Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
On preparing for the next pandemic now
Aled Edwards is of two minds about medicine's response to COVID-19.
Mar 11, 2022
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Vaccination
WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call
An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said Tuesday it "strongly supports urgent and broad access" to booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid the global spread of omicron, capping a reversal of the U.N. ...
Mar 8, 2022
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Vaccination
Why are COVID vaccination rates still low in some countries?
Why are COVID-19 vaccination rates still low in some countries?
Mar 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID?
Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID-19?
Feb 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO: New COVID cases fall for the 3rd week, deaths also drop
The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week that COVID-19 cases have dropped, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Feb 22, 2022
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Vaccination
Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology
The first African countries selected to receive the technology necessary to produce mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a summit meeting of European Union and African ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As case counts fall, WHO chief warns 'COVID isn't finished'
The head of the World Health Organization insisted Wednesday that "COVID isn't finished with us," appealing for more support to fight the pandemic after his agency reported that new infections fell but virus deaths rose worldwide ...
Feb 9, 2022
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Vaccination
Covax opens new front in pandemic arms race
Covax aims to break the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 by ensuring a steady supply of vaccines at last for the world's poorest countries—and swiftly getting them into arms.
Jan 23, 2022
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Vaccination
WHO: COVID boosters should start with most vulnerable
The World Health Organization says that coronavirus vaccine boosters should now now be offered to people, starting with the most vulnerable, in a move away from its previous insistence that boosters were unnecessary for healthy ...
Jan 21, 2022
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EXPLAINER: What does it mean for COVID-19 to be endemic?
Some European countries such as Spain are making tentative plans for when they might start treating COVID-19 as an "endemic" disease, but the World Health Organization and other officials have warned that the world is nowhere ...
Jan 20, 2022
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