Breaking News – Dexamethasone Reduced Mortality in Patients With Severe COVID-19 By As Much As One-Third 16/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay A major clinical trial ongoing in the United Kingdom has fingered dexamethasone, a common anti-inflammatory drug used to treat arthritis and asthma, as the “first” treatment to actually reduce mortality among COVID-19 patients – by as much as one-third. The preliminary findings were announced by the trial’s principal investigators, Martin Landray and Peter Horby, both […] Continue reading -> Swiss Study Finds Significantly Lower Seroprevalence in General Public & Lower Seroprevalence in Children; US Chamber Of Commerce Supports Transparency In COVID-19 Vaccine Development 12/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren Preliminary results from a Swiss study found that the prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in children ages 5 to 9 years old is 68% lower than the seroprevalence in adults aged 20 to 49 years old. The study, titled SEROCoV-POP, reported seroprevalence results from almost 2800 participants followed from April […] Continue reading -> Switzerland – World Coronavirus Champion 09/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Switzerland is now the world’s safest country since the pandemic started, followed by Germany and Israel, according to a Regional Safety Assessment of 200 territories and regions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, Asia and Europe were the regions most successful in fighting the coronavirus although there were wide variations within Europe in terms of how countries […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 May Have Been Circulating From August, 2019 – Study of Wuhan Hospital Traffic & Online Keyword Searches 09/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A novel study published in preprint form by Harvard University suggests that cases of the novel SARS-COV-2 virus that has caused a global pandemic may have begun appearing in Wuhan hospitals as early as August 2019 – several months before China officially admitted that a new coronavirus was circulating. The study Tuesday found an unusual […] Continue reading -> Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> World Sees Largest-Ever Daily Increase Of New COVID-19 Infections; Independent WHO Oversight Committee Warns Against “Politicization Of COVID-19 Response” 20/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Over the past 24 hours, the world has seen the largest-ever increase in new COVID-19 infections, with most of the 106,000 cases cases occurring in just four countries, warned WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Prepares For Show Of Unity On Global COVID-19 Response; Contest Over Taiwan & Possible US Funding Resumption 15/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world seems set to make at least a symbolic display of unity in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins on Monday. The WHO’s 194 member states are expected to overwhelmingly approve a European Union-led resolution that aims to step up the global COVID-19 response, and […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Swiss Study Finds Significantly Lower Seroprevalence in General Public & Lower Seroprevalence in Children; US Chamber Of Commerce Supports Transparency In COVID-19 Vaccine Development 12/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren Preliminary results from a Swiss study found that the prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in children ages 5 to 9 years old is 68% lower than the seroprevalence in adults aged 20 to 49 years old. The study, titled SEROCoV-POP, reported seroprevalence results from almost 2800 participants followed from April […] Continue reading -> Switzerland – World Coronavirus Champion 09/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Switzerland is now the world’s safest country since the pandemic started, followed by Germany and Israel, according to a Regional Safety Assessment of 200 territories and regions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, Asia and Europe were the regions most successful in fighting the coronavirus although there were wide variations within Europe in terms of how countries […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 May Have Been Circulating From August, 2019 – Study of Wuhan Hospital Traffic & Online Keyword Searches 09/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A novel study published in preprint form by Harvard University suggests that cases of the novel SARS-COV-2 virus that has caused a global pandemic may have begun appearing in Wuhan hospitals as early as August 2019 – several months before China officially admitted that a new coronavirus was circulating. The study Tuesday found an unusual […] Continue reading -> Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> World Sees Largest-Ever Daily Increase Of New COVID-19 Infections; Independent WHO Oversight Committee Warns Against “Politicization Of COVID-19 Response” 20/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Over the past 24 hours, the world has seen the largest-ever increase in new COVID-19 infections, with most of the 106,000 cases cases occurring in just four countries, warned WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Prepares For Show Of Unity On Global COVID-19 Response; Contest Over Taiwan & Possible US Funding Resumption 15/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world seems set to make at least a symbolic display of unity in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins on Monday. The WHO’s 194 member states are expected to overwhelmingly approve a European Union-led resolution that aims to step up the global COVID-19 response, and […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Switzerland – World Coronavirus Champion 09/06/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay Switzerland is now the world’s safest country since the pandemic started, followed by Germany and Israel, according to a Regional Safety Assessment of 200 territories and regions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, Asia and Europe were the regions most successful in fighting the coronavirus although there were wide variations within Europe in terms of how countries […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 May Have Been Circulating From August, 2019 – Study of Wuhan Hospital Traffic & Online Keyword Searches 09/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A novel study published in preprint form by Harvard University suggests that cases of the novel SARS-COV-2 virus that has caused a global pandemic may have begun appearing in Wuhan hospitals as early as August 2019 – several months before China officially admitted that a new coronavirus was circulating. The study Tuesday found an unusual […] Continue reading -> Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> World Sees Largest-Ever Daily Increase Of New COVID-19 Infections; Independent WHO Oversight Committee Warns Against “Politicization Of COVID-19 Response” 20/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Over the past 24 hours, the world has seen the largest-ever increase in new COVID-19 infections, with most of the 106,000 cases cases occurring in just four countries, warned WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Prepares For Show Of Unity On Global COVID-19 Response; Contest Over Taiwan & Possible US Funding Resumption 15/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world seems set to make at least a symbolic display of unity in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins on Monday. The WHO’s 194 member states are expected to overwhelmingly approve a European Union-led resolution that aims to step up the global COVID-19 response, and […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 May Have Been Circulating From August, 2019 – Study of Wuhan Hospital Traffic & Online Keyword Searches 09/06/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A novel study published in preprint form by Harvard University suggests that cases of the novel SARS-COV-2 virus that has caused a global pandemic may have begun appearing in Wuhan hospitals as early as August 2019 – several months before China officially admitted that a new coronavirus was circulating. The study Tuesday found an unusual […] Continue reading -> Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> World Sees Largest-Ever Daily Increase Of New COVID-19 Infections; Independent WHO Oversight Committee Warns Against “Politicization Of COVID-19 Response” 20/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Over the past 24 hours, the world has seen the largest-ever increase in new COVID-19 infections, with most of the 106,000 cases cases occurring in just four countries, warned WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Prepares For Show Of Unity On Global COVID-19 Response; Contest Over Taiwan & Possible US Funding Resumption 15/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world seems set to make at least a symbolic display of unity in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins on Monday. The WHO’s 194 member states are expected to overwhelmingly approve a European Union-led resolution that aims to step up the global COVID-19 response, and […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Dogs Could Detect Coronavirus in 250 People Per Hour, Reports New Study 02/06/2020 Gauri Saxena Dogs could be trained to discern COVID-19 in humans, reported researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University in a podcast last Wednesday. The study has received £500,000 from the UK government and hopes to be able to train dogs for rapid virus detection in airports […] Continue reading -> WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> World Sees Largest-Ever Daily Increase Of New COVID-19 Infections; Independent WHO Oversight Committee Warns Against “Politicization Of COVID-19 Response” 20/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Over the past 24 hours, the world has seen the largest-ever increase in new COVID-19 infections, with most of the 106,000 cases cases occurring in just four countries, warned WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Prepares For Show Of Unity On Global COVID-19 Response; Contest Over Taiwan & Possible US Funding Resumption 15/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world seems set to make at least a symbolic display of unity in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins on Monday. The WHO’s 194 member states are expected to overwhelmingly approve a European Union-led resolution that aims to step up the global COVID-19 response, and […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Officials Faced ‘Considerable Frustration’ With China’s Delays In Releasing Vital Coronavirus Information 02/06/2020 Editorial team China stalled for ‘at least’ two weeks in providing the World Health Organization with detailed data on COVID-19 cases, frustrating WHO’s top echelons – even as they tried to put on a positive public face, according to an investigative report by the Associated Press of exchanges that occured in January. China also withheld the genome […] Continue reading -> World Sees Largest-Ever Daily Increase Of New COVID-19 Infections; Independent WHO Oversight Committee Warns Against “Politicization Of COVID-19 Response” 20/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Over the past 24 hours, the world has seen the largest-ever increase in new COVID-19 infections, with most of the 106,000 cases cases occurring in just four countries, warned WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Prepares For Show Of Unity On Global COVID-19 Response; Contest Over Taiwan & Possible US Funding Resumption 15/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world seems set to make at least a symbolic display of unity in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins on Monday. The WHO’s 194 member states are expected to overwhelmingly approve a European Union-led resolution that aims to step up the global COVID-19 response, and […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Sees Largest-Ever Daily Increase Of New COVID-19 Infections; Independent WHO Oversight Committee Warns Against “Politicization Of COVID-19 Response” 20/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Svĕt Lustig Vijay Over the past 24 hours, the world has seen the largest-ever increase in new COVID-19 infections, with most of the 106,000 cases cases occurring in just four countries, warned WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Prepares For Show Of Unity On Global COVID-19 Response; Contest Over Taiwan & Possible US Funding Resumption 15/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world seems set to make at least a symbolic display of unity in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins on Monday. The WHO’s 194 member states are expected to overwhelmingly approve a European Union-led resolution that aims to step up the global COVID-19 response, and […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Assembly Prepares For Show Of Unity On Global COVID-19 Response; Contest Over Taiwan & Possible US Funding Resumption 15/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world seems set to make at least a symbolic display of unity in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), which begins on Monday. The WHO’s 194 member states are expected to overwhelmingly approve a European Union-led resolution that aims to step up the global COVID-19 response, and […] Continue reading -> Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mental Health Needs To Be Incorporated Into COVID-19 Recovery Plans To Prevent ‘Massive’ Mental Health Crisis 14/05/2020 Editorial team The raging pandemic has highlighted an urgent need to incorporate mental health into COVID-19 recovery plans and to ‘substantially’ improve mental health funding – Or the world will face a ‘massive’ mental health crisis in upcoming months, reported a United Nations policy brief on Thursday. “The impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health is […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Member States Agree On Draft Resolution For COVID-19 Response – Overriding US Objections 14/05/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher World Health Organization member states reached initial agreement today on a European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response to go before the upcoming World Health Assembly – overriding some of the previous US objections to language referring to the rights of countries to override patent rules. The draft resolution to be submitted to the […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts