Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not ‘highest bidder’

By Reuters,

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them mo...

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With one year to go, experts warn of high-risk Tokyo Olympics amid pandemic

By Reuters,

With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics, medical experts say the event could pose a grave health risk to the Japanese public, predicting ...

COVID-19 , Olympic Games , olympics , Tokyo 2020

US officially withdrawing from WHO

By CNN,

The Trump administration has notified Congress and the United Nations that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organizatio...

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Indonesia to produce COVID-19 vaccine for its own exclusive use

By VOA,

Indonesia will be producing a coronavirus vaccine for itself due to concerns about global distribution of foreign-produced vaccines, the head of Indon...

US procures almost entire supply of COVID-19 drug

By VOA,

The Trump administration says it has locked down nearly the entire supply of one of the only available anti-COVID-19 drugs from the manufacturer for t...

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Repurposed HIV drug ineffective in treating COVID-19, Oxford researchers say

By VOA,

An antiviral drug combination touted as a potential COVID-19 treatment did not improve patients’ chances of survival, researchers at the University ...

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WHO aiming for 2Billion doses of coronavirus vaccine by end of 2021

By VOA,

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist said Thursday the agency hopes there will be about two billion doses of a vaccine against COV...

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New drug reduces deaths among patients with severe COVID-19: trial shows

By Reuters,

Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among ...

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Coronavirus hitting the Americas hardest says World Health Organization

By Reuters,

The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, with North and S...

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Mutation could make coronavirus more infectious, study suggests

By CNN,

Researchers in Florida say they believe they have shown that the new coronavirus has mutated in a way that makes it more easily infect human cells. ...

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Lilly COVID-19 treatment could be authorized for use as soon as September – chief scientist

By Reuters,

Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID-19 authorised for use as early as September if all goes well with either of tw...

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U.S. plans massive coronavirus vaccine testing effort to meet year-end deadline

By Reuters,

The United States is planning a massive testing effort involving volunteers n an effort to deliver a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine by the end...

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Trump threatens permanent freeze of WHO funding, review of U.S. membership

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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improveme...

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Taiwan’s success in fighting coronavirus has infuriated China

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While many governments struggled to contain the spread of coronavirus, Taiwan appeared to have it largely under control. In January, the self-rule...

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Coronavirus vaccine possible in about a year, says EU agency

By Reuters,

A coronavirus vaccine could be approved in about a year in an “optimistic” scenario, a agency which approves medicines for the European Union said...

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‘Coronavirus may never go away,’ WHO says

By Reuters,

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to pr...

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US to accuse China of hacking COVID-19 vaccine research

By VOA,

For months, U.S. officials have been warning about a spike in cyberattacks during the coronavirus pandemic, but they’ve stopped short of pointing ...

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WHO sees ‘potentially positive data’ on COVID-19 treatments

By Reuters,

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and said it wa...

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Pope Francis says coronavirus vaccine must be shared worldwide

By Reuters,

Pope Francis called on Sunday for international scientific cooperation to discover a vaccine for the coronavirus and said any successful vaccine shoul...

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What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

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