COVAX Update: Enough Vaccines but Big Disparities in Uptake – Exacerbating Risks of New Variants 24/01/2022 Paul Adepoju With the delivery of its one billionth dose last week, COVAX, the WHO co-sponsored vaccine facility, has established itself as the main pillar of vaccine supplies to the world’s 92 poorest economies – providing 82% of the vaccines those nations have received so far. But even as vaccine supplies now ease up, huge disparities persist […] Continue reading -> As WHO Executive Board Meets – Handful of Countries Stall Plans to Reform WHO Finance 23/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the World Health Organization’s executive board meets this week, two major issues – reforming its finances and pandemic response – continue to defy easy consensus. A handful of powerful countries, including but not limited to the United States, remain hesitant over a plan to bolster the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances by increasing member […] Continue reading -> Mixed Reaction in Africa to WHO’s New Position on Booster Shots 22/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IDABAN, Nigeria – The decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to drop its opposition for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots has raised concerns in Africa about the potential depletion of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to African countries. On Friday, Health Policy Watch reported WHO recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech […] Continue reading -> WHO Drops Opposition to Boosters – Recommends Third Pfizer Jab for Adults & Two Vaccines for Children Ages 5 & Up 21/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a stark departure from months of booster opposition, WHO on Friday recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine – as well as jabs for children age 5 and older. The recommendation comes after over 120 countries already have booster campaigns in full-swing, some of them beginning as early […] Continue reading -> Italian Lab Study Finds Sputnik V Beat Pfizer’s mRNA Vaccine Against Omicron – Yielding Higher Antibody Levels 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Russia’s Sputnik V demonstrated more than two times higher virus neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant in comparison to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to a study of blood samples, released Thursday by the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani in Italy and Russia’s Gamaleya Center. The research was prepared by a team of […] Continue reading -> Health-Worker Risks of Catching Omicron Half as Likely after Fourth Dose – Second Israeli Study Challenges Earlier Results 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman In still evolving data, yet another Israeli study has found that health workers who received a fourth dose of a Pfizer mRNA vaccine were half as likely to contract Omicron seven days after receiving the shot in comparison to people who only got three doses. The study released Thursday came less than one week after […] Continue reading -> More People Died of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ than HIV/AIDS in 2019; Sub-Saharan Africa Worst Affected 20/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections killed 1.27 million people in the world in 2019, according to a one-of-a-kind study in The Lancet. According to the study, led by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, with dozens of authors worldwide, the increased resistance of many common pathogens to treatment, known as […] Continue reading -> France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates 17/01/2022 Raisa Santos France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. […] Continue reading -> COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
As WHO Executive Board Meets – Handful of Countries Stall Plans to Reform WHO Finance 23/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the World Health Organization’s executive board meets this week, two major issues – reforming its finances and pandemic response – continue to defy easy consensus. A handful of powerful countries, including but not limited to the United States, remain hesitant over a plan to bolster the World Health Organization’s (WHO) finances by increasing member […] Continue reading -> Mixed Reaction in Africa to WHO’s New Position on Booster Shots 22/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IDABAN, Nigeria – The decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to drop its opposition for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots has raised concerns in Africa about the potential depletion of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to African countries. On Friday, Health Policy Watch reported WHO recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech […] Continue reading -> WHO Drops Opposition to Boosters – Recommends Third Pfizer Jab for Adults & Two Vaccines for Children Ages 5 & Up 21/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a stark departure from months of booster opposition, WHO on Friday recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine – as well as jabs for children age 5 and older. The recommendation comes after over 120 countries already have booster campaigns in full-swing, some of them beginning as early […] Continue reading -> Italian Lab Study Finds Sputnik V Beat Pfizer’s mRNA Vaccine Against Omicron – Yielding Higher Antibody Levels 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Russia’s Sputnik V demonstrated more than two times higher virus neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant in comparison to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to a study of blood samples, released Thursday by the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani in Italy and Russia’s Gamaleya Center. The research was prepared by a team of […] Continue reading -> Health-Worker Risks of Catching Omicron Half as Likely after Fourth Dose – Second Israeli Study Challenges Earlier Results 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman In still evolving data, yet another Israeli study has found that health workers who received a fourth dose of a Pfizer mRNA vaccine were half as likely to contract Omicron seven days after receiving the shot in comparison to people who only got three doses. The study released Thursday came less than one week after […] Continue reading -> More People Died of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ than HIV/AIDS in 2019; Sub-Saharan Africa Worst Affected 20/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections killed 1.27 million people in the world in 2019, according to a one-of-a-kind study in The Lancet. According to the study, led by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, with dozens of authors worldwide, the increased resistance of many common pathogens to treatment, known as […] Continue reading -> France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates 17/01/2022 Raisa Santos France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. […] Continue reading -> COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
Mixed Reaction in Africa to WHO’s New Position on Booster Shots 22/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IDABAN, Nigeria – The decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to drop its opposition for COVID-19 vaccination booster shots has raised concerns in Africa about the potential depletion of COVID-19 vaccine doses available to African countries. On Friday, Health Policy Watch reported WHO recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech […] Continue reading -> WHO Drops Opposition to Boosters – Recommends Third Pfizer Jab for Adults & Two Vaccines for Children Ages 5 & Up 21/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a stark departure from months of booster opposition, WHO on Friday recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine – as well as jabs for children age 5 and older. The recommendation comes after over 120 countries already have booster campaigns in full-swing, some of them beginning as early […] Continue reading -> Italian Lab Study Finds Sputnik V Beat Pfizer’s mRNA Vaccine Against Omicron – Yielding Higher Antibody Levels 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Russia’s Sputnik V demonstrated more than two times higher virus neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant in comparison to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to a study of blood samples, released Thursday by the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani in Italy and Russia’s Gamaleya Center. The research was prepared by a team of […] Continue reading -> Health-Worker Risks of Catching Omicron Half as Likely after Fourth Dose – Second Israeli Study Challenges Earlier Results 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman In still evolving data, yet another Israeli study has found that health workers who received a fourth dose of a Pfizer mRNA vaccine were half as likely to contract Omicron seven days after receiving the shot in comparison to people who only got three doses. The study released Thursday came less than one week after […] Continue reading -> More People Died of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ than HIV/AIDS in 2019; Sub-Saharan Africa Worst Affected 20/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections killed 1.27 million people in the world in 2019, according to a one-of-a-kind study in The Lancet. According to the study, led by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, with dozens of authors worldwide, the increased resistance of many common pathogens to treatment, known as […] Continue reading -> France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates 17/01/2022 Raisa Santos France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. […] Continue reading -> COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
WHO Drops Opposition to Boosters – Recommends Third Pfizer Jab for Adults & Two Vaccines for Children Ages 5 & Up 21/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a stark departure from months of booster opposition, WHO on Friday recommended the wider administration of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine – as well as jabs for children age 5 and older. The recommendation comes after over 120 countries already have booster campaigns in full-swing, some of them beginning as early […] Continue reading -> Italian Lab Study Finds Sputnik V Beat Pfizer’s mRNA Vaccine Against Omicron – Yielding Higher Antibody Levels 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Russia’s Sputnik V demonstrated more than two times higher virus neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant in comparison to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to a study of blood samples, released Thursday by the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani in Italy and Russia’s Gamaleya Center. The research was prepared by a team of […] Continue reading -> Health-Worker Risks of Catching Omicron Half as Likely after Fourth Dose – Second Israeli Study Challenges Earlier Results 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman In still evolving data, yet another Israeli study has found that health workers who received a fourth dose of a Pfizer mRNA vaccine were half as likely to contract Omicron seven days after receiving the shot in comparison to people who only got three doses. The study released Thursday came less than one week after […] Continue reading -> More People Died of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ than HIV/AIDS in 2019; Sub-Saharan Africa Worst Affected 20/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections killed 1.27 million people in the world in 2019, according to a one-of-a-kind study in The Lancet. According to the study, led by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, with dozens of authors worldwide, the increased resistance of many common pathogens to treatment, known as […] Continue reading -> France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates 17/01/2022 Raisa Santos France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. […] Continue reading -> COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
Italian Lab Study Finds Sputnik V Beat Pfizer’s mRNA Vaccine Against Omicron – Yielding Higher Antibody Levels 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Russia’s Sputnik V demonstrated more than two times higher virus neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant in comparison to the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, according to a study of blood samples, released Thursday by the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani in Italy and Russia’s Gamaleya Center. The research was prepared by a team of […] Continue reading -> Health-Worker Risks of Catching Omicron Half as Likely after Fourth Dose – Second Israeli Study Challenges Earlier Results 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman In still evolving data, yet another Israeli study has found that health workers who received a fourth dose of a Pfizer mRNA vaccine were half as likely to contract Omicron seven days after receiving the shot in comparison to people who only got three doses. The study released Thursday came less than one week after […] Continue reading -> More People Died of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ than HIV/AIDS in 2019; Sub-Saharan Africa Worst Affected 20/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections killed 1.27 million people in the world in 2019, according to a one-of-a-kind study in The Lancet. According to the study, led by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, with dozens of authors worldwide, the increased resistance of many common pathogens to treatment, known as […] Continue reading -> France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates 17/01/2022 Raisa Santos France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. […] Continue reading -> COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
Health-Worker Risks of Catching Omicron Half as Likely after Fourth Dose – Second Israeli Study Challenges Earlier Results 21/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman In still evolving data, yet another Israeli study has found that health workers who received a fourth dose of a Pfizer mRNA vaccine were half as likely to contract Omicron seven days after receiving the shot in comparison to people who only got three doses. The study released Thursday came less than one week after […] Continue reading -> More People Died of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ than HIV/AIDS in 2019; Sub-Saharan Africa Worst Affected 20/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections killed 1.27 million people in the world in 2019, according to a one-of-a-kind study in The Lancet. According to the study, led by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, with dozens of authors worldwide, the increased resistance of many common pathogens to treatment, known as […] Continue reading -> France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates 17/01/2022 Raisa Santos France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. […] Continue reading -> COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
More People Died of Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbugs’ than HIV/AIDS in 2019; Sub-Saharan Africa Worst Affected 20/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections killed 1.27 million people in the world in 2019, according to a one-of-a-kind study in The Lancet. According to the study, led by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, with dozens of authors worldwide, the increased resistance of many common pathogens to treatment, known as […] Continue reading -> France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates 17/01/2022 Raisa Santos France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. […] Continue reading -> COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
France Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Law, Joins Other EU Countries With COVID Fines and Mandates 17/01/2022 Raisa Santos France’s newest measure to tackle COVID-19 – requiring a certificate of vaccination at public places such as restaurants, cafes, cinemas, and long-distance trains – was approved by its parliament on Sunday. With lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voting 215 to 58 in favour, the law is set to be enforced in coming days. […] Continue reading -> COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website
COVAX Delivers One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose – But 41% of World Remains Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Kerry Cullinan Rwanda became the recipient of the one-billionth COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX, the global platform set up to ensure equitable access to the vaccines,announced last Friday. After numerous supply problems – most seriously when its key supplier, the Serum Insitute of India, was banned from exporting its vaccines by the Indian government – COVAX was […] Continue reading -> WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
WHO Recommends Two New COVID-19 Treatments – Cost and Availability Likely Barriers 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two new treatments for COVID-19 were recommended on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s Guideline Development Group of international experts – one for severely ill patients and the other for those patients who are not severely ill but most likely to develop severe disease. The recommendations were announced Friday morning in the BMJ. Both drugs, […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts