With more than 60 countries now reporting cases, omicron has policymakers scrambling. Compared to delta, this new variant is likely to be more infectious and less responsive to one or two doses of a COVID vaccine.
Dec 16, 2021
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Three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appear effective against the Omicron variant, a lab test indicated—encouraging news, even as Denmark and Britain announced new restrictions to stem surging caseloads.
Dec 9, 2021
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A new coronavirus variant identified in southern Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease.
Nov 26, 2021
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Should a third dose of COVID vaccine be recommended for the general population?
Sep 10, 2021
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Within the next few years, as the SARS-CoV-2 virus becomes endemic in the global population, COVID-19 may behave like other common-cold coronaviruses, affecting mostly young children who have not yet been vaccinated or exposed ...
Aug 11, 2021
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After months of debate, WTO members on Wednesday took a first, small step towards a deal aimed at boosting production of COVID vaccines and treatments through patent waivers or compulsory licensing deals.
Jun 9, 2021
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The gap between rich and poor countries' access to Covid-19 vaccines grows ever-more glaring by the day—but nobody has yet managed to conjure up the golden solution.
Apr 15, 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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The unprecedented scaling-up of vaccine manufacturing to counter COVID-19 has sparked dangerous shortages in the supply chain, global players acknowledged Tuesday after brainstorming how to speed up production of the jabs.
Mar 10, 2021
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The global community will find out "fairly soon, within the next few years" what started the coronavirus pandemic, a key member of a World Health Organization-led investigation into the pandemic's origins said on Wednesday.
Mar 10, 2021
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