WHO Issues COVID-19 Digital ‘Vaccine Pass’ Guidelines – But Stresses These Should Not be Requirements for Travel 30/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued technical guidelines for the development of digital COVID-19 ‘vaccine certificates’, it has stressed that these should not be a prerequisite for international travel. At the release of the technical guidelines last Friday (27 August), the WHO stated that it “does not support the requirement of proof of […] Continue reading -> Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Over Half the World’s Children 23/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan One billion children – almost half the world’s children – live in 33 countries that are at an “extremely high-risk” from the impacts of climate change including heatwaves, cyclones, air pollution, flooding and water scarcity. This is according to UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) which provides the first global comprehensive view of children’s exposure […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Weighs Heavily on Young People’s Mental Health 12/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan International Youth Day – Loneliness, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and job losses. These are some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is weighing on children and young adults who have been isolated from friends, leisure activity and job opportunities by lockdowns and social distancing. Over 1.5 million children have also lost their parents […] Continue reading -> WHO-led Trial Will Test Malaria and Cancer Medicines Against COVID-19 11/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Three medicines currently being used to treat malaria, cancer and immune deficiencies are being tested on hospitalised patients with COVID-19 to see whether they can be repurposed to address the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. “These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Johnson & Johnson Presents New Data to Support Booster for its COVID-19 Vaccine 26/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Johnson & Johnson has joined other vaccine producers in advocating for a booster shot for its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which is being rolled out particularly in low-income African countries that had hoped to only vaccinate citizens once. The company made the announcement on Wednesday, following the results of interim data from two Phase 1/2a studies […] Continue reading -> Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Over Half the World’s Children 23/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan One billion children – almost half the world’s children – live in 33 countries that are at an “extremely high-risk” from the impacts of climate change including heatwaves, cyclones, air pollution, flooding and water scarcity. This is according to UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) which provides the first global comprehensive view of children’s exposure […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Weighs Heavily on Young People’s Mental Health 12/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan International Youth Day – Loneliness, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and job losses. These are some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is weighing on children and young adults who have been isolated from friends, leisure activity and job opportunities by lockdowns and social distancing. Over 1.5 million children have also lost their parents […] Continue reading -> WHO-led Trial Will Test Malaria and Cancer Medicines Against COVID-19 11/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Three medicines currently being used to treat malaria, cancer and immune deficiencies are being tested on hospitalised patients with COVID-19 to see whether they can be repurposed to address the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. “These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Without Adequate Funding, World is Vulnerable to ‘Prolonged’ COVID-19 Pandemic 25/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Global health security is dangerously underfunded, making the world vulnerable to a “prolonged COVID-19 pandemic with repeated waves affecting all countries” and future pandemics, Singaporean Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing on Wednesday. Shanmugaratnam, who co-chairs the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness […] Continue reading -> Climate Change Threatens Over Half the World’s Children 23/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan One billion children – almost half the world’s children – live in 33 countries that are at an “extremely high-risk” from the impacts of climate change including heatwaves, cyclones, air pollution, flooding and water scarcity. This is according to UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) which provides the first global comprehensive view of children’s exposure […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Weighs Heavily on Young People’s Mental Health 12/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan International Youth Day – Loneliness, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and job losses. These are some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is weighing on children and young adults who have been isolated from friends, leisure activity and job opportunities by lockdowns and social distancing. Over 1.5 million children have also lost their parents […] Continue reading -> WHO-led Trial Will Test Malaria and Cancer Medicines Against COVID-19 11/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Three medicines currently being used to treat malaria, cancer and immune deficiencies are being tested on hospitalised patients with COVID-19 to see whether they can be repurposed to address the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. “These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Climate Change Threatens Over Half the World’s Children 23/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan One billion children – almost half the world’s children – live in 33 countries that are at an “extremely high-risk” from the impacts of climate change including heatwaves, cyclones, air pollution, flooding and water scarcity. This is according to UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) which provides the first global comprehensive view of children’s exposure […] Continue reading -> ‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Weighs Heavily on Young People’s Mental Health 12/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan International Youth Day – Loneliness, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and job losses. These are some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is weighing on children and young adults who have been isolated from friends, leisure activity and job opportunities by lockdowns and social distancing. Over 1.5 million children have also lost their parents […] Continue reading -> WHO-led Trial Will Test Malaria and Cancer Medicines Against COVID-19 11/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Three medicines currently being used to treat malaria, cancer and immune deficiencies are being tested on hospitalised patients with COVID-19 to see whether they can be repurposed to address the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. “These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Fractionation’ Proposed to Address Vaccine Shortages, as Pharma Makes Case for Boosters 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan As wealthy countries opt to give third COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to vulnerable citizens, some researchers have called instead for “fractional doses” to stretch the scarce resources. “If you have two million doses of vaccine, you can give that as two doses to one million people. But what about if you gave fractional doses?” asked […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Weighs Heavily on Young People’s Mental Health 12/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan International Youth Day – Loneliness, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and job losses. These are some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is weighing on children and young adults who have been isolated from friends, leisure activity and job opportunities by lockdowns and social distancing. Over 1.5 million children have also lost their parents […] Continue reading -> WHO-led Trial Will Test Malaria and Cancer Medicines Against COVID-19 11/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Three medicines currently being used to treat malaria, cancer and immune deficiencies are being tested on hospitalised patients with COVID-19 to see whether they can be repurposed to address the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. “These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research 13/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward. The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). While […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Weighs Heavily on Young People’s Mental Health 12/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan International Youth Day – Loneliness, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and job losses. These are some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is weighing on children and young adults who have been isolated from friends, leisure activity and job opportunities by lockdowns and social distancing. Over 1.5 million children have also lost their parents […] Continue reading -> WHO-led Trial Will Test Malaria and Cancer Medicines Against COVID-19 11/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Three medicines currently being used to treat malaria, cancer and immune deficiencies are being tested on hospitalised patients with COVID-19 to see whether they can be repurposed to address the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. “These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Weighs Heavily on Young People’s Mental Health 12/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan International Youth Day – Loneliness, depression, anxiety, substance abuse and job losses. These are some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is weighing on children and young adults who have been isolated from friends, leisure activity and job opportunities by lockdowns and social distancing. Over 1.5 million children have also lost their parents […] Continue reading -> WHO-led Trial Will Test Malaria and Cancer Medicines Against COVID-19 11/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Three medicines currently being used to treat malaria, cancer and immune deficiencies are being tested on hospitalised patients with COVID-19 to see whether they can be repurposed to address the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. “These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO-led Trial Will Test Malaria and Cancer Medicines Against COVID-19 11/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Three medicines currently being used to treat malaria, cancer and immune deficiencies are being tested on hospitalised patients with COVID-19 to see whether they can be repurposed to address the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. “These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Therapeutics Must be Shared to Avoid Replicating Vaccine Inequality, Warns DNDi 06/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan Much more global attention needs to be paid to developing early therapeutics to protect patients with COVID-19 from “hospitalisation, intensive care, or worse”, according to a report from Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) released on Thursday. In addition, the few innovative treatments that exist are mostly available in high-income countries, and DNDi warns that […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls for G20 Support for Moratorium on COVID Vaccine Boosters Until End of September 04/08/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September to enable a minimum of 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. Making the appeal at the WHO’s COVID-19 media briefing on Wednesday, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Gheybreysus said support for […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts