A top World Health Organization official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the risk that "imported" coronavirus cases like those linked to new variants could ...
Jun 7, 2021
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The U.N. Security Council called for accelerated availability of coronavirus vaccines for Africa on Wednesday, expressing concern that the continent has received only about 2% of all doses administered globally.
May 20, 2021
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Canada's Medicago and British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday announced positive interim results for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
May 18, 2021
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Today, we are joining over 700 health professionals and academics in sending an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging him to take a leadership role in expanding the global production of COVID-19 vaccines and ...
Apr 29, 2021
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The gap between the number of vaccines administered in rich countries and in the developing world "is growing every single day, and becoming more grotesque every day," declared Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General ...
Apr 26, 2021
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As COVID-19 vaccination efforts ramp up in developing nations, accurate and accessible vaccination records are critical for children who often lack official identification necessary for the delivery of government or medical ...
Apr 13, 2021
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The uneven availability of COVID-19 vaccines has become an increasingly urgent and vexatious issue. But managing the problem of what's been labeled "vaccine nationalism" is proving a hard nut to crack.
Apr 12, 2021
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A medical device that has been shown to manage pain among babies born preterm can also help keep their brain oxygen levels steady during medical procedures, finds new analysis by researchers at UBC.
Mar 25, 2021
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The suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several European countries over the past week could fuel skepticism about the shot far beyond their shores, potentially threatening the rollout of a vaccine that is key to the ...
Mar 19, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic, and the race to make vaccines and other useful technologies more accessible to people around the world, has once again highlighted the tension between intellectual property rights and the promotion ...
Feb 24, 2021
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