COVID-19 vaccines reduced the potential global death toll during the pandemic by more than half in the year following their implementation, a mathematical modeling study published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases estimates.
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The COVID-19 pandemic began at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. Since then, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread rapidly despite attempts to restrict it. By mid-April 2022, the number of reported coronavirus infection cases exceeded ...
Jun 14, 2022
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By now, many are aware that the pandemic has affected lower-income groups the most within countries, including in Canada. But what most do not know is that income inequality—the economic distance between higher and lower-income ...
Dec 22, 2021
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The chief of the European Union's executive arm said Wednesday that EU nations should consider making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory because too many people still refuse to get shots voluntarily.
Dec 1, 2021
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How nations can best allocate COVID-19 vaccines remains a discussion of global importance. And at its heart is the question of whether countries with greater access to vaccines should focus on vaccinating their own citizens ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Vaccines were promoted as a silver bullet to end the pandemic, the path to finally beating COVID-19.
Sep 21, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses than expected will be available through the global COVAX program, affecting many less-affluent nations waiting on these doses.
Sep 13, 2021
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A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholar who studies the legal and ethical implications of advanced biotechnologies outlines an unexplored tool to regulate the medically and ethically dubious ...
Aug 31, 2021
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A new study in Frontiers in Public Health presents a review of expert opinions on the achievements and shortcomings of the European Union's (EU) COVID-19 response. The aim: to draw lessons for future pandemics.
Aug 20, 2021
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The World Health Organization said Thursday that any COVID-19 vaccines it has authorized for emergency use should be recognized by countries as they open up their borders to inoculated travelers.
Jul 1, 2021
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