typically used to treat onchocersiasis […] Continue reading -> Many South African Children Don’t Get TB Treatment Due to Diagnostic and Reporting Challenges 24/03/2021 Editorial team A recent doctoral study at the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre at Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa has shown that hospital-based intervention could help address the tuberculosis hospital reporting gap. The university said there were many children with tuberculosis that didn’t receive the necessary treatment because of challenges with diagnosis and reporting. “In South Africa, thousands […] Continue reading -> Wellcome Trust Pledges Further US $100 million to Accelerate Covid-19 Research 24/03/2021 Editorial team The Wellcome trust is pledging up to US $100 million (£70m/€80m) to accelerate Covid-19 research and development to ensure science keeps pace with the virus. The funding will help advance treatments and vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 tracking research in low and middle income countries. Announcing the funding on Wednesday, the trust said the rise and spread […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UK COVID-19 Variant Not Linked to Severe Disease or Reinfection – New Lancet Study 14/04/2021 Editorial team Two studies published by The Lancet Infectious Disease and The Lancet Public Health report that the United Kingdom’s dominant strain of the virus is not linked to more severe disease or death, and that there was no apparent increase in reinfection rate from the variant. The variant of SARS-CoV-2 2, B.1.1.7, emerged as the dominant […] Continue reading -> Ivermectin For COVID: Insignificant Results In Treatment Of Mild Cases – WHO Recommends Use Only In Clinical Trials 02/04/2021 Editorial team A recent trial of ivermectin, a mainstay treatment for the parasitic disease onchocerciasis for the past three decades, has failed to show significant impacts against COVID-19, a new study, published in JAMA, reports. The study by a group of researchers in Cali, Colombia found that the use of the antiparitic drug, typically used to treat onchocersiasis […] Continue reading -> Many South African Children Don’t Get TB Treatment Due to Diagnostic and Reporting Challenges 24/03/2021 Editorial team A recent doctoral study at the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre at Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa has shown that hospital-based intervention could help address the tuberculosis hospital reporting gap. The university said there were many children with tuberculosis that didn’t receive the necessary treatment because of challenges with diagnosis and reporting. “In South Africa, thousands […] Continue reading -> Wellcome Trust Pledges Further US $100 million to Accelerate Covid-19 Research 24/03/2021 Editorial team The Wellcome trust is pledging up to US $100 million (£70m/€80m) to accelerate Covid-19 research and development to ensure science keeps pace with the virus. The funding will help advance treatments and vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 tracking research in low and middle income countries. Announcing the funding on Wednesday, the trust said the rise and spread […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Ivermectin For COVID: Insignificant Results In Treatment Of Mild Cases – WHO Recommends Use Only In Clinical Trials 02/04/2021 Editorial team A recent trial of ivermectin, a mainstay treatment for the parasitic disease onchocerciasis for the past three decades, has failed to show significant impacts against COVID-19, a new study, published in JAMA, reports. The study by a group of researchers in Cali, Colombia found that the use of the antiparitic drug, typically used to treat onchocersiasis […] Continue reading -> Many South African Children Don’t Get TB Treatment Due to Diagnostic and Reporting Challenges 24/03/2021 Editorial team A recent doctoral study at the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre at Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa has shown that hospital-based intervention could help address the tuberculosis hospital reporting gap. The university said there were many children with tuberculosis that didn’t receive the necessary treatment because of challenges with diagnosis and reporting. “In South Africa, thousands […] Continue reading -> Wellcome Trust Pledges Further US $100 million to Accelerate Covid-19 Research 24/03/2021 Editorial team The Wellcome trust is pledging up to US $100 million (£70m/€80m) to accelerate Covid-19 research and development to ensure science keeps pace with the virus. The funding will help advance treatments and vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 tracking research in low and middle income countries. Announcing the funding on Wednesday, the trust said the rise and spread […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Many South African Children Don’t Get TB Treatment Due to Diagnostic and Reporting Challenges 24/03/2021 Editorial team A recent doctoral study at the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre at Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa has shown that hospital-based intervention could help address the tuberculosis hospital reporting gap. The university said there were many children with tuberculosis that didn’t receive the necessary treatment because of challenges with diagnosis and reporting. “In South Africa, thousands […] Continue reading -> Wellcome Trust Pledges Further US $100 million to Accelerate Covid-19 Research 24/03/2021 Editorial team The Wellcome trust is pledging up to US $100 million (£70m/€80m) to accelerate Covid-19 research and development to ensure science keeps pace with the virus. The funding will help advance treatments and vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 tracking research in low and middle income countries. Announcing the funding on Wednesday, the trust said the rise and spread […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Wellcome Trust Pledges Further US $100 million to Accelerate Covid-19 Research 24/03/2021 Editorial team The Wellcome trust is pledging up to US $100 million (£70m/€80m) to accelerate Covid-19 research and development to ensure science keeps pace with the virus. The funding will help advance treatments and vaccines and SARS-CoV-2 tracking research in low and middle income countries. Announcing the funding on Wednesday, the trust said the rise and spread […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Aspirin May Help Protect Against COVID-19 Infection & Serious Disease: New Peer-Reviewed Study Suggests 10/03/2021 Editorial team A study of people taking regular, low doses of aspirin found that the aspirin users were 29% less likely than others to test positive for COVID-19, as well as being less prone to serious disease and its “long COVID” after-effects. The new peer-reviewed study, published in The FEBS Journal of the Federation of European Biochemical […] Continue reading -> Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Fake COVID Vaccine Distribution Network In China Dismantled After Interpol Alert 04/03/2021 Editorial team LYON, France – Chinese police have successfully identified a network selling counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines as far away as Africa, raiding the manufacturing premises, arresting some 80 suspects, and seizing more than 3,000 fake vaccines on the scene, according to the global INTERPOL agency [International Criminal Police Organization]. The investigation was supported and facilitated by INTERPOL’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts