An 18-month-old child has been left paralysed after contracting polio in Ukraine in a new case linked to low vaccination rates in the country, the health ministry said Wednesday.
Oct 6, 2021
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In the US, some National Basketball Association (NBA) players have recently asserted their right to privacy over their COVID vaccination status. In Australia, discussion of vaccine passports has also highlighted this issue.
Oct 5, 2021
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Before COVID, there was Zika. In 2015, the number of babies born in Brazil with small heads and brains—a condition known as microcephaly—suddenly increased dramatically. The severe deformities left the children disabled ...
Sep 21, 2021
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The American union movement has split over President Joe Biden's proposal for companies with more than 100 employees to vaccinate their workforces against COVID-19.
Sep 20, 2021
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic governments, corporations and private companies, as well as not-for-profit organizations have tried to support public health in many different ways. A new report in the International Journal ...
Sep 17, 2021
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Over a year since the first case of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, fast advances in vaccine development have given the world a fighting chance against the coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have become leading instruments against ...
Sep 13, 2021
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A recent report by the global advocacy organization Amnesty International painted a dire picture of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia. Based on interviews with health workers, government officials, and finance ...
Sep 13, 2021
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As a team of South African researchers we have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. A lineage represents a genetically distinct virus population with a common ancestor. This virus may be designated ...
Sep 1, 2021
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Europe may have fully vaccinated almost half of its population against COVID-19, but the richer countries are far outstripping the poorer ones.
Aug 31, 2021
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It has been said that malaria breeds poverty, and poverty breeds malaria. This is the reality in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where after decades of control initiatives there were still some 384,000 deaths and 188 million ...
Aug 30, 2021
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