Bold New WHO Manifesto Calls For Low Carbon COVID-19 Recovery; European Union Unveils €750 Billion Stimulus Package 27/05/2020 Gauri Saxena, Grace Ren & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus unveiled a bold new WHO Healthy Recovery Manifesto – including an unprecedented call to governments to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry to the tune of US$ 400 bilion annually – driving both climate change, air pollution, and an epidemic of chronic diseases that also sharply increased mortality risks […] Continue reading -> As COVID-19 Cases In The Americas Rise; 1-4 People At Higher Risk Of Serious Illness Due To ‘Pervasive’ Incidence Of Underlying Diseases 26/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay As global COVID-19 cases topped 5 million this past week, Latin America has surpassed Europe and the United States in terms of new cases being reported everyday, said WHO Regional Director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, at a Pan American Health Organization press conference on Tuesday. There have been almost 32,000 new cases of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> 40 Million Health Professionals Call On G20 Leaders To Back ‘Green Recovery’ From COVID-19 – Ahead Of Critical G7 Summit In June 26/05/2020 Gauri Saxena & Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than 40 million health professionals from 90 countries worldwide have issued an open letter to G20 leaders and their chief medical advisors, urging them to support climate smart development in their plans for economic recovery from COVID-19. The appeal to the Group of 20 of the world’s most industrialized countries, supported by some 350 […] Continue reading -> WHO Pauses Hydroxychloroquine Arm Of COVID-19 Clinical Trial – After Lancet Study Finds Higher Mortality Rate Among Patients Getting The Drug 25/05/2020 Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the Lancet study’s retraction. Enrollment of new patients in the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) arm of the World Health Organization’s Global COVID-19 Solidarity Trial will be put on pause, as the trial’s oversight committee reviews all available data on COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […] Continue reading -> Cyclone Amphan Complicates COVID-19 Response As Relief Efforts Underway in Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal State 25/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Tsering Lhamo Even as Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing unprecedented flooding and locust swarms, a cyclone that has hit Southeast Asia, is presenting new challenges there in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Torrential rain, fierce winds of up to 180 km per hour, and a 16-foot tall storm surge cut off road […] Continue reading -> Ten Actions To Boost Low & Middle Income Countries’ Productive Capacity For Medicines 25/05/2020 James Zhan & Christoph Spennemann Low and middle-income countries urgently need affordable personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to ward off even bigger waves of COVID-19 infection and mortality – and global production capacity is failing to ensure timely supply even of those products now on the market. Now, more than ever, producers in poor countries need to be […] Continue reading -> Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Induce Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers 22/05/2020 Grace Ren & Svĕt Lustig Vijay A COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Chinese researchers successfully induced the development of neutralizing and binding antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to early results from a non-randomized phase I clinical trial published Friday in The Lancet. The trial results follow on to results announced by Moderna earlier this week, which found […] Continue reading -> Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study 22/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the paper’s retraction. New research published in The Lancet on Friday found that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine has ‘no benefit’ for coronavirus patients, and could even increase the risk of heart arrhythmias and mortality. The study was retracted by three of its authors on June 4, due to […] Continue reading -> Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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. 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As COVID-19 Cases In The Americas Rise; 1-4 People At Higher Risk Of Serious Illness Due To ‘Pervasive’ Incidence Of Underlying Diseases 26/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay As global COVID-19 cases topped 5 million this past week, Latin America has surpassed Europe and the United States in terms of new cases being reported everyday, said WHO Regional Director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, at a Pan American Health Organization press conference on Tuesday. There have been almost 32,000 new cases of COVID-19 […] Continue reading -> 40 Million Health Professionals Call On G20 Leaders To Back ‘Green Recovery’ From COVID-19 – Ahead Of Critical G7 Summit In June 26/05/2020 Gauri Saxena & Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than 40 million health professionals from 90 countries worldwide have issued an open letter to G20 leaders and their chief medical advisors, urging them to support climate smart development in their plans for economic recovery from COVID-19. The appeal to the Group of 20 of the world’s most industrialized countries, supported by some 350 […] Continue reading -> WHO Pauses Hydroxychloroquine Arm Of COVID-19 Clinical Trial – After Lancet Study Finds Higher Mortality Rate Among Patients Getting The Drug 25/05/2020 Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the Lancet study’s retraction. Enrollment of new patients in the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) arm of the World Health Organization’s Global COVID-19 Solidarity Trial will be put on pause, as the trial’s oversight committee reviews all available data on COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […] Continue reading -> Cyclone Amphan Complicates COVID-19 Response As Relief Efforts Underway in Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal State 25/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Tsering Lhamo Even as Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing unprecedented flooding and locust swarms, a cyclone that has hit Southeast Asia, is presenting new challenges there in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Torrential rain, fierce winds of up to 180 km per hour, and a 16-foot tall storm surge cut off road […] Continue reading -> Ten Actions To Boost Low & Middle Income Countries’ Productive Capacity For Medicines 25/05/2020 James Zhan & Christoph Spennemann Low and middle-income countries urgently need affordable personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to ward off even bigger waves of COVID-19 infection and mortality – and global production capacity is failing to ensure timely supply even of those products now on the market. Now, more than ever, producers in poor countries need to be […] Continue reading -> Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Induce Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers 22/05/2020 Grace Ren & Svĕt Lustig Vijay A COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Chinese researchers successfully induced the development of neutralizing and binding antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to early results from a non-randomized phase I clinical trial published Friday in The Lancet. The trial results follow on to results announced by Moderna earlier this week, which found […] Continue reading -> Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study 22/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the paper’s retraction. New research published in The Lancet on Friday found that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine has ‘no benefit’ for coronavirus patients, and could even increase the risk of heart arrhythmias and mortality. The study was retracted by three of its authors on June 4, due to […] Continue reading -> Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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. 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40 Million Health Professionals Call On G20 Leaders To Back ‘Green Recovery’ From COVID-19 – Ahead Of Critical G7 Summit In June 26/05/2020 Gauri Saxena & Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than 40 million health professionals from 90 countries worldwide have issued an open letter to G20 leaders and their chief medical advisors, urging them to support climate smart development in their plans for economic recovery from COVID-19. The appeal to the Group of 20 of the world’s most industrialized countries, supported by some 350 […] Continue reading -> WHO Pauses Hydroxychloroquine Arm Of COVID-19 Clinical Trial – After Lancet Study Finds Higher Mortality Rate Among Patients Getting The Drug 25/05/2020 Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the Lancet study’s retraction. Enrollment of new patients in the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) arm of the World Health Organization’s Global COVID-19 Solidarity Trial will be put on pause, as the trial’s oversight committee reviews all available data on COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […] Continue reading -> Cyclone Amphan Complicates COVID-19 Response As Relief Efforts Underway in Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal State 25/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Tsering Lhamo Even as Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing unprecedented flooding and locust swarms, a cyclone that has hit Southeast Asia, is presenting new challenges there in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Torrential rain, fierce winds of up to 180 km per hour, and a 16-foot tall storm surge cut off road […] Continue reading -> Ten Actions To Boost Low & Middle Income Countries’ Productive Capacity For Medicines 25/05/2020 James Zhan & Christoph Spennemann Low and middle-income countries urgently need affordable personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to ward off even bigger waves of COVID-19 infection and mortality – and global production capacity is failing to ensure timely supply even of those products now on the market. Now, more than ever, producers in poor countries need to be […] Continue reading -> Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Induce Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers 22/05/2020 Grace Ren & Svĕt Lustig Vijay A COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Chinese researchers successfully induced the development of neutralizing and binding antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to early results from a non-randomized phase I clinical trial published Friday in The Lancet. The trial results follow on to results announced by Moderna earlier this week, which found […] Continue reading -> Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study 22/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the paper’s retraction. New research published in The Lancet on Friday found that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine has ‘no benefit’ for coronavirus patients, and could even increase the risk of heart arrhythmias and mortality. The study was retracted by three of its authors on June 4, due to […] Continue reading -> Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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 Pauses Hydroxychloroquine Arm Of COVID-19 Clinical Trial – After Lancet Study Finds Higher Mortality Rate Among Patients Getting The Drug 25/05/2020 Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the Lancet study’s retraction. Enrollment of new patients in the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) arm of the World Health Organization’s Global COVID-19 Solidarity Trial will be put on pause, as the trial’s oversight committee reviews all available data on COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […] Continue reading -> Cyclone Amphan Complicates COVID-19 Response As Relief Efforts Underway in Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal State 25/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Tsering Lhamo Even as Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing unprecedented flooding and locust swarms, a cyclone that has hit Southeast Asia, is presenting new challenges there in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Torrential rain, fierce winds of up to 180 km per hour, and a 16-foot tall storm surge cut off road […] Continue reading -> Ten Actions To Boost Low & Middle Income Countries’ Productive Capacity For Medicines 25/05/2020 James Zhan & Christoph Spennemann Low and middle-income countries urgently need affordable personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to ward off even bigger waves of COVID-19 infection and mortality – and global production capacity is failing to ensure timely supply even of those products now on the market. Now, more than ever, producers in poor countries need to be […] Continue reading -> Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Induce Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers 22/05/2020 Grace Ren & Svĕt Lustig Vijay A COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Chinese researchers successfully induced the development of neutralizing and binding antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to early results from a non-randomized phase I clinical trial published Friday in The Lancet. The trial results follow on to results announced by Moderna earlier this week, which found […] Continue reading -> Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study 22/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the paper’s retraction. New research published in The Lancet on Friday found that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine has ‘no benefit’ for coronavirus patients, and could even increase the risk of heart arrhythmias and mortality. The study was retracted by three of its authors on June 4, due to […] Continue reading -> Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Cyclone Amphan Complicates COVID-19 Response As Relief Efforts Underway in Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal State 25/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Tsering Lhamo Even as Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing unprecedented flooding and locust swarms, a cyclone that has hit Southeast Asia, is presenting new challenges there in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Torrential rain, fierce winds of up to 180 km per hour, and a 16-foot tall storm surge cut off road […] Continue reading -> Ten Actions To Boost Low & Middle Income Countries’ Productive Capacity For Medicines 25/05/2020 James Zhan & Christoph Spennemann Low and middle-income countries urgently need affordable personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to ward off even bigger waves of COVID-19 infection and mortality – and global production capacity is failing to ensure timely supply even of those products now on the market. Now, more than ever, producers in poor countries need to be […] Continue reading -> Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Induce Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers 22/05/2020 Grace Ren & Svĕt Lustig Vijay A COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Chinese researchers successfully induced the development of neutralizing and binding antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to early results from a non-randomized phase I clinical trial published Friday in The Lancet. The trial results follow on to results announced by Moderna earlier this week, which found […] Continue reading -> Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study 22/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the paper’s retraction. New research published in The Lancet on Friday found that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine has ‘no benefit’ for coronavirus patients, and could even increase the risk of heart arrhythmias and mortality. The study was retracted by three of its authors on June 4, due to […] Continue reading -> Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Ten Actions To Boost Low & Middle Income Countries’ Productive Capacity For Medicines 25/05/2020 James Zhan & Christoph Spennemann Low and middle-income countries urgently need affordable personal protective equipment, diagnostics, treatments and vaccines to ward off even bigger waves of COVID-19 infection and mortality – and global production capacity is failing to ensure timely supply even of those products now on the market. Now, more than ever, producers in poor countries need to be […] Continue reading -> Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Induce Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers 22/05/2020 Grace Ren & Svĕt Lustig Vijay A COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Chinese researchers successfully induced the development of neutralizing and binding antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to early results from a non-randomized phase I clinical trial published Friday in The Lancet. The trial results follow on to results announced by Moderna earlier this week, which found […] Continue reading -> Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study 22/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the paper’s retraction. New research published in The Lancet on Friday found that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine has ‘no benefit’ for coronavirus patients, and could even increase the risk of heart arrhythmias and mortality. The study was retracted by three of its authors on June 4, due to […] Continue reading -> Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Two COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Induce Immune Response In Healthy Volunteers 22/05/2020 Grace Ren & Svĕt Lustig Vijay A COVID-19 vaccine candidate made by Chinese researchers successfully induced the development of neutralizing and binding antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to early results from a non-randomized phase I clinical trial published Friday in The Lancet. The trial results follow on to results announced by Moderna earlier this week, which found […] Continue reading -> Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study 22/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the paper’s retraction. New research published in The Lancet on Friday found that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine has ‘no benefit’ for coronavirus patients, and could even increase the risk of heart arrhythmias and mortality. The study was retracted by three of its authors on June 4, due to […] Continue reading -> Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Hydroxychloroquine May Cause More Harm Than Benefit To COVID-19 Patients, Says New Lancet Study 22/05/2020 Svĕt Lustig Vijay & Grace Ren This story was updated 4 June to reflect the paper’s retraction. New research published in The Lancet on Friday found that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine has ‘no benefit’ for coronavirus patients, and could even increase the risk of heart arrhythmias and mortality. The study was retracted by three of its authors on June 4, due to […] Continue reading -> Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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.
Triple Threat Of Floods, Locusts, & COVID-19 Plague Eastern Africa & Horn of Africa 21/05/2020 Grace Ren East Africa and the Horn of Africa are facing a series of unprecedented overlapping disasters – widespread displacement and food insecurity caused by a record season of flooding and locusts, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC). Meanwhile, the United Nations […] 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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer 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
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 -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts