World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe and in the United States where medical workers sounded warnings over a "disturbing" ...
Mar 6, 2020
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Health research from the global South is "twice as likely" to be attributed to a man than a woman, analysis shows.
Sep 23, 2022
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Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine candidates are currently being developed. The way emerging vaccines will be distributed to those who need them is not yet clear. The United States has now twice indicated that it would like to ...
Jun 18, 2020
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There was a brief moment of euphoria last week, when it seemed that COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and supplies might be liberated from the World Trade Organization's intellectual property rights straitjacket and a patent waiver ...
Mar 21, 2022
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As COVID-19 becomes the most intensely covered virus in history, there are important lessons to be drawn from the media's reporting of another global pandemic: HIV/AIDS.
Jul 10, 2020
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The sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship is the cornerstone of the health care profession. This protected space is steeped in tradition—the Hippocratic oath, medical ethics, professional codes of conduct and legislation. ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Three years ago, as part of the public health messaging in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization launched the "Wear A Mask" campaign on social media.
Oct 5, 2023
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The deadly coronavirus epidemic spread further outside China on Monday with a surge of infections in South Korea making it the biggest hotspot abroad, while authorities in Europe and the Middle East battled worsening outbreaks.
Feb 24, 2020
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The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream.
Dec 27, 2018
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A rapid surge in coronavirus cases saw South Korea become one of the world's worst-affected countries outside China, but it has since cut infection rates significantly and has one of the lowest fatality rates anywhere.
Mar 11, 2020
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