Medical economics

New vaccine allocation model focuses on fairness and diversity

Lulu Kang, associate professor of applied mathematics at Illinois Institute of Technology, and a team of researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago have put a new twist on traditional resource allocation models to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO chief says 2022 must be year 'we end the pandemic'

The world must pull together and make the difficult choices needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic within the next year, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.

Vaccination

White House to spend billions to boost COVID vaccine supply

(HealthDay)—The Biden administration plans to invest billions to partner with industry to expand the nation's ability to produce coronavirus vaccines, ensure domestic supply and help poor nations in their vaccination efforts.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Russia shutdown ends despite coronavirus wave

Most of Russia on Monday ended a week-long paid holiday aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, despite the country seeing thousands of new cases and more than 1,000 deaths per day.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO wants $23.4 bn for COVID plan

The World Health Organization said Thursday it needed $23.4 billion over the next 12 months for its plan to conquer COVID-19, urging the G20 to show some leadership and pay up.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pandemic 'far from finished': WHO

The COVID-19 crisis is far from over, the World Health Organization's emergency committee said Tuesday as it called for research into next-generation vaccines for long-term control of the pandemic.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

World failing to learn lessons from pandemic: monitor

A year-and-a-half into the coronavirus pandemic, the world has still done far too little to respond and has failed to learn from its mistakes, a global health monitor said Tuesday.

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