The World Health Organization said Sunday that a U.N.-backed program shipping coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries has now delivered 1 billion doses, but that milestone "is only a reminder of the work that remains" ...
Jan 16, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The United States announced Monday that it will pour $400 million into a new program that should help other countries speed vaccines to their citizens.
Dec 7, 2021
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After a year of vaccines aimed at preventing COVID, treatments for people infected with the virus are few, with most restricted to hospital use and extremely pricey.
Dec 3, 2021
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The fight against obesity and undernourishment stalled during the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 40 percent of adults now obese or overweight, the world's leading independent assessment of the state of global nutrition has ...
Dec 2, 2021
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The emergence of the new omicron variant and the world's desperate and likely futile attempts to keep it at bay are reminders of what scientists have warned for months: The coronavirus will thrive as long as vast parts of ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Wealthier nations should pay a COVID-19 vaccine tax as part of the price they pay to manufacturers, to ensure a fairer distribution of the jab to poorer nations, argues a political scientist in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Nov 15, 2021
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US pharmaceutical giant Merck has vowed to avoid the pitfalls of the global Covid vaccine rollout by ensuring its new anti-coronavirus pill is made available in wealthy and poor countries at almost the same time.
Nov 10, 2021
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The World Health Organization granted an emergency use license Wednesday to a coronavirus vaccine developed in India, offering reassurance for a shot the country's regulators allowed long before advanced safety and efficacy ...
Nov 3, 2021
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The number of coronavirus cases has risen in Europe for the fifth consecutive week, making it the only world region where COVID-19 is still increasing, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday.
Nov 3, 2021
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The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.
Nov 1, 2021
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