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What’s the Best Strategy To Deploy a COVID-19 Vaccine?

Jill Neimark 20/11/2020

Because vaccine supply will be limited at first, the...

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Prime Minister Modi Inaugurates Ayurveda Research and Teaching Institute

The Wire Staff 13/11/2020

On the fifth 'Ayurveda Day', the WHO announced that...

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COVID-19 on Everyone’s Mind as Malaria Season Begins in Southern Africa

Jaishree Raman and Shüné Oliver 11/11/2020

As a highly connected region of the African continent,...

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How Ending Polio in Africa Has Had Positive Spinoffs for Public Health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 10/11/2020

Polio eradication created renewed demand for vaccination services and...

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Gilead’s Remdesivir Gets US FDA Approval for Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients

Deena Beasley 23/10/2020

Gilead said it is still working to understand the...

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COVID-19: Remdesivir Caught in Storm After Poor WHO Trial Results and EU Deal

The Wire Staff 17/10/2020

The EU has been advised to renegotiate a 1...

FILE PHOTO: An ampule of Gilead Sciences COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir is pictured during a news conference

Remdesivir Shows No Benefits Against COVID-19 in Large WHO Trial

Reuters 16/10/2020

The antiviral medication, among the first to be used...