WHO Seeks To Allay Fears About Threat To Vaccine R&D From COVID-19 Virus Mutation Found Among Mink 06/11/2020 J Hacker & Elaine Ruth Fletcher There is so far no evidence that the outbreak of mutant SARS-CoV-2 virus strains exploding in Danish mink farms threaten the development of a successful COVID-19 vaccine, said top World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Friday. More than 200 mink farms in Denmark have reported cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections, prompting Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, […] 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 -> Regeneron and Eli Lilly Pause Antibody Cocktail Trials On Hospitalzed Patients; Moderna Preps for Global Vaccine Launch 02/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Regeneron Pharmaceuticals suspended enrollment of critically ill and hospitalized patients in its COVID-19 antibody cocktail treatment clinical trial on Friday, due to what it said was a safety concern. The pharma company’s independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) recommended this pause “based on a potential safety signal and an unfavorable risk/benefit profile,” advising on the collection […] Continue reading -> Corporate Charity – Is The Gates Foundation Addressing Or Reinforcing Systemic Problems Raised By COVID-19? 31/10/2020 Rohit Malpani, Brook Baker & Mohga Kamal-Yanni Two competing approaches to promote access to medicines were born during the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the year 2000. Today, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, these same approaches are once more on a collision course. On the one side is the ‘international’ COVID response, led in name by WHO, but in fact by what […] Continue reading -> “Long COVID” Haunts Many People After Their Recovery 30/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay It is “imperative” that governments recognize the long-term effects of COVID-19 and ensure that affected people can access health services, including primary health care as well as rehabilitation, emphasized the World Health Organization on Friday. “Although we are still learning about this virus, what’s clear is that this is not just a virus that kills […] 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 -> 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 -> Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] 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 -> Regeneron and Eli Lilly Pause Antibody Cocktail Trials On Hospitalzed Patients; Moderna Preps for Global Vaccine Launch 02/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Regeneron Pharmaceuticals suspended enrollment of critically ill and hospitalized patients in its COVID-19 antibody cocktail treatment clinical trial on Friday, due to what it said was a safety concern. The pharma company’s independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) recommended this pause “based on a potential safety signal and an unfavorable risk/benefit profile,” advising on the collection […] Continue reading -> Corporate Charity – Is The Gates Foundation Addressing Or Reinforcing Systemic Problems Raised By COVID-19? 31/10/2020 Rohit Malpani, Brook Baker & Mohga Kamal-Yanni Two competing approaches to promote access to medicines were born during the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the year 2000. Today, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, these same approaches are once more on a collision course. On the one side is the ‘international’ COVID response, led in name by WHO, but in fact by what […] Continue reading -> “Long COVID” Haunts Many People After Their Recovery 30/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay It is “imperative” that governments recognize the long-term effects of COVID-19 and ensure that affected people can access health services, including primary health care as well as rehabilitation, emphasized the World Health Organization on Friday. “Although we are still learning about this virus, what’s clear is that this is not just a virus that kills […] 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 -> 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 -> Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Regeneron and Eli Lilly Pause Antibody Cocktail Trials On Hospitalzed Patients; Moderna Preps for Global Vaccine Launch 02/11/2020 Madeleine Hoecklin Regeneron Pharmaceuticals suspended enrollment of critically ill and hospitalized patients in its COVID-19 antibody cocktail treatment clinical trial on Friday, due to what it said was a safety concern. The pharma company’s independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) recommended this pause “based on a potential safety signal and an unfavorable risk/benefit profile,” advising on the collection […] Continue reading -> Corporate Charity – Is The Gates Foundation Addressing Or Reinforcing Systemic Problems Raised By COVID-19? 31/10/2020 Rohit Malpani, Brook Baker & Mohga Kamal-Yanni Two competing approaches to promote access to medicines were born during the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the year 2000. Today, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, these same approaches are once more on a collision course. On the one side is the ‘international’ COVID response, led in name by WHO, but in fact by what […] Continue reading -> “Long COVID” Haunts Many People After Their Recovery 30/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay It is “imperative” that governments recognize the long-term effects of COVID-19 and ensure that affected people can access health services, including primary health care as well as rehabilitation, emphasized the World Health Organization on Friday. “Although we are still learning about this virus, what’s clear is that this is not just a virus that kills […] 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 -> 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 -> Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Corporate Charity – Is The Gates Foundation Addressing Or Reinforcing Systemic Problems Raised By COVID-19? 31/10/2020 Rohit Malpani, Brook Baker & Mohga Kamal-Yanni Two competing approaches to promote access to medicines were born during the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the year 2000. Today, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, these same approaches are once more on a collision course. On the one side is the ‘international’ COVID response, led in name by WHO, but in fact by what […] Continue reading -> “Long COVID” Haunts Many People After Their Recovery 30/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay It is “imperative” that governments recognize the long-term effects of COVID-19 and ensure that affected people can access health services, including primary health care as well as rehabilitation, emphasized the World Health Organization on Friday. “Although we are still learning about this virus, what’s clear is that this is not just a virus that kills […] 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 -> 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 -> Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
“Long COVID” Haunts Many People After Their Recovery 30/10/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay It is “imperative” that governments recognize the long-term effects of COVID-19 and ensure that affected people can access health services, including primary health care as well as rehabilitation, emphasized the World Health Organization on Friday. “Although we are still learning about this virus, what’s clear is that this is not just a virus that kills […] 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 -> 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 -> Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] 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 -> 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 -> Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] 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 -> Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] 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 -> Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Human Challenge Trials: Frivolous Risk Or Practical Solution To COVID-19 Quandaries? 22/10/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While most of us hope that if we can just get one vaccine to market that will be enough to solve our global COVID-19 matrix – the controversial ‘human challenge’ studies now getting underway highlight how many more twists and turns we are likely to face before we finally get out of the pandemic maze. […] Continue reading -> Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Leading US Expert Anthony Fauci: ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Approval This Month Or Next 21/10/2020 Raisa Santos America’s most-respected public health guru, Dr Anthony Fauci, said Wednesday that he is “cautiously optimistic’ that at least one COVID-19 vaccine will prove to be safe and effective later this month or next. While warning that “one can never guarantee a safe and effective vaccine… we are cautiously optimistic that we will have one based […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts