Vaccination
Clean cold experts explore how people in Africa can access COVID-19 vaccine
Scientists are launching a key study to help African nations prepare for the sustainable distribution of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine.
Jun 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virus toll surges in Russia as Europe speeds reopening
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic spiked again in Russia and the Americas on Friday, even as Europe's experiment with reopening from lockdown grew bolder by the day.
May 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus: There is no global south exceptionalism
For most of us in the west, epidemics are what happen to other people. COVID-19 has changed that.
May 11, 2020
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Vaccination
Researchers launch race to develop sustainable COVID-19 vaccine delivery
Scientists are launching a major new research project in India that will help to engineer an efficient and sustainable delivery mechanism—ready to get an eventual COVID-19 vaccine to billions of people around the globe.
May 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Unique Namibian trial finds smart interventions reduce malaria transmission by 75%
A trial by scientists at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria (WRIM), in collaboration with Namibian, UK, and US researchers demonstrates how mass drug administration and vector control can help eliminate malaria. A vector ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here's how to help.
Government-enforced social isolation may help relatively affluent populations limit the spread of COVID-19, but these measures can be devasting for the nearly 1 billion people around the globe currently dwelling in urban ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Medical research
Coronavirus shows the urgency of ensuring that research gets into the public domain
Following the outbreak and declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, there has been a flurry of scientific research and publications to address challenges posed by the virus. Publications have risen exponentially over ...
Apr 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis focus shifts to prevention amid coronavirus crisis
The World Health Organization has today issued new recommendations to tackle tuberculosis, a respiratory disease, in the wake of coronavirus spreading across continents.
Mar 25, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The global effort to tackle the coronavirus face mask shortage
In recent weeks, two stories out of many about the shortage of face masks shed light on what our reliance on global supply chains means in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nigeria issues travel ban on 13 countries over coronavirus
Nigeria on Wednesday issued a travel ban on citizens from 13 countries worst-hit by coronavirus.
Mar 18, 2020
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