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Vaccination

Five billion COVID shots: a state of play worldwide

More than five billion anti-COVID jabs have been given globally, but wide disparities between rich and poor countries in access to vaccines persist.

Aug 24, 2021

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Psychology & Psychiatry

COVID vaccines: We need to find out which incentives actually work

The most powerful tool for combating COVID is not a drug or a vaccine, but a method. A randomized trial is the best way to discover what works and what doesn't. This method underlies much of the progress in modern medicine, ...

Aug 23, 2021

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Psychology & Psychiatry

Suicide deaths have risen by 20,000 over past 30 years around the world

The overall global death toll from suicide has risen by nearly 20,000 over the past 30 years, despite a significant fall in age-specific suicide rates during this period, finds an analysis of international data, published ...

Aug 16, 2021

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Health informatics

New software to capture worldwide cancer data

CanStaging⁺, a user-friendly tool aimed at facilitating the recording of comparable cancer staging data worldwide, has been launched.

Aug 2, 2021

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Vaccination

4 billion anti-COVID shots injected worldwide

Although more than four billion doses of anti-COVID vaccines have been administered around the world, poorer countries are still struggling to secure precious shots despite recent donations.

Jul 29, 2021

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Europeans face travel woes as Covid reaches Olympic Village

Europeans faced last-minute travel frustration on Saturday as the UK and France overhauled COVID-19 border restrictions to combat surging infections that threaten plans to get life back to normal.

Jul 17, 2021

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Vaccination

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost.

Jun 23, 2021

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Vaccination

UK hits vaccine milestone, warns of 'deadly' misinformation

Three-quarters of Britain's adult population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the government said Wednesday, as it warned that "deadly" misinformation was undermining the global inoculation effort.

Jun 2, 2021

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