Israel Finds Fourth COVID Booster is only ‘Partially Effective,’ Vast Majority of Hospitalised Omicron Patients Are Unvaccinated 17/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman & Kerry Cullinan A fourth COVID-19 booster mRNA vaccine has proven ineffective against Omicron infection, according to preliminary research from Israel released on Monday. “Despite a significant increase in antibodies after the fourth vaccine, this protection is only partially effective against the Omicron strain, which is relatively resistant to the vaccine,” lead researcher Prof Gili Regev-Yochay, told a […] Continue reading -> Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> WHO Africa Region: COVID-19 Vaccination Shifting from Supply-Side to Distribution Challenge 13/01/2022 Paul Adepoju COVID-19 vaccination in Africa may be shifting from a supply challenge – to one of effective vaccine distribution, declared a senior World Health Organization official in the African Region on Thursday. African countries will have adequate access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies in 2022, said Dr Abdou Salam Gueye, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, WHO […] Continue reading -> WHO Slams Ethiopia’s ‘Blockade’ on Health Relief to Tigray Region as ‘Catastrophic’ and ‘Unprecedented’ Even in Conflict Zones 13/01/2022 Paul Adepoju The leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) has slammed Ethiopia’s “complete blockade” on health and humanitarian aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying it has been unable to deliver life-saving medications for nearly six months – in a situation that is “unprecedented” even in comparison to conflict-wracked Syria or Yemen. “Humanitarian access even in conflict […] Continue reading -> People with Disabilities Have Been ‘Silent Sufferers’ During COVID-19 Pandemic 12/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar People with disabilities have been some of the biggest silent sufferers in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to speakers at the Pre-Summit of the Global Disability Summit 2022 on Wednesday. “Now, more than ever, if we want to be ready for a new pandemic, we need to ensure that disability inclusion in the health sector becomes […] Continue reading -> Digital Scorecards Provide Citizens with Information on Neglected Tropical Diseases 11/01/2022 Joy Phumaphi & Yacine Djibo In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting communities and countries at the centre in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases, which affect some 1.5 billion people globally, is more important than ever before. New digital health tools can help us increase transparent reporting on progress and setbacks in achieving the NTD-related Sustainable Development Goals. […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Could Become Endemic in Africa if 70% Vaccination Coverage is not Achieved by 2022 – Africa CDC 06/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – COVID-19 could become “endemic” in Africa if the continent is unable to fully vaccinate 70% of its population by the end of 2022, warned Africa Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr John Nkengasong in a press conference on Thursday. An endemic disease is a disease that is always present in a certain population […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Fail to Agree on Raising Assessed Contributions – Key Element of Global Health Agency’s Finance Reform 05/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Big pre-holiday hopes that WHO member states might agree on a sweeping financial reforms to put the World Health Organization’s $3 billion annual budget on a more sustainable foundation now seem to be foundering in the New Year. A report by the member state Working Group on Sustainable Financing, published on Tuesday, has stopped short […] Continue reading -> Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Throat Swab? Nose? Best Test Yet of Omicron’s Spread May be a Sewage Sample 14/01/2022 Maayan Hoffman Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, monitoring sewage for evidence of disease – in this case COVID-19 – may be on the verge of becoming mainstream. At least that is what some trend-setting researchers are hoping to detect rising SARS-CoV2 infections early and set policies based on data even before swab testing can provide it. […] Continue reading -> WHO Africa Region: COVID-19 Vaccination Shifting from Supply-Side to Distribution Challenge 13/01/2022 Paul Adepoju COVID-19 vaccination in Africa may be shifting from a supply challenge – to one of effective vaccine distribution, declared a senior World Health Organization official in the African Region on Thursday. African countries will have adequate access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies in 2022, said Dr Abdou Salam Gueye, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, WHO […] Continue reading -> WHO Slams Ethiopia’s ‘Blockade’ on Health Relief to Tigray Region as ‘Catastrophic’ and ‘Unprecedented’ Even in Conflict Zones 13/01/2022 Paul Adepoju The leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) has slammed Ethiopia’s “complete blockade” on health and humanitarian aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying it has been unable to deliver life-saving medications for nearly six months – in a situation that is “unprecedented” even in comparison to conflict-wracked Syria or Yemen. “Humanitarian access even in conflict […] Continue reading -> People with Disabilities Have Been ‘Silent Sufferers’ During COVID-19 Pandemic 12/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar People with disabilities have been some of the biggest silent sufferers in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to speakers at the Pre-Summit of the Global Disability Summit 2022 on Wednesday. “Now, more than ever, if we want to be ready for a new pandemic, we need to ensure that disability inclusion in the health sector becomes […] Continue reading -> Digital Scorecards Provide Citizens with Information on Neglected Tropical Diseases 11/01/2022 Joy Phumaphi & Yacine Djibo In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting communities and countries at the centre in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases, which affect some 1.5 billion people globally, is more important than ever before. New digital health tools can help us increase transparent reporting on progress and setbacks in achieving the NTD-related Sustainable Development Goals. […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Could Become Endemic in Africa if 70% Vaccination Coverage is not Achieved by 2022 – Africa CDC 06/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – COVID-19 could become “endemic” in Africa if the continent is unable to fully vaccinate 70% of its population by the end of 2022, warned Africa Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr John Nkengasong in a press conference on Thursday. An endemic disease is a disease that is always present in a certain population […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Fail to Agree on Raising Assessed Contributions – Key Element of Global Health Agency’s Finance Reform 05/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Big pre-holiday hopes that WHO member states might agree on a sweeping financial reforms to put the World Health Organization’s $3 billion annual budget on a more sustainable foundation now seem to be foundering in the New Year. A report by the member state Working Group on Sustainable Financing, published on Tuesday, has stopped short […] Continue reading -> Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Africa Region: COVID-19 Vaccination Shifting from Supply-Side to Distribution Challenge 13/01/2022 Paul Adepoju COVID-19 vaccination in Africa may be shifting from a supply challenge – to one of effective vaccine distribution, declared a senior World Health Organization official in the African Region on Thursday. African countries will have adequate access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies in 2022, said Dr Abdou Salam Gueye, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, WHO […] Continue reading -> WHO Slams Ethiopia’s ‘Blockade’ on Health Relief to Tigray Region as ‘Catastrophic’ and ‘Unprecedented’ Even in Conflict Zones 13/01/2022 Paul Adepoju The leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) has slammed Ethiopia’s “complete blockade” on health and humanitarian aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying it has been unable to deliver life-saving medications for nearly six months – in a situation that is “unprecedented” even in comparison to conflict-wracked Syria or Yemen. “Humanitarian access even in conflict […] Continue reading -> People with Disabilities Have Been ‘Silent Sufferers’ During COVID-19 Pandemic 12/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar People with disabilities have been some of the biggest silent sufferers in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to speakers at the Pre-Summit of the Global Disability Summit 2022 on Wednesday. “Now, more than ever, if we want to be ready for a new pandemic, we need to ensure that disability inclusion in the health sector becomes […] Continue reading -> Digital Scorecards Provide Citizens with Information on Neglected Tropical Diseases 11/01/2022 Joy Phumaphi & Yacine Djibo In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting communities and countries at the centre in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases, which affect some 1.5 billion people globally, is more important than ever before. New digital health tools can help us increase transparent reporting on progress and setbacks in achieving the NTD-related Sustainable Development Goals. […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Could Become Endemic in Africa if 70% Vaccination Coverage is not Achieved by 2022 – Africa CDC 06/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – COVID-19 could become “endemic” in Africa if the continent is unable to fully vaccinate 70% of its population by the end of 2022, warned Africa Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr John Nkengasong in a press conference on Thursday. An endemic disease is a disease that is always present in a certain population […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Fail to Agree on Raising Assessed Contributions – Key Element of Global Health Agency’s Finance Reform 05/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Big pre-holiday hopes that WHO member states might agree on a sweeping financial reforms to put the World Health Organization’s $3 billion annual budget on a more sustainable foundation now seem to be foundering in the New Year. A report by the member state Working Group on Sustainable Financing, published on Tuesday, has stopped short […] Continue reading -> Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Slams Ethiopia’s ‘Blockade’ on Health Relief to Tigray Region as ‘Catastrophic’ and ‘Unprecedented’ Even in Conflict Zones 13/01/2022 Paul Adepoju The leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) has slammed Ethiopia’s “complete blockade” on health and humanitarian aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying it has been unable to deliver life-saving medications for nearly six months – in a situation that is “unprecedented” even in comparison to conflict-wracked Syria or Yemen. “Humanitarian access even in conflict […] Continue reading -> People with Disabilities Have Been ‘Silent Sufferers’ During COVID-19 Pandemic 12/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar People with disabilities have been some of the biggest silent sufferers in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to speakers at the Pre-Summit of the Global Disability Summit 2022 on Wednesday. “Now, more than ever, if we want to be ready for a new pandemic, we need to ensure that disability inclusion in the health sector becomes […] Continue reading -> Digital Scorecards Provide Citizens with Information on Neglected Tropical Diseases 11/01/2022 Joy Phumaphi & Yacine Djibo In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting communities and countries at the centre in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases, which affect some 1.5 billion people globally, is more important than ever before. New digital health tools can help us increase transparent reporting on progress and setbacks in achieving the NTD-related Sustainable Development Goals. […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Could Become Endemic in Africa if 70% Vaccination Coverage is not Achieved by 2022 – Africa CDC 06/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – COVID-19 could become “endemic” in Africa if the continent is unable to fully vaccinate 70% of its population by the end of 2022, warned Africa Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr John Nkengasong in a press conference on Thursday. An endemic disease is a disease that is always present in a certain population […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Fail to Agree on Raising Assessed Contributions – Key Element of Global Health Agency’s Finance Reform 05/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Big pre-holiday hopes that WHO member states might agree on a sweeping financial reforms to put the World Health Organization’s $3 billion annual budget on a more sustainable foundation now seem to be foundering in the New Year. A report by the member state Working Group on Sustainable Financing, published on Tuesday, has stopped short […] Continue reading -> Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
People with Disabilities Have Been ‘Silent Sufferers’ During COVID-19 Pandemic 12/01/2022 Aishwarya Tendolkar People with disabilities have been some of the biggest silent sufferers in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to speakers at the Pre-Summit of the Global Disability Summit 2022 on Wednesday. “Now, more than ever, if we want to be ready for a new pandemic, we need to ensure that disability inclusion in the health sector becomes […] Continue reading -> Digital Scorecards Provide Citizens with Information on Neglected Tropical Diseases 11/01/2022 Joy Phumaphi & Yacine Djibo In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting communities and countries at the centre in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases, which affect some 1.5 billion people globally, is more important than ever before. New digital health tools can help us increase transparent reporting on progress and setbacks in achieving the NTD-related Sustainable Development Goals. […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Could Become Endemic in Africa if 70% Vaccination Coverage is not Achieved by 2022 – Africa CDC 06/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – COVID-19 could become “endemic” in Africa if the continent is unable to fully vaccinate 70% of its population by the end of 2022, warned Africa Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr John Nkengasong in a press conference on Thursday. An endemic disease is a disease that is always present in a certain population […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Fail to Agree on Raising Assessed Contributions – Key Element of Global Health Agency’s Finance Reform 05/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Big pre-holiday hopes that WHO member states might agree on a sweeping financial reforms to put the World Health Organization’s $3 billion annual budget on a more sustainable foundation now seem to be foundering in the New Year. A report by the member state Working Group on Sustainable Financing, published on Tuesday, has stopped short […] Continue reading -> Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Digital Scorecards Provide Citizens with Information on Neglected Tropical Diseases 11/01/2022 Joy Phumaphi & Yacine Djibo In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting communities and countries at the centre in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases, which affect some 1.5 billion people globally, is more important than ever before. New digital health tools can help us increase transparent reporting on progress and setbacks in achieving the NTD-related Sustainable Development Goals. […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Could Become Endemic in Africa if 70% Vaccination Coverage is not Achieved by 2022 – Africa CDC 06/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – COVID-19 could become “endemic” in Africa if the continent is unable to fully vaccinate 70% of its population by the end of 2022, warned Africa Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr John Nkengasong in a press conference on Thursday. An endemic disease is a disease that is always present in a certain population […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Fail to Agree on Raising Assessed Contributions – Key Element of Global Health Agency’s Finance Reform 05/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Big pre-holiday hopes that WHO member states might agree on a sweeping financial reforms to put the World Health Organization’s $3 billion annual budget on a more sustainable foundation now seem to be foundering in the New Year. A report by the member state Working Group on Sustainable Financing, published on Tuesday, has stopped short […] Continue reading -> Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Could Become Endemic in Africa if 70% Vaccination Coverage is not Achieved by 2022 – Africa CDC 06/01/2022 Paul Adepoju IBADAN – COVID-19 could become “endemic” in Africa if the continent is unable to fully vaccinate 70% of its population by the end of 2022, warned Africa Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr John Nkengasong in a press conference on Thursday. An endemic disease is a disease that is always present in a certain population […] Continue reading -> WHO Member States Fail to Agree on Raising Assessed Contributions – Key Element of Global Health Agency’s Finance Reform 05/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Big pre-holiday hopes that WHO member states might agree on a sweeping financial reforms to put the World Health Organization’s $3 billion annual budget on a more sustainable foundation now seem to be foundering in the New Year. A report by the member state Working Group on Sustainable Financing, published on Tuesday, has stopped short […] Continue reading -> Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Member States Fail to Agree on Raising Assessed Contributions – Key Element of Global Health Agency’s Finance Reform 05/01/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Big pre-holiday hopes that WHO member states might agree on a sweeping financial reforms to put the World Health Organization’s $3 billion annual budget on a more sustainable foundation now seem to be foundering in the New Year. A report by the member state Working Group on Sustainable Financing, published on Tuesday, has stopped short […] Continue reading -> Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Two Years Into Pandemic WHO Warns of Omicron ‘Tsunami’; Variant Confounds Easy Predictions 29/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As the world marks two years since the emergence of the first reports about a “novel coronavirus” circulating in Wuhan China, countries in Europe, North America and elsewhere are facing yet another “tsunami” of infections – this time driven by the highly-infectious Omicron variant, warned WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He spoke at […] Continue reading -> ‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Vaccine for World’ Gets Emergency Use Authorization in India; Texas Children’s Hospital Grants Non-Exclusive License to Biological E 28/12/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Vaccine equity advocates see huge potential in India’s decision to grant an emergency use license to CORBEVAX™, an open-license vaccine dubbed “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine” by its developers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. The protein sub-unit vaccine, engineered at Baylor’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD), received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts