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How Trade Rules Affect Access to COVID-19 Vaccines

Ronald Labonte and Brook K. Baker 12/01/2021

A waiver on some intellectual property rules at the...

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration

WHO Welcomes India’s COVID-19 Vaccine Approval

"The use of vaccine in prioritised populations, along with...

Soumya Swaminathan

Harder for Women to Get Grants, Have Results Published: Soumya Swaminathan

The Wire Staff 14/10/2020

Speaking at an online conference, Swaminathan said that she...

~10% of World’s Population May Have Been Infected, Majority Remain at Risk: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge 06/10/2020

The UN health agency's top emergency expert said that outbreaks...

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Indian States Must Increase COVID-19 Testing. But by How Much?

Deepankar Basu 03/05/2020

Adequate testing is the key component of the post-lockdown...

Representative image of Japanese government workers following social distancing norms. Photo: Reuters

WHO Says No Sign of Lab Manipulation in Origin of Coronavirus

Emma Farge and Stephanie Nebehay 22/04/2020

The World Health Organization said that all available evidence...

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Caught Between Outbreaks, Kerala’s Model for Public Healthcare Lauded

K.A. Shaji 21/03/2020

Apart from well-equipped government hospitals with dedicated medical experts,...