Health

Pfizer offers 40 mn Covid shots to poorer countries at cost

by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Pfizer announced Friday that it will provide up to 40…

WHO seeks review of reports on deaths in frail, elderly people who got Pfizer vaccine

(Eagle News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking a review of the reports on deaths in frail elderly…

In tracking virus mutations, most countries flying blind

  by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- To monitor changes to the coronavirus that could supercharge…

Covax: the global plan to share Covid vaccines

  by Agnès PEDRERO Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The Covax programme, bolstered by the new US presidency…

US resumes WHO support, launches $1.9 trillion virus plan

by Nina LARSON with AFP Bureaus Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday said it…

UK coronavirus strain detected in at least 60 countries: WHO

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health…

UN seeks $76 million in emergency aid for Madagascar

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations said Tuesday that $76 million was urgently needed to help over one million…

Immune system ‘remembers’ coronavirus for at least 6 months: study

by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) -- People may be able to fight off reinfection for at least six months…

World facing ‘catastrophic’ moral failure on vaccines: WHO chief

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The world is on the "brink of a catastrophic moral failure" if rich countries hog…

World migration down 30 percent due to pandemic: UN

  UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- The coronavirus pandemic has slowed global migration by nearly 30 percent, with around two million…

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