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COVID-19 And Geopolitics – 5 Lessons From Past Pandemics
Did yellow fever change the course of US history? Would global cooperation on diseases exist today without the…
Joe Biden Sends A Clear Message To The Watching World – America’s Back
Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path Two weeks after the storming…
How many people need to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to stop the coronavirus?
It has been clear for a while that, at least in the U.S., the only way out of…
Five Things You Need To Know About: mRNA Vaccine Safety
In trials these vaccines have shown to be at least 94% effective at preventing people from falling ill…
PCR, Antigen And Antibody: Five Things To Know About Coronavirus Tests
We want technologies that are fast, accurate, have high capacity, that don’t require expensive, complex laboratory equipment or…
Why should I trust the coronavirus vaccine when it was developed so fast? A doctor answers that and other reader questions
Note: With a coronavirus vaccination effort now underway, you might have questions about what this means for you…
Is The World Up To The Challenge Of Mass COVID-19 Vaccination?
In a year that has seen a pandemic that has left few unaffected, where consequences resulting from attempts…
Why It Matters That The Coronavirus Is Changing – And What This Means For Vaccine Effectiveness
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom, with over 1,400 cases since September. SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
America’s Top New Year’s Resolutions For 2021
For many, 2020 has been a year, which makes getting a fresh start in 2021 feel very appealing.…
Coronavirus And Sourdough – This Is What We Searched For Online In 2020
When times are uncertain, people look for answers. Once our ancestors sought out seers, prophets and mystics. Now…
Coronavirus New Variant – Genomics Researcher Answers Key Questions
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of…
Here’s How COVID-19 Has Affected The Restaurant And Hospitality Business
During this past year, the COVID-19 epidemic brought uncertainty and havoc to the global economy. The restaurant and…
When Can Children Get The COVID-19 Vaccine? 5 Questions Parents Are Asking
The first COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for use in the U.S., and states have been drawing up…
COVID-19 Vaccines: How Pfizer’s And Moderna’s 95% Effective mRNA Shots Work
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a massive allocation of resources towards producing solutions, from identifying life-saving medications, tracking…
This Is How We Prevent Future Pandemics, Say 22 Leading Scientists
Here’s the good news: we can prevent future pandemics. But only if we take steps to protect the…
How Hard Has Airbnb Been Hit By The Pandemic?
Three days before its highly anticipated stock market debut, Airbnb has raised the price range for its initial…
How COVID-19 Vaccines Will Get From The Factory To Your Local Pharmacy
Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of…
We Modelled How A COVID Vaccine Roll-Out Would Work. Here’s What We Found
How well we distribute and administer a COVID-19 vaccine will have massive health, social and economic ramifications. So…
The Cost Per Jab Of Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates
While most reports regarding potential Covid-19 vaccines have quite rightly focused on their efficacy, ease of distribution and cost are…
Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19
World AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – COVID-19. The highly infectious novel…
4 Steps For Planning The Holidays During COVID-19
The last several months of experience fighting the COVID-19 pandemic can help you to plan a safer holiday…
How The Modern World Was Shaped By Epidemics 500 Years Ago
The coronavirus pandemic has been compared with many previous contagions, including the great plague and the 1918 Spanish…
How mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna work, why they’re a breakthrough and why they need to be kept so cold
As the weather cools, the number of infections of the COVID-19 pandemic are rising sharply. Hamstrung by pandemic…
What It’s Like To Lose A Presidential Election
The American public may not find out who wins the presidential election on Nov. 3 or Nov. 4…
Here’s How US Presidents Get Elected (It’s Not By Winning The Most Votes)
If Americans could vote on their presidential electoral system, polls suggest they’d dump it. In the meantime, if all goes…
How The Electoral Votes Are Distributed
The result of the U.S. election hangs not on the total number of votes received by each candidate, but rather…
Everything You Need To Know About The US Election
Nov. 3, 2020, is election day in the United States, and Americans across the country have already started…
COVID Infodemic: What And Who To Believe
These days every hour we are inundated by data and information so much so the World Health Organization (WHO) coined…
Don’t Cancel Halloween: Some ‘Spooky’ Tips On How To Stay COVID-Safe This All Hallows’ Eve
With much of the world in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, there is some talk of cancelling…
Why Antimicrobials Matter In The Fight Against Covid
In these pandemic times, many people may ask why we should bother with antimicrobials when we know what…
7 Steps To Stay COVID-Safe This Winter
As temperatures fall, people are spending more time indoors. That heightens the risk of the coronavirus spreading, but…
How To Distribute A COVID-19 Vaccine And Build Public Trust
The coming months are going to be crucial for vaccine development and decisions around how we distribute COVID-19…
How And When Will We Know That A COVID-19 Vaccine Is Safe And Effective?
With COVID-19 vaccines currently in the final phase of study, you’ve probably been wondering how the FDA will…
New Collaboration Makes Further 100 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Available To Low- And Middle-Income Countries
A further collaboration among the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, Gavi…
Countries pledge nearly US$ 1 billion to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has welcomed pledges made this week in support of the Gavi COVAX AMC, a financing…
Should Investors Fear A Second Market Crash?
The 2020 stock market crash was as exponential as it was sudden, with huge entities such as the…
World Leaders Who Contracted Covid-19
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he and his wife, Melania Trump, have contracted the coronavirus after traveling…
Here’s How To Make Public Transport Safer During COVID-19
As people around the world emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and return to work, the question of how to…
New Report Gives Covid-19 Testing Strategies To Help America’s Communities Open Safely
A new, first-of-its kind report provides a framework for public health officials and community leaders in schools, businesses…
Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Shows COVID-19 Has Stalled 20 Years of Progress, Calls for Global Response to End the Pandemic
Report shows how economic damage has reinforced inequities and derailed achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; spotlights…
How COVID-19 Is Shaping Our Cities And Communities
The emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020 turned our world upside down, forcing the global population indoors and…
7 Expert Perspectives On What COVID-19 Means For The Planet
Experts agree that the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic will be with us for years, even after the…
Boost For Global Response To COVID-19 As Economies Worldwide Formally Sign Up To COVAX Facility
64 higher income economies have joined the COVAX Facility, a global initiative that brings together governments and manufacturers…
Alcohol And Junk Food Companies Are Exploiting The Pandemic
From marketing beer with pandemic lingo to giving money to governments, a report argues that corporate capture of…
This Century Will See Massive Shifts In The Global Population, Economy, And Power Structure
A lot of the predictions we hear about the future involve a hot, crowded planet, one where we…
History Tells Us Trying To Stop Diseases Like COVID-19 At The Border Is A Failed Strategy
To explain why the coronavirus pandemic is much worse in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world,…
Why Divine Immanence Mattered For The Civil Rights Struggle
Martin Luther King Jr knew he was risking his life. The US civil rights leader, who would be…
5 Lessons We Must Take From The Coronavirus Crisis
The tele-health team at Jefferson Health has been calling themselves the “Night’s Watch”, a reference to the battle-hardened…
Climate Risks In COVID-19 Pandemic
Amid the pandemic, the climate crisis takes the backseat. How can we stay on track? The COVID-19 pandemic…
An Indian Company Is Gearing Up To Make Millions Of Doses Of A $3 Covid-19 Vaccine
As the Covid-19 pandemic drags on, there’s one thing we’re all counting on to rescue us from the…