Too Soon To Say How Long Survivors Stay Immune To COVID-19, Says WHO; New Study Strengthens Link Between Air Pollution & COVID-19 Deaths 13/07/2020 Grace Ren & Elaine Ruth Fletcher It is still too early to tell how long immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may last after infection, the World Health Organization’s Technical Lead for COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove said at Monday press briefing. Van Kerkhove’s comments came just after the publication of a new study by researchers from Kings College, London, […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Announces Program To Help 1 Billion Smokers Quit During COVID-19 Pandemic 10/07/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization announced a new program on Friday to help more than 1 billion tobacco users – a group at high risk for coronavirus complications – quit smoking during the pandemic. The project, the Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco, will be first rolled out in Jordan, where 82.5% of men over the age […] Continue reading -> WHO “Open” To Hearing More Evidence About Airborne Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2 Virus 07/07/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it would reconsider its longtime stance that airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus occurs only rarely – after a group of over 239 scientists published a commentary on Monday in the Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, urging the agency to acknowledge the greater role played by tiny virus […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Call On WHO To Recognize Widespread Airborne Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2, The Virus That Causes COVID-19 06/07/2020 Grace Ren A growing bloc of aerosol scientists, epidemiologists, and infectious disease experts are urging the World Health Organization to acknowledge that particles containing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can remain suspended in the air for hours and be inhaled, potentially representing another route of transmission. Some 239 scientists from around the world urged the WHO […] Continue reading -> Can Smarter Subsidies Curb An Unhealthy Appetite For Fishing? 02/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the past three decades, global fish consumption has surged by a stunning 122%. Yet today, only 66% of global stocks are fished within sustainable levels, in comparison to 90% in the 1970s. “There is no healthy planet without a healthy ocean, and the healthy ocean is currently in decline”, said Peter Thomson at a conference Tuesday on overfishing […] Continue reading -> US Secures Most Of World’s Remdesivir For Next 3 Months; Swine Flu Variant Circulating In China Not A New Virus, Says WHO Experts 02/07/2020 Grace Ren The United States has secured almost all of Gilead Sciences’ projected production of remdesivir – an antiviral that was shown to reduce hospitalization times for COVID-19 patients- for the next three months. US Health and Human Services (HHS) has secured 100 percent of Gilead’s projected production for July (94,200 treatment courses), 90 percent of production […] Continue reading -> Fateful International Energy Agency Meeting Could Set Course For Climate Friendly COVID-19 Recovery… Or Not 01/07/2020 Editorial team A landmark meeting hosted next week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) will bring together major powers to debate the key actions for a climate-friendly COVID-19 recovery in an online forum open to public viewing. The IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit will be live-streamed July 9th, and bring together the world’s largest economies and developing […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Organization Announces Program To Help 1 Billion Smokers Quit During COVID-19 Pandemic 10/07/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization announced a new program on Friday to help more than 1 billion tobacco users – a group at high risk for coronavirus complications – quit smoking during the pandemic. The project, the Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco, will be first rolled out in Jordan, where 82.5% of men over the age […] Continue reading -> WHO “Open” To Hearing More Evidence About Airborne Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2 Virus 07/07/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it would reconsider its longtime stance that airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus occurs only rarely – after a group of over 239 scientists published a commentary on Monday in the Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, urging the agency to acknowledge the greater role played by tiny virus […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Call On WHO To Recognize Widespread Airborne Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2, The Virus That Causes COVID-19 06/07/2020 Grace Ren A growing bloc of aerosol scientists, epidemiologists, and infectious disease experts are urging the World Health Organization to acknowledge that particles containing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can remain suspended in the air for hours and be inhaled, potentially representing another route of transmission. Some 239 scientists from around the world urged the WHO […] Continue reading -> Can Smarter Subsidies Curb An Unhealthy Appetite For Fishing? 02/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the past three decades, global fish consumption has surged by a stunning 122%. Yet today, only 66% of global stocks are fished within sustainable levels, in comparison to 90% in the 1970s. “There is no healthy planet without a healthy ocean, and the healthy ocean is currently in decline”, said Peter Thomson at a conference Tuesday on overfishing […] Continue reading -> US Secures Most Of World’s Remdesivir For Next 3 Months; Swine Flu Variant Circulating In China Not A New Virus, Says WHO Experts 02/07/2020 Grace Ren The United States has secured almost all of Gilead Sciences’ projected production of remdesivir – an antiviral that was shown to reduce hospitalization times for COVID-19 patients- for the next three months. US Health and Human Services (HHS) has secured 100 percent of Gilead’s projected production for July (94,200 treatment courses), 90 percent of production […] Continue reading -> Fateful International Energy Agency Meeting Could Set Course For Climate Friendly COVID-19 Recovery… Or Not 01/07/2020 Editorial team A landmark meeting hosted next week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) will bring together major powers to debate the key actions for a climate-friendly COVID-19 recovery in an online forum open to public viewing. The IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit will be live-streamed July 9th, and bring together the world’s largest economies and developing […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO “Open” To Hearing More Evidence About Airborne Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2 Virus 07/07/2020 Grace Ren The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it would reconsider its longtime stance that airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus occurs only rarely – after a group of over 239 scientists published a commentary on Monday in the Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, urging the agency to acknowledge the greater role played by tiny virus […] Continue reading -> Health Experts Call On WHO To Recognize Widespread Airborne Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2, The Virus That Causes COVID-19 06/07/2020 Grace Ren A growing bloc of aerosol scientists, epidemiologists, and infectious disease experts are urging the World Health Organization to acknowledge that particles containing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can remain suspended in the air for hours and be inhaled, potentially representing another route of transmission. Some 239 scientists from around the world urged the WHO […] Continue reading -> Can Smarter Subsidies Curb An Unhealthy Appetite For Fishing? 02/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the past three decades, global fish consumption has surged by a stunning 122%. Yet today, only 66% of global stocks are fished within sustainable levels, in comparison to 90% in the 1970s. “There is no healthy planet without a healthy ocean, and the healthy ocean is currently in decline”, said Peter Thomson at a conference Tuesday on overfishing […] Continue reading -> US Secures Most Of World’s Remdesivir For Next 3 Months; Swine Flu Variant Circulating In China Not A New Virus, Says WHO Experts 02/07/2020 Grace Ren The United States has secured almost all of Gilead Sciences’ projected production of remdesivir – an antiviral that was shown to reduce hospitalization times for COVID-19 patients- for the next three months. US Health and Human Services (HHS) has secured 100 percent of Gilead’s projected production for July (94,200 treatment courses), 90 percent of production […] Continue reading -> Fateful International Energy Agency Meeting Could Set Course For Climate Friendly COVID-19 Recovery… Or Not 01/07/2020 Editorial team A landmark meeting hosted next week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) will bring together major powers to debate the key actions for a climate-friendly COVID-19 recovery in an online forum open to public viewing. The IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit will be live-streamed July 9th, and bring together the world’s largest economies and developing […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Experts Call On WHO To Recognize Widespread Airborne Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2, The Virus That Causes COVID-19 06/07/2020 Grace Ren A growing bloc of aerosol scientists, epidemiologists, and infectious disease experts are urging the World Health Organization to acknowledge that particles containing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can remain suspended in the air for hours and be inhaled, potentially representing another route of transmission. Some 239 scientists from around the world urged the WHO […] Continue reading -> Can Smarter Subsidies Curb An Unhealthy Appetite For Fishing? 02/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the past three decades, global fish consumption has surged by a stunning 122%. Yet today, only 66% of global stocks are fished within sustainable levels, in comparison to 90% in the 1970s. “There is no healthy planet without a healthy ocean, and the healthy ocean is currently in decline”, said Peter Thomson at a conference Tuesday on overfishing […] Continue reading -> US Secures Most Of World’s Remdesivir For Next 3 Months; Swine Flu Variant Circulating In China Not A New Virus, Says WHO Experts 02/07/2020 Grace Ren The United States has secured almost all of Gilead Sciences’ projected production of remdesivir – an antiviral that was shown to reduce hospitalization times for COVID-19 patients- for the next three months. US Health and Human Services (HHS) has secured 100 percent of Gilead’s projected production for July (94,200 treatment courses), 90 percent of production […] Continue reading -> Fateful International Energy Agency Meeting Could Set Course For Climate Friendly COVID-19 Recovery… Or Not 01/07/2020 Editorial team A landmark meeting hosted next week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) will bring together major powers to debate the key actions for a climate-friendly COVID-19 recovery in an online forum open to public viewing. The IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit will be live-streamed July 9th, and bring together the world’s largest economies and developing […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Can Smarter Subsidies Curb An Unhealthy Appetite For Fishing? 02/07/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay In the past three decades, global fish consumption has surged by a stunning 122%. Yet today, only 66% of global stocks are fished within sustainable levels, in comparison to 90% in the 1970s. “There is no healthy planet without a healthy ocean, and the healthy ocean is currently in decline”, said Peter Thomson at a conference Tuesday on overfishing […] Continue reading -> US Secures Most Of World’s Remdesivir For Next 3 Months; Swine Flu Variant Circulating In China Not A New Virus, Says WHO Experts 02/07/2020 Grace Ren The United States has secured almost all of Gilead Sciences’ projected production of remdesivir – an antiviral that was shown to reduce hospitalization times for COVID-19 patients- for the next three months. US Health and Human Services (HHS) has secured 100 percent of Gilead’s projected production for July (94,200 treatment courses), 90 percent of production […] Continue reading -> Fateful International Energy Agency Meeting Could Set Course For Climate Friendly COVID-19 Recovery… Or Not 01/07/2020 Editorial team A landmark meeting hosted next week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) will bring together major powers to debate the key actions for a climate-friendly COVID-19 recovery in an online forum open to public viewing. The IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit will be live-streamed July 9th, and bring together the world’s largest economies and developing […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Secures Most Of World’s Remdesivir For Next 3 Months; Swine Flu Variant Circulating In China Not A New Virus, Says WHO Experts 02/07/2020 Grace Ren The United States has secured almost all of Gilead Sciences’ projected production of remdesivir – an antiviral that was shown to reduce hospitalization times for COVID-19 patients- for the next three months. US Health and Human Services (HHS) has secured 100 percent of Gilead’s projected production for July (94,200 treatment courses), 90 percent of production […] Continue reading -> Fateful International Energy Agency Meeting Could Set Course For Climate Friendly COVID-19 Recovery… Or Not 01/07/2020 Editorial team A landmark meeting hosted next week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) will bring together major powers to debate the key actions for a climate-friendly COVID-19 recovery in an online forum open to public viewing. The IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit will be live-streamed July 9th, and bring together the world’s largest economies and developing […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Fateful International Energy Agency Meeting Could Set Course For Climate Friendly COVID-19 Recovery… Or Not 01/07/2020 Editorial team A landmark meeting hosted next week by the International Energy Agency (IEA) will bring together major powers to debate the key actions for a climate-friendly COVID-19 recovery in an online forum open to public viewing. The IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit will be live-streamed July 9th, and bring together the world’s largest economies and developing […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Organization Will Send Scoping Mission To China To Investigate COVID-19 Origins 30/06/2020 Editorial team The World Health Organization will be sending a mission to China on 6 July to investigate the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus subtly announced at a Monday press briefing. The mission aims to fulfill decisions made in a unanimously passed World Health Assembly resolution in late […] Continue reading -> Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Swelling Indian National Opposition As Modi Plans To Expand Coal Mining 30/06/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare New Delhi, India – Prime Minister Narendra’s Modi’s ambitious plan to use coal to power India’s economic revival after his government’s strict lockdowns flattened the wrong curve, bringing economic growth to a halt even as the infection epidemic curve continued to rise, seems to have run into significant opposition from unexpected quarters. Since the launch […] Continue reading -> UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Economic Commission For Africa Calls For A ‘Green’ COVID-19 Recovery; Joining Other Agencies 24/06/2020 Editorial team Africa must tackle both the climate and coronavirus crises at the same time, according to a new paper published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), joining other regional agencies such as the European Commission and the World Health Organization in calling for a “green recovery” from COVID-19. The paper, Climate Change and Development […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts