Health & Wellness
COVID-19: Testing still vital even as vaccines roll out
Testing will still be a critical tool against COVID-19, even as vaccines are deployed against the disease, the head of the World Health Organization...
Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19
Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV / AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the...
Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe: Affordable, accessible and safe medicines for all
The Commission has today adopted a Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe to ensure patients have access to innovative and affordable medicines and to support the...
‘Real hope’ surrounding COVID vaccines ‘cannot be overstated’: WHO
Along with other tried and tested public health measures, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Monday that “there is...
Remdesivir no COVID-19 silver bullet
An advisory body of the UN health agency is not recommending the use of the high-profile antiviral drug Remdesivir for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, saying...
Future of an entire generation at risk, as COVID-19 pandemic drags on
While symptoms among children infected with COVID-19 mostly remain mild, infections are rising and the longer-term impact on the education, nutrition and well-being of...
COVID-19: Consequences of ‘chronic under-investment in public health’ laid bare
A global chronic under-investment in public health has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which must now lead to a major re-think in how...
Commission approves contract with BioNTech-Pfizer alliance to ensure access to a potential vaccine
European Commission approved a fourth contract with pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer, which provides for the initial purchase of 200 million doses on behalf...
UN experts decry COVID vaccine hoarding: ‘No one is secure until all of us are’
The only way to fight the COVID-19 crisis is to make affordable vaccines available to everyone, independent UN human rights experts said on Monday,...
New Funding to Improve Food Systems Will Help Prevent Zoonotic Diseases
Germany became the first donor today to invest in Food Systems 2030, a new World Bank Multi-Donor Trust Fund that proposes to help countries...