Poor countries still trailing wealthy countries with vaccine
Although Novavax touted its COVID-19 vaccine as something that could help the developing word, it has provided none to COVAX, the effort to provide poor countries with the vaccine. At…
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Omicron shows glaring COVID-19 vaccine inequity
Scientists have warned the world for months that the coronavirus will thrive as long as vast parts of the world lack vaccines, but that is not exactly true, as we…
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Will WHO approve Russian’s COVID-19 vaccine?
Russia is offering its Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to the U.N.’s COVAX initiative, but the World Health Organization hasn’t approved of it yet, not even for emergency use. However, it’s…
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No plans by Moderna to share its COVID-19 vaccine
Although the United Nations has pressured Moderna to share its COVID-19 vaccine recipe, the pharmaceutical company said it prefers to expand its own production instead. Moderna has been criticized for…
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J&J says its second, booster shot is beneficial
Although Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine only requires one shot, the pharmaceutical company is now recommending a second booster shot, saying it improves effectiveness. Scientists have not yet done studies…
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Goal for Africa is 30% vaccines by February
The WHO and its partners are far behind on getting the number of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa as they wanted. The big pharmaceutical companies are not complying, preferring to sell…
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U.S. says 110M COVID vaccines sent to 60 countries
A milestone has been reached in America’s desire to help the world fight COVID-19. President Joe Biden made the announcement of this goal and it comes as infections of the…
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Chinese shot may offer elderly poor protection, study shows
This raises serious concerns for the dozens of countries who have given the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine to their most vulnerable. A factor in determining the vaccine effectiveness is the choice…
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WHO creating hub for COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa
A new consortium is in talks to create a technology hub in South Africa for transferring COVID-19 vaccines. The World Health Organization led effort will bring in leading vaccine manufacturers…
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Israel to send soon-to-expire vaccine doses to Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the…
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US buying vaccines to share with world’s poor
The U.S. will buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to give to poorer countries. It comes as the U.S. is pressured to share, with over 64% of…
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