Just As President Joe Biden Is Inaugurated – United States Reconciliation With World Health Organization Begins 20/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Right after the pomp and ceremony of the heavily guarded inauguration of new US President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris is over, a deadly serious new war on COVID-19 is due to get underway – including rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO) as part of the new Administration’s seven point COVID pandemic plan. That […] Continue reading -> Procure And Supply Vaccines Through COVAX And Not Bilateral Deals – WHO Plea To Countries & Pharma 08/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, J Hacker & Madeleine Hoecklin Some 42 countries around the world are now rolling out brand new COVID-19 vaccines to their populations. But 36 of those are high-income countries, 6 are middle-income countries, and none at all are low-income countries, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a WHO press briefing on Friday. He and other WHO officials […] Continue reading -> As Europe Launches COVID Vaccine Drives – Some Bemoan Switzerland’s Slow Pace 31/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As European COVID-19 vaccine campaigns got underway with celebratory first jabs into the arms of citizens in half a dozen countries, some seasoned observers were still wondering if the pace of vaccine roll-outs will move fast enough to outpace the continuing high levels of infection and fatality – now being fuelled by a new mutant […] Continue reading -> While Europe Celebrates – Israel & Bahrain Vaccinate 30/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Jerusalem – The huge neon sign over the city’s football stadium flashed over the highway and into the night. “Jerusalem is vaccinating” – it proclaimed. Across from the stadium, in a giant Arena that in normal times hosts conferences and trade shows, a steady stream of older people – some in wheelchairs, moving with walkers […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency and Swissmedic Approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine – Positioning Europe To Start Immunizations On Heels Of US, Canada, UK and Israel 21/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Monday that it would recommend conditional marketing authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – positioning Europe to finally begin rolling out vaccines across the continent – albeit after the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Israel have already moved into high gear vaccine campaigns. Mass vaccinations were […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Reveals Weakness Of Global Health Financing Systems, Says New WHO Expenditure Report 11/12/2020 Raisa Santos The combined health and economic shocks triggered by COVID-19 have revealed profound weaknesses in health systems, with direct consequences on the future of healthcare, says a new World Health Organisation report on global health financing systems. “COVID-19 has revealed [the] underlying weakness of country and global health financing systems. There needs to be a proactive […] Continue reading -> UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Procure And Supply Vaccines Through COVAX And Not Bilateral Deals – WHO Plea To Countries & Pharma 08/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher, J Hacker & Madeleine Hoecklin Some 42 countries around the world are now rolling out brand new COVID-19 vaccines to their populations. But 36 of those are high-income countries, 6 are middle-income countries, and none at all are low-income countries, said WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a WHO press briefing on Friday. He and other WHO officials […] Continue reading -> As Europe Launches COVID Vaccine Drives – Some Bemoan Switzerland’s Slow Pace 31/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As European COVID-19 vaccine campaigns got underway with celebratory first jabs into the arms of citizens in half a dozen countries, some seasoned observers were still wondering if the pace of vaccine roll-outs will move fast enough to outpace the continuing high levels of infection and fatality – now being fuelled by a new mutant […] Continue reading -> While Europe Celebrates – Israel & Bahrain Vaccinate 30/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Jerusalem – The huge neon sign over the city’s football stadium flashed over the highway and into the night. “Jerusalem is vaccinating” – it proclaimed. Across from the stadium, in a giant Arena that in normal times hosts conferences and trade shows, a steady stream of older people – some in wheelchairs, moving with walkers […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency and Swissmedic Approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine – Positioning Europe To Start Immunizations On Heels Of US, Canada, UK and Israel 21/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Monday that it would recommend conditional marketing authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – positioning Europe to finally begin rolling out vaccines across the continent – albeit after the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Israel have already moved into high gear vaccine campaigns. Mass vaccinations were […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Reveals Weakness Of Global Health Financing Systems, Says New WHO Expenditure Report 11/12/2020 Raisa Santos The combined health and economic shocks triggered by COVID-19 have revealed profound weaknesses in health systems, with direct consequences on the future of healthcare, says a new World Health Organisation report on global health financing systems. “COVID-19 has revealed [the] underlying weakness of country and global health financing systems. There needs to be a proactive […] Continue reading -> UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Europe Launches COVID Vaccine Drives – Some Bemoan Switzerland’s Slow Pace 31/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As European COVID-19 vaccine campaigns got underway with celebratory first jabs into the arms of citizens in half a dozen countries, some seasoned observers were still wondering if the pace of vaccine roll-outs will move fast enough to outpace the continuing high levels of infection and fatality – now being fuelled by a new mutant […] Continue reading -> While Europe Celebrates – Israel & Bahrain Vaccinate 30/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Jerusalem – The huge neon sign over the city’s football stadium flashed over the highway and into the night. “Jerusalem is vaccinating” – it proclaimed. Across from the stadium, in a giant Arena that in normal times hosts conferences and trade shows, a steady stream of older people – some in wheelchairs, moving with walkers […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency and Swissmedic Approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine – Positioning Europe To Start Immunizations On Heels Of US, Canada, UK and Israel 21/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Monday that it would recommend conditional marketing authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – positioning Europe to finally begin rolling out vaccines across the continent – albeit after the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Israel have already moved into high gear vaccine campaigns. Mass vaccinations were […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Reveals Weakness Of Global Health Financing Systems, Says New WHO Expenditure Report 11/12/2020 Raisa Santos The combined health and economic shocks triggered by COVID-19 have revealed profound weaknesses in health systems, with direct consequences on the future of healthcare, says a new World Health Organisation report on global health financing systems. “COVID-19 has revealed [the] underlying weakness of country and global health financing systems. There needs to be a proactive […] Continue reading -> UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
While Europe Celebrates – Israel & Bahrain Vaccinate 30/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Jerusalem – The huge neon sign over the city’s football stadium flashed over the highway and into the night. “Jerusalem is vaccinating” – it proclaimed. Across from the stadium, in a giant Arena that in normal times hosts conferences and trade shows, a steady stream of older people – some in wheelchairs, moving with walkers […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency and Swissmedic Approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine – Positioning Europe To Start Immunizations On Heels Of US, Canada, UK and Israel 21/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Monday that it would recommend conditional marketing authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – positioning Europe to finally begin rolling out vaccines across the continent – albeit after the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Israel have already moved into high gear vaccine campaigns. Mass vaccinations were […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Reveals Weakness Of Global Health Financing Systems, Says New WHO Expenditure Report 11/12/2020 Raisa Santos The combined health and economic shocks triggered by COVID-19 have revealed profound weaknesses in health systems, with direct consequences on the future of healthcare, says a new World Health Organisation report on global health financing systems. “COVID-19 has revealed [the] underlying weakness of country and global health financing systems. There needs to be a proactive […] Continue reading -> UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> European Medicines Agency and Swissmedic Approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine – Positioning Europe To Start Immunizations On Heels Of US, Canada, UK and Israel 21/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Monday that it would recommend conditional marketing authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – positioning Europe to finally begin rolling out vaccines across the continent – albeit after the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Israel have already moved into high gear vaccine campaigns. Mass vaccinations were […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Reveals Weakness Of Global Health Financing Systems, Says New WHO Expenditure Report 11/12/2020 Raisa Santos The combined health and economic shocks triggered by COVID-19 have revealed profound weaknesses in health systems, with direct consequences on the future of healthcare, says a new World Health Organisation report on global health financing systems. “COVID-19 has revealed [the] underlying weakness of country and global health financing systems. There needs to be a proactive […] Continue reading -> UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Medicines Agency and Swissmedic Approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine – Positioning Europe To Start Immunizations On Heels Of US, Canada, UK and Israel 21/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Monday that it would recommend conditional marketing authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – positioning Europe to finally begin rolling out vaccines across the continent – albeit after the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Israel have already moved into high gear vaccine campaigns. Mass vaccinations were […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Reveals Weakness Of Global Health Financing Systems, Says New WHO Expenditure Report 11/12/2020 Raisa Santos The combined health and economic shocks triggered by COVID-19 have revealed profound weaknesses in health systems, with direct consequences on the future of healthcare, says a new World Health Organisation report on global health financing systems. “COVID-19 has revealed [the] underlying weakness of country and global health financing systems. There needs to be a proactive […] Continue reading -> UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Reveals Weakness Of Global Health Financing Systems, Says New WHO Expenditure Report 11/12/2020 Raisa Santos The combined health and economic shocks triggered by COVID-19 have revealed profound weaknesses in health systems, with direct consequences on the future of healthcare, says a new World Health Organisation report on global health financing systems. “COVID-19 has revealed [the] underlying weakness of country and global health financing systems. There needs to be a proactive […] Continue reading -> UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Reveals Weakness Of Global Health Financing Systems, Says New WHO Expenditure Report 11/12/2020 Raisa Santos The combined health and economic shocks triggered by COVID-19 have revealed profound weaknesses in health systems, with direct consequences on the future of healthcare, says a new World Health Organisation report on global health financing systems. “COVID-19 has revealed [the] underlying weakness of country and global health financing systems. There needs to be a proactive […] Continue reading -> UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Approves WHO Recommendation Removing Cannabis From List of Most Deadly Narcotics 03/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis-derived substances from its “Schedule IV” list of the world’s most dangerous narcotics. The move comes nearly two years after the WHO recommended to the UN Secretary General that cannabis and cannabis resin be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention […] Continue reading -> Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Makes It First To Finish Line; United Kingdom Authorizes Today & Rollout Begins Next Week 02/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a cutting edge mRNA technology produced jointly with the German firm BioNTech, was authorized for use on Wednesday by the United Kingdom – making it the vaccine the first to be rolled out for commercial public use as early as next week. The vaccine was authorised Wednesday morning for emergency use by […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts