Lancet: Pandemic Containment Requires Increased Vaccine Production, Affordable Pricing & Global Allocation; WHO Calls For Tech Transfer To Scale Up Manufacturing 14/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The contribution COVID-19 vaccines can make to beating the pandemic will depend on the extent to which they are produced at scale, priced affordably, and deployed globally, says the first peer reviewed study on equitable access to vaccines, published in The Lancet on Friday. The Lancet article comes in the wake of a joint appeal […] Continue reading -> Big Dams and Climate Change Drive Uttarakhand India Avalanche – Costing Lives Immediately 14/02/2021 Disha Shetty PUNE, INDIA – For Anjal Prakash, a climate scientist based in India, the flash floods in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand this past week did not come as a surprise. “The writing was on the wall,” said Prakash, a research director at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, of the 7 February rockslide and avalanche […] Continue reading -> Vaccine Bellweather – Israel Sees Light At End Of Pandemic Tunnel With Big Downturn In Over-60 IIlness 12/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher TEL AVIV- New data on over 500,000 Israelis who have been fully vaccinated with two Pfizer jabs shows the vaccine is 93% effective – with no deaths and only 4 severe cases for people who are a week or more after receiving the second dose. Out of the 523,000 fully vaccinated people studied, 544 were […] Continue reading -> None of SARS-CoV2 Origin Hypotheses Have Been Discarded, Says WHO 12/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan None of the hypotheses about the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus have been discarded and the World Health Organization (WHO) origins mission might be expanded to include other experts to take forward new areas of research, WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s bi-weekly media briefing on Friday. “I wish to confirm […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC: Roll Out AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine On Continent — Except In Countries Where B-1351 Variant Dominates 11/02/2021 Paul Adepoju In the next two weeks, distribution of millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-COV2 to health workers across Africa will get underway, said the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control in a joint press briefing with the WHO Regional Office for Africa on Thursday. CDC Director John Nkengasong told Health Policy Watch that […] Continue reading -> [EXCLUSIVE] Little Vials, Big Crime: Criminals Primed For Onslaught On Africa’s Vaccines 11/02/2021 Darren Taylor/Bhekisisa Weak medicine regulators in Africa mean the continent is vulnerable to falsified COVID vaccines being circulated. Sources at international anti-crime agencies argue that Africa’s strong trade routes with China and India are going to allow criminals to introduce shipments of falsified vaccines into supply chains. The World Health Organisation says the global market for substandard […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> Okonjo-Iweala: Access To COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Not Just Moral Imperative – It Is A Strategic And Economic One’ 09/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In her first major public statement since the United States signaled that it would approve her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the need for rich countries to step up their financial contributions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 tools. Okonjo-Iweala was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Big Dams and Climate Change Drive Uttarakhand India Avalanche – Costing Lives Immediately 14/02/2021 Disha Shetty PUNE, INDIA – For Anjal Prakash, a climate scientist based in India, the flash floods in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand this past week did not come as a surprise. “The writing was on the wall,” said Prakash, a research director at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, of the 7 February rockslide and avalanche […] Continue reading -> Vaccine Bellweather – Israel Sees Light At End Of Pandemic Tunnel With Big Downturn In Over-60 IIlness 12/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher TEL AVIV- New data on over 500,000 Israelis who have been fully vaccinated with two Pfizer jabs shows the vaccine is 93% effective – with no deaths and only 4 severe cases for people who are a week or more after receiving the second dose. Out of the 523,000 fully vaccinated people studied, 544 were […] Continue reading -> None of SARS-CoV2 Origin Hypotheses Have Been Discarded, Says WHO 12/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan None of the hypotheses about the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus have been discarded and the World Health Organization (WHO) origins mission might be expanded to include other experts to take forward new areas of research, WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s bi-weekly media briefing on Friday. “I wish to confirm […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC: Roll Out AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine On Continent — Except In Countries Where B-1351 Variant Dominates 11/02/2021 Paul Adepoju In the next two weeks, distribution of millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-COV2 to health workers across Africa will get underway, said the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control in a joint press briefing with the WHO Regional Office for Africa on Thursday. CDC Director John Nkengasong told Health Policy Watch that […] Continue reading -> [EXCLUSIVE] Little Vials, Big Crime: Criminals Primed For Onslaught On Africa’s Vaccines 11/02/2021 Darren Taylor/Bhekisisa Weak medicine regulators in Africa mean the continent is vulnerable to falsified COVID vaccines being circulated. Sources at international anti-crime agencies argue that Africa’s strong trade routes with China and India are going to allow criminals to introduce shipments of falsified vaccines into supply chains. The World Health Organisation says the global market for substandard […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> Okonjo-Iweala: Access To COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Not Just Moral Imperative – It Is A Strategic And Economic One’ 09/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In her first major public statement since the United States signaled that it would approve her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the need for rich countries to step up their financial contributions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 tools. Okonjo-Iweala was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Vaccine Bellweather – Israel Sees Light At End Of Pandemic Tunnel With Big Downturn In Over-60 IIlness 12/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher TEL AVIV- New data on over 500,000 Israelis who have been fully vaccinated with two Pfizer jabs shows the vaccine is 93% effective – with no deaths and only 4 severe cases for people who are a week or more after receiving the second dose. Out of the 523,000 fully vaccinated people studied, 544 were […] Continue reading -> None of SARS-CoV2 Origin Hypotheses Have Been Discarded, Says WHO 12/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan None of the hypotheses about the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus have been discarded and the World Health Organization (WHO) origins mission might be expanded to include other experts to take forward new areas of research, WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s bi-weekly media briefing on Friday. “I wish to confirm […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC: Roll Out AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine On Continent — Except In Countries Where B-1351 Variant Dominates 11/02/2021 Paul Adepoju In the next two weeks, distribution of millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-COV2 to health workers across Africa will get underway, said the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control in a joint press briefing with the WHO Regional Office for Africa on Thursday. CDC Director John Nkengasong told Health Policy Watch that […] Continue reading -> [EXCLUSIVE] Little Vials, Big Crime: Criminals Primed For Onslaught On Africa’s Vaccines 11/02/2021 Darren Taylor/Bhekisisa Weak medicine regulators in Africa mean the continent is vulnerable to falsified COVID vaccines being circulated. Sources at international anti-crime agencies argue that Africa’s strong trade routes with China and India are going to allow criminals to introduce shipments of falsified vaccines into supply chains. The World Health Organisation says the global market for substandard […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> Okonjo-Iweala: Access To COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Not Just Moral Imperative – It Is A Strategic And Economic One’ 09/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In her first major public statement since the United States signaled that it would approve her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the need for rich countries to step up their financial contributions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 tools. Okonjo-Iweala was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
None of SARS-CoV2 Origin Hypotheses Have Been Discarded, Says WHO 12/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan None of the hypotheses about the origins of the SARS-CoV2 virus have been discarded and the World Health Organization (WHO) origins mission might be expanded to include other experts to take forward new areas of research, WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s bi-weekly media briefing on Friday. “I wish to confirm […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC: Roll Out AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine On Continent — Except In Countries Where B-1351 Variant Dominates 11/02/2021 Paul Adepoju In the next two weeks, distribution of millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-COV2 to health workers across Africa will get underway, said the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control in a joint press briefing with the WHO Regional Office for Africa on Thursday. CDC Director John Nkengasong told Health Policy Watch that […] Continue reading -> [EXCLUSIVE] Little Vials, Big Crime: Criminals Primed For Onslaught On Africa’s Vaccines 11/02/2021 Darren Taylor/Bhekisisa Weak medicine regulators in Africa mean the continent is vulnerable to falsified COVID vaccines being circulated. Sources at international anti-crime agencies argue that Africa’s strong trade routes with China and India are going to allow criminals to introduce shipments of falsified vaccines into supply chains. The World Health Organisation says the global market for substandard […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> Okonjo-Iweala: Access To COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Not Just Moral Imperative – It Is A Strategic And Economic One’ 09/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In her first major public statement since the United States signaled that it would approve her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the need for rich countries to step up their financial contributions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 tools. Okonjo-Iweala was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Africa CDC: Roll Out AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine On Continent — Except In Countries Where B-1351 Variant Dominates 11/02/2021 Paul Adepoju In the next two weeks, distribution of millions of doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca SARS-COV2 to health workers across Africa will get underway, said the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control in a joint press briefing with the WHO Regional Office for Africa on Thursday. CDC Director John Nkengasong told Health Policy Watch that […] Continue reading -> [EXCLUSIVE] Little Vials, Big Crime: Criminals Primed For Onslaught On Africa’s Vaccines 11/02/2021 Darren Taylor/Bhekisisa Weak medicine regulators in Africa mean the continent is vulnerable to falsified COVID vaccines being circulated. Sources at international anti-crime agencies argue that Africa’s strong trade routes with China and India are going to allow criminals to introduce shipments of falsified vaccines into supply chains. The World Health Organisation says the global market for substandard […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> Okonjo-Iweala: Access To COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Not Just Moral Imperative – It Is A Strategic And Economic One’ 09/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In her first major public statement since the United States signaled that it would approve her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the need for rich countries to step up their financial contributions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 tools. Okonjo-Iweala was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
[EXCLUSIVE] Little Vials, Big Crime: Criminals Primed For Onslaught On Africa’s Vaccines 11/02/2021 Darren Taylor/Bhekisisa Weak medicine regulators in Africa mean the continent is vulnerable to falsified COVID vaccines being circulated. Sources at international anti-crime agencies argue that Africa’s strong trade routes with China and India are going to allow criminals to introduce shipments of falsified vaccines into supply chains. The World Health Organisation says the global market for substandard […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> Okonjo-Iweala: Access To COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Not Just Moral Imperative – It Is A Strategic And Economic One’ 09/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In her first major public statement since the United States signaled that it would approve her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the need for rich countries to step up their financial contributions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 tools. Okonjo-Iweala was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Experts Recommend AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Across All Ages & Countries – Signal For Start Of Global COVAX Vaccine Rollout 10/02/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher A World Health Organization expert group has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use in countries worldwide – and among groups including people over the age of 65. The sweeping recommendation by WHO “Strategic Advisory Group of Experts” (SAGE) marks what WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan described as an “important milestone” […] Continue reading -> Okonjo-Iweala: Access To COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Not Just Moral Imperative – It Is A Strategic And Economic One’ 09/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In her first major public statement since the United States signaled that it would approve her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the need for rich countries to step up their financial contributions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 tools. Okonjo-Iweala was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
Okonjo-Iweala: Access To COVID-19 Vaccines ‘Not Just Moral Imperative – It Is A Strategic And Economic One’ 09/02/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin In her first major public statement since the United States signaled that it would approve her candidacy for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala highlighted the need for rich countries to step up their financial contributions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 tools. Okonjo-Iweala was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Experts Unable to Find ‘Missing Link’ in SARS-CoV2 Virus Transmission in China 09/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The most likely way that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread in Wuhan was from an animal intermediary that transmitted the virus from bats to humans, while the least likely was that it resulted from a laboratory “incident”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) team on the origin of the virus, which completed a month-long investigation […] Continue reading -> WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts
WHO Remains Positive About AstraZeneca Despite South Africa Setback; GAVI Calls For Pharma To Rapidly Adapt Products To Variants 08/02/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO)’s expert group on immunisations remains confident in the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy against severe SARS-CoV2 disease – despite the enormous worldwide concerns triggered by a small South African study that showed it had little effect in stemming mild disease from the B.1.351 variant first identified in that country. “It is very […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older Posts Newer Posts