Step Up And Speed Up TB Testing And Treatment: MSF Calls On Governments And Donors 17/11/2020 Editorial team Médecins Sans Frontières. As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to derail the global response to tuberculosis (TB), Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) called on governments to accelerate testing, treatment, and prevention for TB, and called on donors to provide the financial support needed to ensure increased access to new medical tools for diagnosing and treating […] Continue reading -> Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Increase In Africa’s COVID-19 Infections Not A ‘Second Wave’, Experts Say 13/11/2020 Maina Waruru Experts are reluctant to name the increase in COVID-19 cases in African countries a second wave, following lockdown relaxations in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Angola and Uganda. It is argued that the disease has so far mostly been an urban outbreak in Africa, and what is now being observed is an increasing spread in rural […] Continue reading -> Resolutions On Meningitis Elimination, NTDs Reduction, and Epilepsy Detection and Treatment Adopted at WHA 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin The close of the World Health Assembly (WHA), Friday, saw the adoption of the first-ever resolution to eliminate meningitis by 2030 – a disease which has its biggest impacts in sub-Saharan Africa, and with a 50 percent fatality rate if left untreated. The closing hours of the WHA also saw the approval of a landmark […] Continue reading -> Influenza: Reinforced Diagnostic and Surveillance Capacity Planned For Africa Outbreaks 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju Africa is set to establish a plan of preparedness and to compile influenza data sets with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to expand its surveillance of potential flu outbreaks. The African region has also called for the integration of influenza surveillance into an all-inclusive infectious disease surveillance system, and for the creation of a necessary […] Continue reading -> Distributing Future COVID-19 Vaccines Equitably Could Prevent 60% Of Deaths 05/11/2020 Editorial team Rather than hoarding vaccine supplies, rich countries that ensure global access to a new COVID-19 vaccine will pave the way to a larger reduction in pandemic related deaths worldwide, according to a new model developed by the Boston-based Northeastern University. Their findings reinforce the argument the World Health Organization and other global health leaders that […] Continue reading -> Novel SARS-CoV-2 variant spread across Europe in summer 2020 30/10/2020 Editorial team University of Basel. Researchers from Basel and Spain have identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant that has spread widely across Europe in recent months, according to an un-peer-reviewed preprint released this week in medRixv. While there is no evidence of this variant being more dangerous, its spread may give insights into the efficacy of travel policies […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Measles Incidence And Deaths Rising Globally – COVID-19 Exacerbates Trends 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Measles is on the rise globally, with a 50 percent increase in measles deaths from 2016 to 2019 and the highest number of reported cases in two decades, states a new joint report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization, published on Thursday. The increase […] Continue reading -> Increase In Africa’s COVID-19 Infections Not A ‘Second Wave’, Experts Say 13/11/2020 Maina Waruru Experts are reluctant to name the increase in COVID-19 cases in African countries a second wave, following lockdown relaxations in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Angola and Uganda. It is argued that the disease has so far mostly been an urban outbreak in Africa, and what is now being observed is an increasing spread in rural […] Continue reading -> Resolutions On Meningitis Elimination, NTDs Reduction, and Epilepsy Detection and Treatment Adopted at WHA 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin The close of the World Health Assembly (WHA), Friday, saw the adoption of the first-ever resolution to eliminate meningitis by 2030 – a disease which has its biggest impacts in sub-Saharan Africa, and with a 50 percent fatality rate if left untreated. The closing hours of the WHA also saw the approval of a landmark […] Continue reading -> Influenza: Reinforced Diagnostic and Surveillance Capacity Planned For Africa Outbreaks 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju Africa is set to establish a plan of preparedness and to compile influenza data sets with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to expand its surveillance of potential flu outbreaks. The African region has also called for the integration of influenza surveillance into an all-inclusive infectious disease surveillance system, and for the creation of a necessary […] Continue reading -> Distributing Future COVID-19 Vaccines Equitably Could Prevent 60% Of Deaths 05/11/2020 Editorial team Rather than hoarding vaccine supplies, rich countries that ensure global access to a new COVID-19 vaccine will pave the way to a larger reduction in pandemic related deaths worldwide, according to a new model developed by the Boston-based Northeastern University. Their findings reinforce the argument the World Health Organization and other global health leaders that […] Continue reading -> Novel SARS-CoV-2 variant spread across Europe in summer 2020 30/10/2020 Editorial team University of Basel. Researchers from Basel and Spain have identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant that has spread widely across Europe in recent months, according to an un-peer-reviewed preprint released this week in medRixv. While there is no evidence of this variant being more dangerous, its spread may give insights into the efficacy of travel policies […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Increase In Africa’s COVID-19 Infections Not A ‘Second Wave’, Experts Say 13/11/2020 Maina Waruru Experts are reluctant to name the increase in COVID-19 cases in African countries a second wave, following lockdown relaxations in South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Angola and Uganda. It is argued that the disease has so far mostly been an urban outbreak in Africa, and what is now being observed is an increasing spread in rural […] Continue reading -> Resolutions On Meningitis Elimination, NTDs Reduction, and Epilepsy Detection and Treatment Adopted at WHA 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin The close of the World Health Assembly (WHA), Friday, saw the adoption of the first-ever resolution to eliminate meningitis by 2030 – a disease which has its biggest impacts in sub-Saharan Africa, and with a 50 percent fatality rate if left untreated. The closing hours of the WHA also saw the approval of a landmark […] Continue reading -> Influenza: Reinforced Diagnostic and Surveillance Capacity Planned For Africa Outbreaks 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju Africa is set to establish a plan of preparedness and to compile influenza data sets with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to expand its surveillance of potential flu outbreaks. The African region has also called for the integration of influenza surveillance into an all-inclusive infectious disease surveillance system, and for the creation of a necessary […] Continue reading -> Distributing Future COVID-19 Vaccines Equitably Could Prevent 60% Of Deaths 05/11/2020 Editorial team Rather than hoarding vaccine supplies, rich countries that ensure global access to a new COVID-19 vaccine will pave the way to a larger reduction in pandemic related deaths worldwide, according to a new model developed by the Boston-based Northeastern University. Their findings reinforce the argument the World Health Organization and other global health leaders that […] Continue reading -> Novel SARS-CoV-2 variant spread across Europe in summer 2020 30/10/2020 Editorial team University of Basel. Researchers from Basel and Spain have identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant that has spread widely across Europe in recent months, according to an un-peer-reviewed preprint released this week in medRixv. While there is no evidence of this variant being more dangerous, its spread may give insights into the efficacy of travel policies […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Resolutions On Meningitis Elimination, NTDs Reduction, and Epilepsy Detection and Treatment Adopted at WHA 13/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin The close of the World Health Assembly (WHA), Friday, saw the adoption of the first-ever resolution to eliminate meningitis by 2030 – a disease which has its biggest impacts in sub-Saharan Africa, and with a 50 percent fatality rate if left untreated. The closing hours of the WHA also saw the approval of a landmark […] Continue reading -> Influenza: Reinforced Diagnostic and Surveillance Capacity Planned For Africa Outbreaks 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju Africa is set to establish a plan of preparedness and to compile influenza data sets with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to expand its surveillance of potential flu outbreaks. The African region has also called for the integration of influenza surveillance into an all-inclusive infectious disease surveillance system, and for the creation of a necessary […] Continue reading -> Distributing Future COVID-19 Vaccines Equitably Could Prevent 60% Of Deaths 05/11/2020 Editorial team Rather than hoarding vaccine supplies, rich countries that ensure global access to a new COVID-19 vaccine will pave the way to a larger reduction in pandemic related deaths worldwide, according to a new model developed by the Boston-based Northeastern University. Their findings reinforce the argument the World Health Organization and other global health leaders that […] Continue reading -> Novel SARS-CoV-2 variant spread across Europe in summer 2020 30/10/2020 Editorial team University of Basel. Researchers from Basel and Spain have identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant that has spread widely across Europe in recent months, according to an un-peer-reviewed preprint released this week in medRixv. While there is no evidence of this variant being more dangerous, its spread may give insights into the efficacy of travel policies […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Influenza: Reinforced Diagnostic and Surveillance Capacity Planned For Africa Outbreaks 12/11/2020 Paul Adepoju Africa is set to establish a plan of preparedness and to compile influenza data sets with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to expand its surveillance of potential flu outbreaks. The African region has also called for the integration of influenza surveillance into an all-inclusive infectious disease surveillance system, and for the creation of a necessary […] Continue reading -> Distributing Future COVID-19 Vaccines Equitably Could Prevent 60% Of Deaths 05/11/2020 Editorial team Rather than hoarding vaccine supplies, rich countries that ensure global access to a new COVID-19 vaccine will pave the way to a larger reduction in pandemic related deaths worldwide, according to a new model developed by the Boston-based Northeastern University. Their findings reinforce the argument the World Health Organization and other global health leaders that […] Continue reading -> Novel SARS-CoV-2 variant spread across Europe in summer 2020 30/10/2020 Editorial team University of Basel. Researchers from Basel and Spain have identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant that has spread widely across Europe in recent months, according to an un-peer-reviewed preprint released this week in medRixv. While there is no evidence of this variant being more dangerous, its spread may give insights into the efficacy of travel policies […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Distributing Future COVID-19 Vaccines Equitably Could Prevent 60% Of Deaths 05/11/2020 Editorial team Rather than hoarding vaccine supplies, rich countries that ensure global access to a new COVID-19 vaccine will pave the way to a larger reduction in pandemic related deaths worldwide, according to a new model developed by the Boston-based Northeastern University. Their findings reinforce the argument the World Health Organization and other global health leaders that […] Continue reading -> Novel SARS-CoV-2 variant spread across Europe in summer 2020 30/10/2020 Editorial team University of Basel. Researchers from Basel and Spain have identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant that has spread widely across Europe in recent months, according to an un-peer-reviewed preprint released this week in medRixv. While there is no evidence of this variant being more dangerous, its spread may give insights into the efficacy of travel policies […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Novel SARS-CoV-2 variant spread across Europe in summer 2020 30/10/2020 Editorial team University of Basel. Researchers from Basel and Spain have identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant that has spread widely across Europe in recent months, according to an un-peer-reviewed preprint released this week in medRixv. While there is no evidence of this variant being more dangerous, its spread may give insights into the efficacy of travel policies […] Continue reading -> Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Biodiversity Loss and Nature Degradation Fueling An ‘Era Of Pandemics’: Experts Warn 30/10/2020 Editorial team IPBES Media – Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 – unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a major new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from […] Continue reading -> Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Sanofi and GSK Offer Future COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to WHO Co-sponsored COVAX Facility 29/10/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, two drugmakers, announced that they would provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the WHO and Gavi Alliance co-sponsored COVAX procurement facility, which more than 180 countries have joined. “To address a global health crisis of this magnitude, it takes unique partnerships. The commitment we are announcing today for […] Continue reading -> Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Women With COVID-19 May Have More Post-Birth Complications, New Study Suggests 23/10/2020 Raisa Santos A milestone study has found that women giving birth when they are infected with COVID-19, even if asymptomatic, may have more post-birth complications, including fever and hypoxia leading to hospital readmission, as compared to women who are not infected. The study, conducted by Malavika Rabhu of Weill Cornell Medicine, observed 675 women admitted for delivery […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts