WHO Stands Firm On Using Masks to Combat COVID-19 22/02/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated its firm recommendation that wearing masks is an effective method to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in a media briefing on Wednesday. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead for COVID-19, said that coronavirus is still in circulation and wearing appropriate face masks is one of the ways […] Continue reading -> Ukraine Gets New Emergency Funds for HIV and TB Programmes 21/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved an additional $10.32 million in emergency funding to maintain essential HIV and tuberculosis (TB) services in Ukraine. The funds are earmarked for HIV and TB treatment, prevention and care, including for internally […] Continue reading -> Scientists Launch R&D Plan to Develop Broad Vaccine for Coronaviruses 21/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Fifty influential scientists have developed a coronavirus vaccines research and development (R&D) roadmap aimed at developing broadly protective vaccines to combat fast-evolving coronaviruses threatening humans. “The COVID-19 pandemic marks the third time in just 20 years that a coronavirus has emerged to cause a public health crisis,” said Professor Michael Osterholm, director of the University […] Continue reading -> Natural Immunity Against COVID-19 ‘At Least’ On Par With Vaccination in Preventing Death 21/02/2023 Stefan Anderson New research published in The Lancet suggests that individuals who have previously been infected with COVID-19 have an 88% lower risk of hospitalization or death than those who have not. The study is the most comprehensive review of data on natural immunity to date, covering data from 65 studies across 19 countries published since January […] Continue reading -> New Africa CDC Head Jean Kaseya’s Challenge: Advancing Public Health in ‘Post-COVID’ Era 20/02/2023 Paul Adepoju Nine months after John Nkengasong left Africa CDC to head PEPFAR, the African Union has now elected a Director General for the continent’s leading public health institution who has the task of finding new ways to engage continental and global leaders in Africa’s public health challenges in the post-COVID era. A new Director-General has been […] Continue reading -> Pathogen Sharing: Pandemic Accord Could Offer Solutions or Further Tangle the Web of Confusion 17/02/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Just 66 days after the SARS-CoV2 genetic sequence was shared by a Chinese scientist online, the first COVID-19 vaccines went into production – in record time for R&D that yielded the first approved vaccines less than a year later. But there are looming concerns that the relatively open models of data and pathogen sharing that […] Continue reading -> Mpox To Remain A Public Health Emergency of International Concern Says WHO 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that Mpox will continue to remain a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision to continue with the status quo on Mpox was based on the recommendations made by an Mpox Emergency Committee, whose findings were published on the same day. “The emergency committee for […] Continue reading -> WHO Denies it Abandoned Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – But Way Forward Unclear 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has emphatically denied that abandoned its investigation of the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment by Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead, was in response to a report published on Tuesday by Nature which stated that the agency has “quietly shelved” its […] Continue reading -> WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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. 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Ukraine Gets New Emergency Funds for HIV and TB Programmes 21/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan On the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved an additional $10.32 million in emergency funding to maintain essential HIV and tuberculosis (TB) services in Ukraine. The funds are earmarked for HIV and TB treatment, prevention and care, including for internally […] Continue reading -> Scientists Launch R&D Plan to Develop Broad Vaccine for Coronaviruses 21/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Fifty influential scientists have developed a coronavirus vaccines research and development (R&D) roadmap aimed at developing broadly protective vaccines to combat fast-evolving coronaviruses threatening humans. “The COVID-19 pandemic marks the third time in just 20 years that a coronavirus has emerged to cause a public health crisis,” said Professor Michael Osterholm, director of the University […] Continue reading -> Natural Immunity Against COVID-19 ‘At Least’ On Par With Vaccination in Preventing Death 21/02/2023 Stefan Anderson New research published in The Lancet suggests that individuals who have previously been infected with COVID-19 have an 88% lower risk of hospitalization or death than those who have not. The study is the most comprehensive review of data on natural immunity to date, covering data from 65 studies across 19 countries published since January […] Continue reading -> New Africa CDC Head Jean Kaseya’s Challenge: Advancing Public Health in ‘Post-COVID’ Era 20/02/2023 Paul Adepoju Nine months after John Nkengasong left Africa CDC to head PEPFAR, the African Union has now elected a Director General for the continent’s leading public health institution who has the task of finding new ways to engage continental and global leaders in Africa’s public health challenges in the post-COVID era. A new Director-General has been […] Continue reading -> Pathogen Sharing: Pandemic Accord Could Offer Solutions or Further Tangle the Web of Confusion 17/02/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Just 66 days after the SARS-CoV2 genetic sequence was shared by a Chinese scientist online, the first COVID-19 vaccines went into production – in record time for R&D that yielded the first approved vaccines less than a year later. But there are looming concerns that the relatively open models of data and pathogen sharing that […] Continue reading -> Mpox To Remain A Public Health Emergency of International Concern Says WHO 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that Mpox will continue to remain a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision to continue with the status quo on Mpox was based on the recommendations made by an Mpox Emergency Committee, whose findings were published on the same day. “The emergency committee for […] Continue reading -> WHO Denies it Abandoned Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – But Way Forward Unclear 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has emphatically denied that abandoned its investigation of the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment by Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead, was in response to a report published on Tuesday by Nature which stated that the agency has “quietly shelved” its […] Continue reading -> WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Scientists Launch R&D Plan to Develop Broad Vaccine for Coronaviruses 21/02/2023 Kerry Cullinan Fifty influential scientists have developed a coronavirus vaccines research and development (R&D) roadmap aimed at developing broadly protective vaccines to combat fast-evolving coronaviruses threatening humans. “The COVID-19 pandemic marks the third time in just 20 years that a coronavirus has emerged to cause a public health crisis,” said Professor Michael Osterholm, director of the University […] Continue reading -> Natural Immunity Against COVID-19 ‘At Least’ On Par With Vaccination in Preventing Death 21/02/2023 Stefan Anderson New research published in The Lancet suggests that individuals who have previously been infected with COVID-19 have an 88% lower risk of hospitalization or death than those who have not. The study is the most comprehensive review of data on natural immunity to date, covering data from 65 studies across 19 countries published since January […] Continue reading -> New Africa CDC Head Jean Kaseya’s Challenge: Advancing Public Health in ‘Post-COVID’ Era 20/02/2023 Paul Adepoju Nine months after John Nkengasong left Africa CDC to head PEPFAR, the African Union has now elected a Director General for the continent’s leading public health institution who has the task of finding new ways to engage continental and global leaders in Africa’s public health challenges in the post-COVID era. A new Director-General has been […] Continue reading -> Pathogen Sharing: Pandemic Accord Could Offer Solutions or Further Tangle the Web of Confusion 17/02/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Just 66 days after the SARS-CoV2 genetic sequence was shared by a Chinese scientist online, the first COVID-19 vaccines went into production – in record time for R&D that yielded the first approved vaccines less than a year later. But there are looming concerns that the relatively open models of data and pathogen sharing that […] Continue reading -> Mpox To Remain A Public Health Emergency of International Concern Says WHO 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that Mpox will continue to remain a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision to continue with the status quo on Mpox was based on the recommendations made by an Mpox Emergency Committee, whose findings were published on the same day. “The emergency committee for […] Continue reading -> WHO Denies it Abandoned Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – But Way Forward Unclear 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has emphatically denied that abandoned its investigation of the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment by Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead, was in response to a report published on Tuesday by Nature which stated that the agency has “quietly shelved” its […] Continue reading -> WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Natural Immunity Against COVID-19 ‘At Least’ On Par With Vaccination in Preventing Death 21/02/2023 Stefan Anderson New research published in The Lancet suggests that individuals who have previously been infected with COVID-19 have an 88% lower risk of hospitalization or death than those who have not. The study is the most comprehensive review of data on natural immunity to date, covering data from 65 studies across 19 countries published since January […] Continue reading -> New Africa CDC Head Jean Kaseya’s Challenge: Advancing Public Health in ‘Post-COVID’ Era 20/02/2023 Paul Adepoju Nine months after John Nkengasong left Africa CDC to head PEPFAR, the African Union has now elected a Director General for the continent’s leading public health institution who has the task of finding new ways to engage continental and global leaders in Africa’s public health challenges in the post-COVID era. A new Director-General has been […] Continue reading -> Pathogen Sharing: Pandemic Accord Could Offer Solutions or Further Tangle the Web of Confusion 17/02/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Just 66 days after the SARS-CoV2 genetic sequence was shared by a Chinese scientist online, the first COVID-19 vaccines went into production – in record time for R&D that yielded the first approved vaccines less than a year later. But there are looming concerns that the relatively open models of data and pathogen sharing that […] Continue reading -> Mpox To Remain A Public Health Emergency of International Concern Says WHO 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that Mpox will continue to remain a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision to continue with the status quo on Mpox was based on the recommendations made by an Mpox Emergency Committee, whose findings were published on the same day. “The emergency committee for […] Continue reading -> WHO Denies it Abandoned Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – But Way Forward Unclear 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has emphatically denied that abandoned its investigation of the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment by Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead, was in response to a report published on Tuesday by Nature which stated that the agency has “quietly shelved” its […] Continue reading -> WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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... You must be logged in to post a comment.
New Africa CDC Head Jean Kaseya’s Challenge: Advancing Public Health in ‘Post-COVID’ Era 20/02/2023 Paul Adepoju Nine months after John Nkengasong left Africa CDC to head PEPFAR, the African Union has now elected a Director General for the continent’s leading public health institution who has the task of finding new ways to engage continental and global leaders in Africa’s public health challenges in the post-COVID era. A new Director-General has been […] Continue reading -> Pathogen Sharing: Pandemic Accord Could Offer Solutions or Further Tangle the Web of Confusion 17/02/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Just 66 days after the SARS-CoV2 genetic sequence was shared by a Chinese scientist online, the first COVID-19 vaccines went into production – in record time for R&D that yielded the first approved vaccines less than a year later. But there are looming concerns that the relatively open models of data and pathogen sharing that […] Continue reading -> Mpox To Remain A Public Health Emergency of International Concern Says WHO 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that Mpox will continue to remain a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision to continue with the status quo on Mpox was based on the recommendations made by an Mpox Emergency Committee, whose findings were published on the same day. “The emergency committee for […] Continue reading -> WHO Denies it Abandoned Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – But Way Forward Unclear 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has emphatically denied that abandoned its investigation of the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment by Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead, was in response to a report published on Tuesday by Nature which stated that the agency has “quietly shelved” its […] Continue reading -> WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Pathogen Sharing: Pandemic Accord Could Offer Solutions or Further Tangle the Web of Confusion 17/02/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Just 66 days after the SARS-CoV2 genetic sequence was shared by a Chinese scientist online, the first COVID-19 vaccines went into production – in record time for R&D that yielded the first approved vaccines less than a year later. But there are looming concerns that the relatively open models of data and pathogen sharing that […] Continue reading -> Mpox To Remain A Public Health Emergency of International Concern Says WHO 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that Mpox will continue to remain a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision to continue with the status quo on Mpox was based on the recommendations made by an Mpox Emergency Committee, whose findings were published on the same day. “The emergency committee for […] Continue reading -> WHO Denies it Abandoned Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – But Way Forward Unclear 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has emphatically denied that abandoned its investigation of the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment by Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead, was in response to a report published on Tuesday by Nature which stated that the agency has “quietly shelved” its […] Continue reading -> WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Mpox To Remain A Public Health Emergency of International Concern Says WHO 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that Mpox will continue to remain a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision to continue with the status quo on Mpox was based on the recommendations made by an Mpox Emergency Committee, whose findings were published on the same day. “The emergency committee for […] Continue reading -> WHO Denies it Abandoned Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – But Way Forward Unclear 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has emphatically denied that abandoned its investigation of the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment by Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead, was in response to a report published on Tuesday by Nature which stated that the agency has “quietly shelved” its […] Continue reading -> WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO Denies it Abandoned Investigation of COVID-19 Origins – But Way Forward Unclear 15/02/2023 Megha Kaveri A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has emphatically denied that abandoned its investigation of the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The comment by Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead, was in response to a report published on Tuesday by Nature which stated that the agency has “quietly shelved” its […] Continue reading -> WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO Aims to Accelerate Trials of Vaccine Candidates for Marburg Disease as Equatorial Guinea Reports Nine Deaths 14/02/2023 Megha Kaveri Following a first-ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called an emergency meeting of the Marburg virus vaccine consortium (MARVAC) to receive an urgent update on possible vaccine candidates for the filovirus that can have an 80% fatality rate. At the meeting, the agency received […] Continue reading -> Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer 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
Amid Scarcity and Soaring Prices, China Could Issues Compulsory License for Paxlovid 09/02/2023 Zhenyan Zhu, Yuanqiong Hu & Guangjian Xue After three years of its “Zero COVID” policy, the Chinese government allowed a return to relative normalcy for its citizens in early December 2022. Due to the ongoing transmission of Omicron and its numerous COVID subvariants in China, the sudden policy shift was accompanied by rapid community transmission across the country and high numbers of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts